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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.

Have you tried brute-force?  Make a very high-resolution png  (use a 
high dpi setting in savefig), and import that?

Eric


> 
> I'm kinda in a hurry, any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Shixin Zeng
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Yes, with large pictures, PNG is good enough, but when scaling down,
it looks a bit fuzzy.

Best Regards

Shixin Zeng



On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Alan G Isaac<ala...@gm...> wrote:
> On 9/1/2009 8:22 PM Shixin Zeng apparently wrote:
>> Yes, I tried OOo. But its pdf/ps/svg importer is not good enough
>
>
> I'm afraid that for EPS you will not do better
> by moving to a MS product.  At least my luck
> has been bad.  Otoh, I have had pretty good
> luck with PNG.
>
> Alan Isaac
>
> PS http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SVG_Import_Filter
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How do I utilize pyEmf? AFAIK, it's used by the old emf backend in
matplotlib, which is not maintained or functional any more.

Best Regards

Shixin Zeng



On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Andrew Straw<str...@as...> wrote:
> Shixin Zeng wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Could someone tell me what's the best format that matplotlib can
>> produce for insertion to MS word?
>
> You can try PyEMF. I don't know its status -- it might need some TLC.
> http://pyemf.sourceforge.net/
>

Shixin Zeng wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Could someone tell me what's the best format that matplotlib can
> produce for insertion to MS word?

You can try PyEMF. I don't know its status -- it might need some TLC.
http://pyemf.sourceforge.net/

On 9/1/2009 8:22 PM Shixin Zeng apparently wrote:
> Yes, I tried OOo. But its pdf/ps/svg importer is not good enough


I'm afraid that for EPS you will not do better
by moving to a MS product.  At least my luck
has been bad.  Otoh, I have had pretty good
luck with PNG.

Alan Isaac

PS http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SVG_Import_Filter

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
>
>