Hi list,
I suppose this is slightly OT.
I need to copy and paste a portion of my figure over to Word. I realize that I can't just do an Edit -> Copy -> switch to Word -> Paste (although that would be nice). So, I have to do it by creating a new file, save it as EMF file, and then switch over to Word, do an Insert -> Picture - From File. That works. However, the resulting figure is a full page figure - with lots of empy space. I also realize that there is no crop feature in Inkscape. So, can somebody please point me to a tool that can crop the EMF file so I can import it into Word?
Thanks,
-- John Henry
This is cheesey but might work. I say might because I'm at work and don't have Inkscape in front of me. You might also want to work from a copy of the file.
1. Group the entire image. 2. Create a shape around the area you want to keep. 3. Select the grouped image and the shape created in step 2. 4. Clip - Set. 5. Export to PNG to the desired dimensions.
Word seems to play nicely with PNGimages.
On 5/14/07, kc106_2005-inkscape@...12... <kc106_2005-inkscape@...12...> wrote:
Hi list,
I suppose this is slightly OT.
I need to copy and paste a portion of my figure over to Word. I realize that I can't just do an Edit -> Copy -> switch to Word -> Paste (although that would be nice). So, I have to do it by creating a new file, save it as EMF file, and then switch over to Word, do an Insert -> Picture - From File. That works. However, the resulting figure is a full page figure - with lots of empy space. I also realize that there is no crop feature in Inkscape. So, can somebody please point me to a tool that can crop the EMF file so I can import it into Word?
Thanks,
-- John Henry
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On 2007-May-14 , at 23:03 , <kc106_2005-inkscape@...12...> <kc106_2005-inkscape@...12...> wrote:
I need to copy and paste a portion of my figure over to Word. I realize that I can't just do an Edit -> Copy -> switch to Word -> Paste (although that would be nice). So, I have to do it by creating a new file, save it as EMF file, and then switch over to Word, do an Insert -> Picture - From File. That works. However, the resulting figure is a full page figure - with lots of empy space. I also realize that there is no crop feature in Inkscape. So, can somebody please point me to a tool that can crop the EMF file so I can import it into Word?
I've never tried export to EMF but PDF show a similar behaviour. If your blank space corresponds to the blank area of your Inkscape page, you can just fit Inkscape's page to the content of your drawing: Document prosperties > Page > Fit page to selection
It would be nice however to be able to do this from the export dialog, i.e. to have some options similar to those of the bitmap export dialog such as export only selection, export all drawing or export the whole page. Maybe there is already a RFE (Request For Enhancement) about this, otherwise you could fill one.
Hope that helps.
JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/
with lots of empy space. I also realize that there is no crop feature in Inkscape. So, can somebody please point me to a tool that can crop the EMF file so I can import it into Word?
Crop can be done via setting page size. You can select the object(s) and ctrl+shift+d and "Fit page to selection". That results in the object(s) filling exactly the whole page.
Karol
<kc106_2005-inkscape@...125...> writes:
However, the resulting figure is a full page figure - with lots of empy space. I also realize that there is no crop feature in Inkscape.
But there is a crop feature in Word... After you insert your graphhic open Word's Picture toolbar. In the center of the toolbar you'll find a crop button. Click it and you can drag the edges of the pictureto make the canvas smaller.
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