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From: leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Leo Hinds)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: (TEMPORARY) solution to w4w problem with EPS pictures & tables
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Date: 24 May 91 19:12:44 GMT
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As some may remember, a few weeks ago I posted a message complaining about 
uSoft Tech Supports lack of capabilities/understanding with respect to 
PostScript.  Mr. Ken Sykes replied claiming knowledge of & responsibility 
to fix the problem.  While Mr. Sykes works on the REAL fix, we came up with 
the following TEMPORARY (not an acceptable process for an end user ... ok 
for a "hacker" like myself) workaround:

	1) import the EPS into PowerPoint
	2) copy from powerpoint ==> clipboard ==> w4w
	3) use to your heart's content

The nice things about this are that (1) it works & (2) the file still contains 
PS code that will allow for jaggie-less resizing ... on the down-side, all 
documents are (for our particular case) 22.5k larger than they have to be as 
the entire logo is now an integral part of every document (vs being merged @ 
print time).

Questions I have are as follows:

	1) Why does this work? (print to file available for whoever wants to 
	   investigate) ... did the clipboard transfer all the EPS as-is, 
	   or did it modify it???

	2) Was anyone aware of this method for "cleaning" up EPS (especially 
	   interested if Mr. Sykes was aware of it) ... and will it work when 
	   done in other programs? - I tried to do this with w4w (import into 
	   w4w; copy to clipboard & paste into new document) and with 
	   Illustrator ... both failed

	3) Is there any way to save what is in the clipboard as an EPS file 
	   so that I would not have to save 22.5k worth of clipboard logo with 
	   each file.


leoh@hdw.csd.harris.com         	Leo Hinds       	(305)973-5229
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