On May 21, 2005, at 9:12 AM, Neal Gittleman wrote:
I'm extracting an .eps file from Finale, pasting it into a Word
document.
So I do the extraction, choosing PICT preview, include fonts, get the
nonsensical warning about Chicago (which I'm not using) not being
EPS-able and save the .eps file.
Then I insert the .eps file into Word and all is well. On screen I
have a not-too-good preview image, but I can see it. Off the printer
it's great.
Glad you worked it out.
In an exchange with MacSupport, they told me that the ultra low-res
preview image was the result of design. If they had included a high-res
preview, then your word processing file would have been huge.
I complained, and said that the resolution was so low I couldn't proof
my word-processing document without printing it out, which of course
adds yet another useless step to the already fussy procedure. I
suggested that there be a user-selectionable image resolution, set low
by default if they like, but the default should be user-adjustable.
Maybe a slider. They said they would forward it to feature requests,
but it will die there unless other people write in and ask for it as
well.
For a while, I rebooted into OS9 and made my EPS files with Finale
2003, where the preview looked great, but I quickly ran into situations
where I needed to make my EPS files from existing 2005 files, and so
that idea ran out of steam.
Write in and ask for the option to choose higher-res previews. And
while you're at it, ask them why include fonts doesn't seem to work. If
I try to print a word-processing document with EPSs embedded on another
computer that doesn't have jef chippewa's special JazzCord font on it,
then all the chord symbols show up as Courier.
Christopher
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