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Subject:Visio file formats; size of eps From:Tom Johnson <johnsont -at- FREEWAY -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 9 Jul 1998 07:37:03 -0400
Kelly and others,
I haven't proved this, but I think fill patterns will greatly influence
file size. Figuring out how to describe Visio's fill patterns in postscript
and vectors would make your head spin. Some graphics lend themselves better
to postscript than others. Simple line art probably doesn't convert to an
oversize eps file.
Tom Johnson
Traverse City, MI. Where the air and water are clean.
business johnsont -at- starcutter -dot- com
personal tjohnson -at- grandtraverse -dot- com
Kelly Reeve wrote:
>
> Could one of you Visio users please tell me if you can output .eps
> files? I'm hoping to convince my company to invest in it, but I need
> to know this first.
Chris Knight replied:
Yes it can, although I have found it generates extremely large output
files. Much larger than I would expect considering Visio is working in
a vector format.
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Chris Knight
Consultant, Technical Communication Architect
Vancouver BC, Canada
