Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word?

[Shixin Z. <zen...@gm...>]

Yes, I tried OOo. But its pdf/ps/svg importer is not good enough, it
kinda screwed up my pictures, so ...

Best Regards

Shixin Zeng



On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:50 PM, <jas...@cr...> wrote:
> Shixin Zeng wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Could someone tell me what's the best format that matplotlib can
>> produce for insertion to MS word? I'm working on a paper using MS
>> word. I used matplotlib to produce the pictures in "png' format, but
>> my professor doesn't satisfy with the quality of the pictures, he asks
>> me to do it in "emf" format, but I can't get an "emf" output from
>> matplotlib. While other vector formats that are supported by
>> matplotlib are not supported by MS word. I have worked days on
>> producing this pictures, I don't want to abandon them just because
>> they can't be imported to MS word. I really like to produce my
>> pictures by using matplotlib, but I can't really throw away MS word. I
>> also tried pstoedit to try to convert to emf from the ps, but it
>> doesn't work on my system due to some weired missing procedure entry
>> points in imagick dll.
>>
>> I'm kinda in a hurry, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>
> A quick google search indicates that OpenOffice can read EPS files
> (postscript) and convert to emf.
>
> Jason
>
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