OmniGraffle to Word X best way?

[Adam Maxwell]

On 22 Mar, 2004, at 10:18, Jeremy Reichman wrote:

> However, if I take the default AppleScript I downloaded today from 
> Joel, I still get a low-res color preview on-screen after placing the 
> resulting preview-ready EPS in Word.

I wasn't able to get epstool to produce anything better, and I played 
with various options (the AppleScript uses epstool).  GraphicConverter 
v5 now has the ability to add previews to EPS files, and does a much 
nicer job.

> The printouts look okay, but are not spectacular -- but that could be 
> due to colors I've chosen (they look okay on-screen but were not 
> designed for print).

I believe that Word prints the preview bitmap, instead of the 
PostScript (might depend on whether you have a PS printer, too).  To 
workaround this bug, choose Print, then choose Output Options from the 
popup menu, and save as a PostScript file.  You can then open the .ps 
file with Preview on 10.3, and print from there.

> As a side note, I've reported this bug to Microsoft but I'm not sure 
> if they recognize it as a bug (as I'm sure most of *us* do) or intend 
> to fix it. I wouldn't hold my breath until they at least acknowledge 
> the problem. BTW, the graphics importer code should be shared between 
> all the Office apps, so expect the same benefits/problems throughout 
> each app.

Word's handling of graphics just plain sucks IMO, which is only part of 
the reason I switched to LaTeX for technical writing.  The only graphic 
Word really handles well is EPS with a vector PICT preview in the 
resource fork, but very few apps can produce this.

rgds,
Adam