Thanks for all the replies to this question. It seems that there are
very few options which maintain the spectrum in vector format.
Graphic Converter sounds like a good option, but appears to convert
the HPGL file to a bitmap even when exporting as WMF.
The best option to ensure the quality of the spectrum isn't degraded
by bitmap conversion seems to be to stick with postscript. XwinNMR
and XwinPlot both export as postscript but don't include a preview
image. Importing the postscript into Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw
will allow the spectrum to be edited, annotated etc, then resaved as
encapsulated postscript. This version will include a bitmap 'preview'
image which can be seen when the file is imported into a word
document, so positioning and scaling can be adjusted easily.
This seems a good method as all the adjusting of the diagram will be
performed outside Word.
I will also look at PlotView, which will interpret HPGL files on a
Mac, but the demo version won't load my files so I haven't tested it
yet.
A future option might be SVG conversion. The unix hp2xx utility will
allow conversion of HPGL to the new international standard SVG
format. I would expect this to become an import option into Word at
some stage.
Thanks again,
Phil.
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Dr Phil Dennison
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Department of Chemistry (949)824-5649 (lab)
University of California, Irvine (949)824-8571 (fax)
Irvine, CA 92697-2025 dennison_at_uci.edu
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Received on Sat Nov 02 2002 - 08:01:14 MST