Microsoft KB Archive/65547

Importing Graphics from PM Excel

PSS ID Number: Q65547 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Charts can be imported from Excel version 2.20 for OS/2 into Word 5.00 by creating a PostScript print file. PostScript print files are printable only on a PostScript-compatible printer.

To create an EPS or RAW PostScript print file, follow these steps:

If the PSCRIPT.DRV driver has not been installed, install the printer with the Printer Installer from the Utilities Group (printer driver installation will vary depending upon the version of OS/2).


 * 1) Start Excel and choose Printer Setup from the File menu.
 * 2) Select the printer from the list that is on PSCRIPT1 and click the Setup button.
 * 3) Click the Options button.
 * 4) To create an EPS file, select Encapsulated Postscript File in the “Print To” box and type a filename in the “File:” field. To create a RAW PostScript file for printing to a PostScript printer, choose “RAW PostScript file” and type a filename in the “File:” field.
 * 5) Click OK three times to return to Excel.
 * 6) Choose Print from the File menu to create the print file.

The PostScript print file can now be linked to Word 5.00 using the Library Link Graphics command.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Other means of importing graphics into Word are not possible for the following reasons:


 * 1) Word 5.00 and Presentation Manager (PM) Excel do not share a common graphics file format.
 * 2) Word 5.00 does not take advantage of the OS/2 Clipboard.
 * 3) Hewlett-Packard (HP) plotter drivers are not supplied with OS/2 and an HPGL file cannot be created in Excel.

KBCategory: kbprint KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: graphic OS2 ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.