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Gnuplot - FAQ

[Gerd H. <he...@gf...>]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

as a friend of gnuplot I have a question:

"Using Microsofts Word - how can I import small vector plots in the best
way, so that I can edit it as drawing?"

I'm using something like that:

set terminal emf monochrome  'Times Roman Italic' 14 =09
# windows enhanced metafile f=FCr Word, vector-format
set output "gnuplot.emf"
replot

but it is terrible, if you use small sizes for small drawings
set size .5,.5

Thanks for your attention.

Gerd Heinz
Berlin

Re: Gnuplot - FAQ

[<br...@ph...>]

Gerd Heinz wrote:

[Erm, two side notes: 1) usage questions don't really belong in this 
mailing list.  We have a USENET group and the -info mailing list for 
that.  2) Please try to find a more meaningful Subject: next time...]

> set terminal emf monochrome  'Times Roman Italic' 14 	
> # windows enhanced metafile für Word, vector-format
> set output "gnuplot.emf"
> replot

Please don't forget to 'set output' (without file name) after this, and 
before you try to do anything with the generated file.  Always close 
your file before you open it in another program.

> but it is terrible, if you use small sizes for small drawings
> set size .5,.5

I don't think anybody can help you much with that, if you aren't more 
specific about what is so "terrible" about this.  You may want to 
re-think the choices font and size.  Drawing all text in the plot in 
Italic hardly seems a good idea, in terms of readability, and size 14 
may be a bit too large for such a small plot.