Re: st: Presenting Stata graphs in Word/PowerPoint doucuments

[Nick Winter <nw53@cornell.edu>]

Hmmm,

Not sure what the problem is.  There are two basic approaches I use, both 
of which work well for me and ought to work for you.

(1) For the occasional, one-off graph or two.

Generate the graph in Stata.

Then copy it to the Windows Clipboard (either right-click then select "Copy 
Graph" OR select Edit-Copy Graph from the menu, OR press Ctrl-C with the 
Graph Window highlighted)

Then paste the graph in Word (either Edit-Paste or Ctrl-V).

(2) For more than one graph--the Stata side of this can be automated.

Generate the graph in Stata.

Save it to disk in a format Word can handle--either .PNG, .WMF, or 
.EMF.  (Or .eps though then you sometimes can't actually see it in Word, 
though it will print on a postscript printer).  Do this with -graph export-

e.g.:

. graph twoway scatter mpg price
. graph export mpgprice.emf

Then use Insert-Picture-From File in Word to insert the graph.

--NW


 At 08:38 PM 3/3/2005 +0100, you wrote:

> Hi listers,
>
> Thanks to Mitchell's great book, I have made a lot of nice Stata graphs at 
> home today. However, having read all the advice I could get in the 
> Statalist Archives and using -findit-, I still have not come up with a 
> sollotion that let me see my Stata graphs within a Word or PP document. I 
> have tried everything from a simple copy-past to saving the graphs in all 
> the availebla formats.
>
> I use Windows XP (at home); maybe it wil work om my office Windows 2000 
> tomorrow?
>
> In the meantime, any advice is appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christer Thrane
> Associate Professor, Lillehammer University College
> 2626, Lillehammer, Norway
>
>
>
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