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From: johan@dutnak2.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Post Script
Keywords: ps post script postscript
Message-ID: <937@dutrun.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 89 09:55:12 GMT
References: <789@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu> <1989Oct10.151130.24645@agate.berkeley.edu> <364@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM>
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Reply-To: johan@dutnak2.UUCP (Johan de Haas)
Organization: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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In article <364@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM> jackd@copper.WR.TEK.COM (Jack Decker) writes:
>>>Can anybody out there tell me where I can get a program to view post-
>>>script files on my screen instead of printing them.
>>

Jack Decker replies:
>
>No, I made the mistake of getting LaserTalk to view and paste EPS files.  Don't
>do it.  LaserTalk is much better suited for developing PS programs rather than
>simply displaying and working with EPS files in the Mac environment.  
>
>Instead, check out Emerald City's Smart Art program.  Like LaserTalk, it
>requires a LaserWriter and a little fiddling with the EPS file, but it does
>produce an image you can see on the screen as well as paste into Word,
>PowerPoint, FreeHand, PageMaker, etc.  Not only is it easier to use than
>LaserTalk, it is also much cheaper <$90 street price.  
>

On our UNIX machine we have a graphics package that is able to generate
EPSF files. The EPSF files, however, have no associated screen preview.
If imported in e.g. PowerPoint, they only show a bounding box.

I know that the screen preview is a bitmap that should reside in a PICT
resource of the EPSF file. Is Smart Art capable of generating such an
EPSF file with PICT resource? If so, could you explain how cumbersome
the procedure is?

Johan de Haas     tel. +31 15 785188   E-mail: johan@dutnak0.tudelft.nl
Delft University of Technology
P.O Box 5046, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands