Using postscript files with powerpoint ?

[Axel Kowald]

Hi everybody,

I have a postscript file which I want to import into Powerpoint2002.
Powerpoint allows me to select eps files and places a placeholder of
the size of the postscript BoundingBox on my powerpoint slide.

So far, so good. But when I print the slide (on a PS printer) I still
only see the placeholder on not the content of the PS file :-(
I understand that Powerpoint displays only a placeholder on screen
(since it doesn't contain a PS interpreter), but when send to a PS
printer it should display the content of the PS file ?!

Any ideas what's going wrong ?

Many thanks,

Axel

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

You should open the PS file in Illustrator and save it as an EMF file -
import that inside PowerPoint assuming your PS file is a vector
illustration.

If that does not work, try to export it as a TIFF that you can insert on a
slide.


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[Steve Rindsberg]

I have a postscript file which I want to import into Powerpoint2002.

Powerpoint allows me to select eps files and places a placeholder of
the size of the postscript BoundingBox on my powerpoint slide.

Is it a PS file or an EPS file? They're not quite the same thing.
Apart from that, your understanding of what should happen is correct.

Then again, this *is* PowerPoint. It's been hostile to EPS since at least
version 3. I gave up the good fight long ago and would generally recommend the
same strategy as Geetesh. Only instead of Illustrator I'd use Corel Draw
because I use Corel Draw ;-)

So far, so good. But when I print the slide (on a PS printer) I still
only see the placeholder on not the content of the PS file :-(

Possibly PPT's not recognizing the printer as a PS one? If you choose the To
File option in the print dialog box and print a single slide, what do the first
few lines of the file look like when you open it in Notepad?

There may be some other gibberish ahead of it for some printers but if it's PS,
there'll be something like this near the top:

%!PS-Adobe

If not, it's not PS, meaning probably that you (or PPT) has somehow grabbed
hold of the non-PS side of a multi-mode printer. What printer is it, by the
way?

I understand that Powerpoint displays only a placeholder on screen
(since it doesn't contain a PS interpreter), but when send to a PS
printer it should display the content of the PS file ?!

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[Axel Kowald]

You should open the PS file in Illustrator and save it as an EMF file -
import that inside PowerPoint assuming your PS file is a vector
illustration.

Hm, good idea.
I tried it and Illustrator (11.0) displayed the ps file correctly,
except for the fonts which it completely omitted :-(
This is strange since I included the fonts in the PS file and
ghostview displays everything correctly.

Any good idea here ?

Cheers,
Axel

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hm, good idea.

I tried it and Illustrator (11.0) displayed the ps file correctly,
except for the fonts which it completely omitted :-(
This is strange since I included the fonts in the PS file and
ghostview displays everything correctly.

The two are different; GS is a PS interpreter. Illustrator is more of a PS to Illustrator
Format converter. An interpreter can use and display the fonts in the PS file w/o having to
install them in the system. Illustrator needs the fonts installed in order to use them.



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