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From: jhenry@randvax.UUCP (Jim Henry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A Word/Embedded Postscript Question
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Date: 16 Dec 88 23:35:50 GMT
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Another way to handle EPS in Word is to use a form of PICT file that
contains PostScript.  I believe that Apple developed and is promoting the
use of this format and that they call it Position-Independent PostScript.

Adobe Illustrator '88 can create this type of PostScript by doing an
option-Copy (option-command-c).  Word will read the resulting PICT just
like any other graphic, allow you to size and scale, and print using the
PostScript.  Because it has a bitmap attached for screen viewing, it will
also print on an ImageWriter.

The downside is that I don't know if anything other than Illustrator '88
knows how to make this type of PostScript and I do know that several
applications, including Superpaint and MacDraw II, don't know how to read
these things.  But it is real slick for moving from Illustrator to Word.