I have got this problem sorted. In Excel you use Shift+Edit to copy the graph as a picture You paste the picture into Powerpoint Right click on the picture in Power point and "Save picture" as a .wmf The .wmf can then be pasted into lyx with high quality.
Thanks John timtheenchanter wrote: > > I have been given a solution to this. > Copy the chart as a picture: Shift+Edit > Paste into Powerpoint > Right click on chart in Powerpoint and "Save as picture" > In this case the picture is saved as a .wmf that works with lyx and the > quality is very good. > > > > Dave Hewitt wrote: >> >> This won't be terribly helpful, but my short answer would be that there >> is no way that qualifies even as good, let alone best, for most figures. >> I hadn't made a figure in Excel in a long time, but I just did to muck >> around. I couldn't figure out how to save the figure (chart) by itself as >> an image. I saved the worksheet as a web page to force the chart into its >> own image file, but it was a GIF. How did you get them into JPGs? Is this >> Office 2007, the new and unimproved Office? Either way, the image that >> came out was not good and couldn't be resized in an editor - forget the >> reason why, something about scalable, vectorization... >> >> One thing I've done in a pinch is to make the image fill as much of the >> screen as possible and use Print Screen, then paste that image into an >> editor like GIMP. This will work to get "decent" resolution for simple >> stuff, but I wouldn't do it for publications or any final product. >> >> >> timtheenchanter wrote: >>> >>> Sorry if this question has been answered before but what is the best way >>> to import excel graphs (Charts) into Lyx. If I convert them to a .jpg >>> for example the quality of the finished document is poor. >>> >>> Thanks >>> John >>> >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Excel-graphs-into-Lyx-tp586234p687663.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
