Am Samstag, 17. November 2007 18:18:28 schrieb Robin Haunschild: > Hi, > > am Samstag, 17. November 2007 17:54 schrieb Gregory Pittman: > > Robin Haunschild wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > although I usually prefer eps graphics, it would be great if > > > Scribus could export wmf files > > > (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Metafile) in future versions > > > because Openoffice can use wmf files more efficiently than eps > > > files. Are there patent problems about I do not know concerning the > > > wmf file format? > > > > so you're exporting from Scribus to openoffice? Gasp! > > Well, more or less only use Scribus to create nice figures. If I write > something privately, I export them from Scribus to LaTeX but > unfortunally, my boss refuses to use LaTeX. He is used to work with > Word and does not want to change this habit. Therefore, everything he > wants to have digitally I have to provide in a Word-Doc format. > However, MS-Word and OpenOffice need a huge amount of resources after > importing 10 eps figures. Although eps and wmf are vector graphics, I > didn't find such behaviour for wmf files. Anyway my (ugly) workaround > now is to create figures in Scribus, exporting them as eps, renaming > them, importing them into Corel Draw and finally exporting them as wmf > files. The last step is obviously the nastiest one. ;) > It would be much easier to directly export figures from Scribus in eps > and wmf format (for my and my bosses use). ;) > >
You can export an eps from Scribus, import it in OO.o Draw, then save as a WMF file from OO.o. HTH Christoph
