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Need vectors exported from Office/Excel Chart
I'm needing to export high-resolution graphics from Excel, charts from my
data for professional publication at 600 dpi. I used to be able to copy-paste Office graphs as vector graphics into Photoshop or Illustrator (my preferred platforms for final finishing on graphics). However, the Chart app in Office 2007 seems to dump low-resolution rasters into anything that's not Office. Powerpoint, Word, nor any other Microsoft product I've encountered are acceptable substitutes. Any ideas on how to get Office to export charts as high-resolution vectors? |
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Need vectors exported from Office/Excel Chart
You can copy an Excel 2007 chart as a picture, but you have to hunt for the
command. Click on the big ugly Paste button's dropdown, choose As Picture, then Copy As Picture (well hidden, eh?). Choose the On Screen and Picture options. This will copy a metafile to the clipboard. Even as a metafile, I find the visual appearance of these objects in 2007 to be hugely inferior to the equivalent in 2003 and earlier. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "JGBarin" wrote in message ... I'm needing to export high-resolution graphics from Excel, charts from my data for professional publication at 600 dpi. I used to be able to copy-paste Office graphs as vector graphics into Photoshop or Illustrator (my preferred platforms for final finishing on graphics). However, the Chart app in Office 2007 seems to dump low-resolution rasters into anything that's not Office. Powerpoint, Word, nor any other Microsoft product I've encountered are acceptable substitutes. Any ideas on how to get Office to export charts as high-resolution vectors? |
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Need vectors exported from Office/Excel Chart
Greetings, and thanks for the tip.
When I use the Copy As Picture function, I find that the axes titles are askew, misaligned, and unusably illegible. It seems to happen if I use either the 'As Shown On Screen'-Picture or 'As Shown in Picture' options. Ideas? "Jon Peltier" wrote: You can copy an Excel 2007 chart as a picture, but you have to hunt for the command. Click on the big ugly Paste button's dropdown, choose As Picture, then Copy As Picture (well hidden, eh?). Choose the On Screen and Picture options. This will copy a metafile to the clipboard. Even as a metafile, I find the visual appearance of these objects in 2007 to be hugely inferior to the equivalent in 2003 and earlier. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "JGBarin" wrote in message ... I'm needing to export high-resolution graphics from Excel, charts from my data for professional publication at 600 dpi. I used to be able to copy-paste Office graphs as vector graphics into Photoshop or Illustrator (my preferred platforms for final finishing on graphics). However, the Chart app in Office 2007 seems to dump low-resolution rasters into anything that's not Office. Powerpoint, Word, nor any other Microsoft product I've encountered are acceptable substitutes. Any ideas on how to get Office to export charts as high-resolution vectors? |
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Need vectors exported from Office/Excel Chart
You don't still have a copy of 2003, do you? I've been disappointed in any
exported chart format in 2007. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "JGBarin" wrote in message ... Greetings, and thanks for the tip. When I use the Copy As Picture function, I find that the axes titles are askew, misaligned, and unusably illegible. It seems to happen if I use either the 'As Shown On Screen'-Picture or 'As Shown in Picture' options. Ideas? "Jon Peltier" wrote: You can copy an Excel 2007 chart as a picture, but you have to hunt for the command. Click on the big ugly Paste button's dropdown, choose As Picture, then Copy As Picture (well hidden, eh?). Choose the On Screen and Picture options. This will copy a metafile to the clipboard. Even as a metafile, I find the visual appearance of these objects in 2007 to be hugely inferior to the equivalent in 2003 and earlier. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "JGBarin" wrote in message ... I'm needing to export high-resolution graphics from Excel, charts from my data for professional publication at 600 dpi. I used to be able to copy-paste Office graphs as vector graphics into Photoshop or Illustrator (my preferred platforms for final finishing on graphics). However, the Chart app in Office 2007 seems to dump low-resolution rasters into anything that's not Office. Powerpoint, Word, nor any other Microsoft product I've encountered are acceptable substitutes. Any ideas on how to get Office to export charts as high-resolution vectors? |
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Need vectors exported from Office/Excel Chart
Sadly, no. Trickiness with the institutional license, and all.
I'll remember to add this to my already monstrous list of Downgrades in Office. And thanks for the help. "Jon Peltier" wrote: You don't still have a copy of 2003, do you? I've been disappointed in any exported chart format in 2007. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "JGBarin" wrote in message ... Greetings, and thanks for the tip. When I use the Copy As Picture function, I find that the axes titles are askew, misaligned, and unusably illegible. It seems to happen if I use either the 'As Shown On Screen'-Picture or 'As Shown in Picture' options. Ideas? "Jon Peltier" wrote: You can copy an Excel 2007 chart as a picture, but you have to hunt for the command. Click on the big ugly Paste button's dropdown, choose As Picture, then Copy As Picture (well hidden, eh?). Choose the On Screen and Picture options. This will copy a metafile to the clipboard. Even as a metafile, I find the visual appearance of these objects in 2007 to be hugely inferior to the equivalent in 2003 and earlier. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "JGBarin" wrote in message ... I'm needing to export high-resolution graphics from Excel, charts from my data for professional publication at 600 dpi. I used to be able to copy-paste Office graphs as vector graphics into Photoshop or Illustrator (my preferred platforms for final finishing on graphics). However, the Chart app in Office 2007 seems to dump low-resolution rasters into anything that's not Office. Powerpoint, Word, nor any other Microsoft product I've encountered are acceptable substitutes. Any ideas on how to get Office to export charts as high-resolution vectors? |
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