Re: Inserting EPS file in Word 2003 - no preview

G'day Suzanne,
Maybe we are talking about different things? I produced a very simple EPS
file by exporting from CorelDraw (version X3). I inserted this into Word
(2003) via "insert>picture>from file". Because the eps had no header, there
was no thumbnail preview in the dialog box, but Word imported the image and
it is displayed on the screen - presumably as a graphic object which has
been converted to office format (wmf?). It will print to any printer. The
way that older versions of Word did this was better, in that the eps file
was left "intact", so that if the file had no header so you just got a blank
box on screen (which from memory was grey and had wording on it something
like "eps image - will only print on postscript printers"). To me the older
way was better, sinvce it was usually flawless. More complicated eps files
are prone to interpretation errors when the file is converted.
cheers
Bill



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm not seeing that here.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Landy" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not true - Word 2003 "interprets" EPS files (sometimes incorrectly) and
converts them into wmf on import. Personally, I prefer the old way
(which was less fallible) whereby Word just put a placeable header and
then produced the image upon printing to a postscript printer.

However I agree that there is no preview available in the dialog box
during the insertion process if there is no thumbnail. I very seldom
produce EPS files with thumnails because the thumbnail bit of the files
us often bigger than the actual information (assuming it is a vector
based figure).
cheers
Bill



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