Viva Word 2K! (re: IL CS eps files NOT visible in Word 2003

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From: Theano (Theano_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/19/05

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    Sorry for the delay in reply, but I had not visited in awhile.

    I was intrigued by your solution, but it seems to be a nonstandard file and
    process and possibly risky (editing the Registry and so on). Also, it looks
    like I would need to pay $40 for the key, or the EPSs would be disabled in
    some way. At least currently, we get proper printed/PDFed EPSs. And many
    people need to look at the Word docs, meaning they'd all have to install this
    and... it just isn't practical.

    However, this led me back to the time when we had to drop back to using Word
    2000 due to style corruption in Word XP. We located the Word2K EPS import
    filter (2K/XP/2003 are all named EPSIMP32.FLT, but the 2K filter is only 76K
    vs several 100K for the others and is dated 9/23/1998) and swapped it into
    the folder at Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt. Well, I
    tried this again today, and wala, with the 2K EPS import filter the
    Illustrator CS EPSs now display in Word 11! The display is very low rez but
    we don't care. They also print/PDF fine.

    Still a problem for tech reviewers, but regardless of how we resolve this,
    it will be easier to replace one file in the folder above than to go through
    a whole install, registry update etc.

    Long live Word 2K! It really works.

    Thanks,
    Theano

    "Wolfgang Glunz" wrote:

    > Hi
    >
    > there is an alternative EPS import filter for MS Office at
    > www.pstoedit.net/importps
    > Did you try that? If it doesn't work as expected, please let me know.
    >
    > Best Regards
    >
    > Wolfgang
    >
    >
    > "Theano" <Theano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:6B9BA1EC-BB5E-409F-B3C0-97FAA419A63C@microsoft.com...
    > > We use EPS graphics created in Illustrator with TIFF previews. We recently
    > > upgraded to Illustrator CS (11), and that is when this problem appeared.
    > >
    > > Our final print files are PDFs exported from InDesign CS. The EPS graphics
    > > import, appear, and print fine in InDesign and the PDFs.
    > >
    > > Prior to being imported into InDesign, our files are authored, edited, and
    > > tech reviewed in Word 2003. Authors, editors, and reviewers need to be
    > > able
    > > to view the graphics onscreen in the Word files. (Screen-rez preview is
    > > fine.)
    > >
    > > Illustrator CS EPS files imported into Word 2003 DO NOT APPEAR. Only a
    > > blank
    > > bounding box with resize handles appears. (Picture placeholders is not
    > > checked; print drawing objects is checked. In fact, the EPS graphics print
    > > and PDF fine out of Word. They just don't appear on screen. As noted
    > > earlier,
    > > a TIFF preview IS being created in IL. However, according to MS KB, the
    > > Word
    > > EPS import filter doesn't use this preview anyway, but creates its own
    > > from
    > > the PS header info.)
    > >
    > > Our designer has discovered that Exporting the graphics from IL CS as
    > > "Legacy EPS" with Illustrator 8.0 compatibility allows them to appear in
    > > Word. However, we need to use the latest versions of all programs
    > > including
    > > Illustrator. We need to use the EPS format for our print release process,
    > > and
    > > it is time and resource-prohibitive to create second versions of these
    > > graphics simply for Word display purposes.
    > >
    > > My current workaround is to create a PDF from the Word docs, copy the
    > > graphics from the PDF, and paste the PDF copies back into the Word docs.
    > > Of
    > > course, they are screen resolution, but but that's not a problem. When I
    > > create the InDesign files, I import the actual EPSs. However, this takes
    > > considerable extra time and introduces the possibility of increased
    > > variability and error.
    > >
    > > THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. Neither Adobe or Microsoft will admit to or take
    > > any
    > > responsibility for this problem. WHAT TO DO.
    > >
    > > Thanks for any help,
    > > Theano

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