Re: st: Copying diagrams from SEM Builder

[W Robert Long <W.R.Long@leeds.ac.uk>]

Hi Phil

I found that saving the diagram as a png file and then inserting the png 
file in powerpoint works, and the resulting image has no border in 
powerpoint, but this isn't really a solution for me, as I am trying to 
find a /quick/ way to acheive this - I can already do it by cropping it 
in paint.net and then copy/pasting which takes about the same 
time/effort/clicks as saving it as a file first.

I'd really just like to use ctrl-c / ctrl-v  but I don't understand 
how/why I am getting these borders.

Thanks again
RL

On 31/03/2013 23:12, W Robert Long wrote:
> Hi Phil
>
> In SEM builder, if I choose Edit-Copy, or just Ctrl-C, and then go to 
> Powerpoint and do Ctrl V then the resulting figure is enclosed in a 
> box. The only way I have found to avoid this is to paste it into a 
> graphic program such as paint.net , remove the border by hand, and 
> copy/paste that into powerpoint.
>
> I am not saving the diagram to a file - just using copy/paste
>
> Hope I'm explaining myself.
>
> Thanks
> RL
>
> On 31/03/2013 15:17, Phil Schumm wrote:
> > On Mar 31, 2013, at 8:04 AM, W Robert Long wrote:
> > > Is there a way to easily copy diagrams from SEM Builder, so that 
> > > they are not framed with a box ? I need to copy them into Powerpoint 
> > > and at the moment, the only way I can get rid of the box is to first 
> > > copy it into a graphics program, resize and remove the box, and then 
> > > copy/paste into Powerpoint. This is becoming very tedious. It would 
> > > be great if I can Ctrl-C in SEM Builder and Ctrl-V in Powerpoint...
> >
> > Not sure what you are referring to here, since if I build and 
> > estimate a model using the SEM GUI and then use the "Copy" button, 
> > the resulting image is not surrounded by a border.  Note that you can 
> > save the image from within Stata in a variety of formats (e.g., ps, 
> > eps, pdf, etc.), all of which can be easily used in PowerPoint.  As 
> > with "Copy", the resulting files do not have a border for me.  Maybe 
> > that would work for you?
> >
> >
> > -- Phil
> >
> >
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