Tze Kwang Teo wrote:
> I have been encountering the same problem while using Adobe Acrobat
> Distiller to convert EPS graphics from Stata into PDF. The problem is
> that after conversion, I view the resultant PDF and the graph is always
> "embedded" in a 8.5in by 11in "canvas" even though the graph is several
> sizes smaller than letterpaper size. In other words a lot of
> white-space is created that should not be part of the graph.
>
> I have been attempting EPS -> PDF conversion because for a variety of
> reasons I need to use the pdfLaTeX driver (I typeset in LaTeX) ...
and Kit Baum replied in part:
> I use pdflatex (driven by
> TeXShop on OS X) routinely with eps files as the only form of graphical
> input.
>
> % Encapsulated PostScript figures
> \usepackage{epsfig}
While Kit's approach works fine for B&W graphs, I have found problems
in getting good colour graphs into LaTeX (without them being
bitmapped). The solution was suggested on this list some time ago and I
have been using the solution for several months with very good
results. I now use it all the time for both B&W and colour graphs.
Basically, the answer lies in a little ado program (-grexportpdf-)
written by Philippe Van Kerm and kindly provided to the list. His code
for - grexportpdf- (modified for the correct path names to your latex
installation and with erasing the eps file turned off) is shown below:
*! grexportpdf 1.0, Ph. Van Kerm, Aug-2003
* grexportpdf using path/filename
cap pr drop grexportpdf
pr def grexportpdf
version 8
syntax using /
loc using=subinstr("`using'",".pdf","",.)
gr export "`using'.eps", replace
winexec c:\texmf\miktex\bin\epstopdf "`using'.eps"
* erase "`using'.eps"
end
The steps for using it are simple:
Stata commands to create and save your own graph
then:
gr use mygraph.gph
grexportpdf using c:\data\report\mygraph
or wherever you want to send it.
This creates the mygraph.pdf file for inclusion in LaTeX using:
\includegraphics[width=.75\linewidth,trim= 0 -10 0 -10]{mygraph}
with settings which can be tweaked to get the best distance between
Figure headings and captions etc.
Make sure you have a
\usepackage{graphics}
line in your LaTeX preamble.
--
Kind regards,
Ian
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NSW, 2006, Australia
phone: 02 9351 5622
email:[email protected]
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