I'm having weird problems with distorted lines in barcharts after
copy/paste to MS word while printing directly out of STATA works fine. I
have contacted STATA tech support and they answered that there may be a
problem with the clipboard function and they are working to find a
solution.
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fred Wolfe
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:43 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Queries on graph 8
>
>
> Maybe Stata Corp might be able to help.
>
> I am having the following problems. When exporting to .emf
> and .wmf, I get
> sharing violations when I try to replace. I have to save
> under a different
> name. I am pasting into MS word. Stata is open and so is MS
> Word. Neever
> had such a problem with Stata 7.
>
> I am also having some problems with printing. To be able to
> print many
> schemes I have to use PS driver. In addition, I get much
> thinner lines with
> .eps (not acceptable) and satisfactory lines and shading with .wms.
>
> If I just paste .gph files into word (as I was always able to do) the
> shading comes out black.
>
> Printer is Lexmark Optra R+
>
> This is kind of a time-waster. What was a simple copy graph
> and paste now
> is save to intermediate file and reconfigure printer. Worse,
> I think, is
> that I used to be able to paste into word and send colleagues a file
> knowing that they could print it. But if printing requires a
> special driver
> then sharing becomes quite difficult.
>
> Any suggestions or comments about best way to print a
> manuscript in MS word
> that has a Stata 8 graphic in it?
>
> I have one suggestion for speeding things up. If graph
> program did all of
> the syntax checking up front, one could save time. After waiting 25
> seconds for a combined graph to display, I then get an error message
> because I did something wrong. Better to have it up front. Thanks.
>
> Fred Wolfe
>
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