Microsoft KB Archive/82128

= WD: EPS Graphic PostScript Lost Between WinWord and MacWord =

Article ID: 82128

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

-



This article was previously published under Q82128



SYMPTOMS
When you convert a document that contains an embedded Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) graphic from Word for Windows to Word for the Macintosh (or vice versa), only a representation of the picture (PICT) or tagged image file format (TIFF) bitmap preview image contained in the original EPS graphic will be retained.



CAUSE
Because most graphics programs that export the EPS graphic format include only a low resolution bitmap preview image by default, the visual quality of the converted graphic may be somewhat degraded in comparison to the output that could be obtained if the original PostScript code had been retained and sent to the printer after conversion.



WORKAROUND
To improve the quality of the image, use one of the following workarounds.

Method 1
Use the highest resolution option for the preview header included with an EPS image when you export it from the creator graphic application.

Method 2
Use a graphics format other than EPS.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

172475 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1



MORE INFORMATION
When converting between Word for the Macintosh and Word for Windows, the on-screen representation of the EPS graphic is transformed by the Windows metafile converter in conjunction with the Word for Windows text converter to a Windows metafile (or vice versa when converting in the opposite direction).

NOTE: As defined by the Adobe EPS Specification 2.0, the inclusion of a bitmap preview image in an EPS graphic file is optional. If you attempt to convert a document that contains such an EPS graphic with no preview image in either direction, a blank box will be the result--both on screen and when printing. This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: win mac metapict meta pict conversion converting transferring translating translate translation transfer import export image quality

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbinterop kbconversion kbgraphic KB82128

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.