OmniGraffle-Users Digest, Vol 9, Issue 10

[Johan Ihrén]

Greg,

>> - WMF support. Not only for XML but also as an export option. 
>> Inserting a
>> WMF file into an Office document would be probably the best vector 
>> graphic
>> format supported on both Mac and PC (not like pdf inserted in 
>> Office:Mac)
>> with a small file size.
>
> We'll support WMF import for Visio, but not WMF export of entire 
> documents. We do plan on supporting vector PICT export, however, which 
> is the best vector graphic format for Office:Mac and is supported by 
> Office:Win, as well as being useful for other Mac apps that don't 
> handle PDF very well, such as Appleworks.

Please. Please. I'm in trouble at the moment having made the decision 
to move away from crappy ppt graphics in more than 800 slides of 
material in favour of OG imagery that look absolutely stunning in 
comparision. I did notice that the imported PDFs (i.e. OG-->PDF-->PPT) 
were a little bit hazy but I thought that was me having overlooked an 
antialiasing control somewhere (so call me stupid). In fact, as most of 
you probably know, the problem is not within OG at all, but rather a 
consequence of PPT rasterizing PDF on import at a really low 
resolution. And because of the amount of material going via hi-res png 
or jpg isn't really an option either (90+ MB individual powerpoint 
presentations are not a good place to be).

So some method of moving vector graphics into Office without succumbing 
to rasterization is really crucial to have.

> These are forward looking statements and not guarantees or official 
> statements of support, blah blah blah...

Is there a plan for when OG4 is expected? I.e. no need for guarentees, 
but it would help to know whether it's 12+ months away at least or if 
it's nearing starting the release cycle.

Johan Ihrén