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From: armil@pdn.paradyne.com (Steve Armil)
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Subject: Re: Winword and EPS...Argh!
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Date: 8 Feb 91 12:59:52 GMT
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In article <24618@rouge.usl.edu> pcb@cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) writes:
>I used Designer to create both tif and eps files.  Along with each
>exported eps file is a tif file and a ps file.
>
>When I insert the regular tif file in winword, the picture size is very
>similar to the size I exported.  I can stretch it...preview it...and get
>good results but the *.doc files become huge.
>
>When I insert the eps file, the picture is initially smaller, I can stretch
>it and preview it.  BUT, when I print it, a 1/2 page picture is stretched
>over 2.5 printed pages?  I loaded EPS from examples.doc.  Where is the
>distortion coming from? Argh!  I RTM and TB, but I am confused!
>Any ideas?

Microsoft tech support admits that their handling of EPS files is poor.
They promised to send me a new macro for importing EPS, but it hasn't 
arrived.  They did say that W4W needs TIFF info embedded (?) or somehow
associated with the EPS file to work properly.

I gave up and used CGM or HPGL format.