Re: [Matplotlib-users] Fwd: best format for MS word?

2009-09-03 Thread Shixin Zeng
Yes, Me feel sad as well. But I don't think he wants to learn python and then matplotlib. He is not a computer professor after all. Best Regards Shixin Zeng On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Nicolas Bigaouettenbigaoue...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sure everybody find this really sad... If he wants

Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word?

2009-09-02 Thread Shixin Zeng
wrong or it's because of the limitation of this method itself. I'm posting here in hope of some one with more knowledge would enlighten me. Thanks. To build the problem, you need to download librsvg and it's dependency from http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/ Best Regards Shixin Zeng

Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word?

2009-09-02 Thread Shixin Zeng
No, I'm not scaling it down actually, I use the exact size matplotlib produces. So this is not a problem about scaling. Best Regards Shixin Zeng On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Chip Webberchipweb...@gmail.com wrote: If Word has problems scaling down the png image for viewing maybe you could

Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word?

2009-09-02 Thread Shixin Zeng
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Christopher Barkerchris.bar...@noaa.gov wrote: MS simply doesn't lay well with open vector formats, I think PNG with the right DPI, etc is still probably your best bet. Yes, I think I have to stick to this option Shixin Zeng wrote: I'm attaching a file

Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word?

2009-09-02 Thread Shixin Zeng
No, it doesn't work for me. Either it can't convert, or the quality is pretty low, there are some black blocks in the converted plot. Best Regards Shixin Zeng On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Gary Rubengru...@bigpond.net.au wrote: I haven't tried it myself, but this converter may do the trick

[Matplotlib-users] Fwd: best format for MS word?

2009-09-02 Thread Shixin Zeng
Forgot CC list. Thanks for your helps. Best Regards Shixin Zeng -- Forwarded message -- From: Shixin Zeng zeng.shi...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:02 PM Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word? To: Stan West stan.w...@nrl.navy.mil On Wed, Sep 2

Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word?

2009-09-01 Thread Shixin Zeng
Yes, I tried OOo. But its pdf/ps/svg importer is not good enough, it kinda screwed up my pictures, so ... Best Regards Shixin Zeng On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:50 PM, jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: Shixin Zeng wrote: Hi, Could someone tell me what's the best format that matplotlib can

Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word?

2009-09-01 Thread Shixin Zeng
How do I utilize pyEmf? AFAIK, it's used by the old emf backend in matplotlib, which is not maintained or functional any more. Best Regards Shixin Zeng On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Andrew Strawstraw...@astraw.com wrote: Shixin Zeng wrote: Hi, Could someone tell me what's the best

Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word?

2009-09-01 Thread Shixin Zeng
Yes, with large pictures, PNG is good enough, but when scaling down, it looks a bit fuzzy. Best Regards Shixin Zeng On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Alan G Isaacalan.is...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/1/2009 8:22 PM Shixin Zeng apparently wrote: Yes, I tried OOo. But its pdf/ps/svg importer

Re: [Matplotlib-users] best format for MS word?

2009-09-01 Thread Shixin Zeng
Yes, the DPI i'm using is 300, and I tried to change it to 600, or 1200, but I can't see much difference. Best Regards Shixin Zeng On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Eric Firingefir...@hawaii.edu wrote: Shixin Zeng wrote: Hi, Could someone tell me what's the best format that matplotlib can