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Subject:Re: eps: mac illustrator to pc word 6 no luck From:Michael Blair <mjblair -at- TOTAL -dot- NET> Date:Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:04:46 -0500
On Friday, January 22, 1999 4:43:05 PM, Donna Horowitz wrote:
> We are unsuccessfully trying to import an Illustrator .eps file (Mac) into
> a Word file (PC).
>
> When I asked a couple free lance buddies, they said they've had the same
> problem and resorted to other solutions--saving on a PC as a .wmf, for
> example.
>
> We don't usually have to cross platforms this way, and I've not run across
> this problem before. I'd thought that cross-platform issues were a thing of
> the past, but, hark, they lurk still.
>
> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>
One of my clients regularly tries, and fails, to import EPS files into
Word for Windows. They usually resort to saving the files as TIFF before
transferring to the PC. I read somewhere that for most mid-range laser
printers (600 DPI) that TIFF is recommended.
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Michael Blair
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