Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!hsdndev!husc6!purdue!haven!wam!mikec From: mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: EPS uneditablility Message-ID: <1990Dec18.031631.22087@wam.umd.edu> Date: 18 Dec 90 03:16:31 GMT References: Sender: usenet@wam.umd.edu (USENET Posting) Reply-To: mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) Organization: University of Maryland at College Park Lines: 36 In article n67786@lehtori.tut.fi (Nieminen Tero) writes: > >EPS files differ from arbitrary Post Script files in that the image >contained in them in a "one page" image. EPS has nothing more to do with >Adobe Illustrator files, contrary to common belief. > For what it's worth, I've accomplished what I have set out to do. I placed all my Mac EPS files into one folder. Then, one by one, I read them into MS Word 4.0 Using the "Open Any File" Command (Shift-Open) or (Shift F6). Then, using SAVE AS, I saved them as Text only files back to their original names (this took over five hours). Finally, using Kermit, I sent them over a 19200bps serial line to the Cube. Using preview, I tested almost all of them, and they all worked great! The only way I can think of editing them now, however, is actually opening the files in Edit, and changing something directly, checking it in Preview, opening it in Edit, etc... BTW, MacKermit has the ability to send just the Data fork of a Mac File. Plus, it has the ability to send "All files in this folder." Had I been aware of these two wonderful abilities, I would have saved a good five or six hours! Moral: Read the instructions that come with your software. MikeC PS: I don't know if I've helped anyone, but at least I feel better ;-) -- ___________________________________________________ Michael D. Callaghan,MDC Designs, University of Merryland mikec@wam.umd.edu