Re: st: copying graphs in Mac

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

this worked great - thanks

my problem was apparently that I tried to insert a file rather than 
insert -> picture -> file!
Phil Schumm wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Richard Goldstein wrote:
> > I have recently switched from Windows to a Mac and am using an 
> > up-to-date version of Stata 10.1. I want to copy a graph from Stata 
> > into Open Office
> > I tried using Stata's copy graph, but Open Office thinks there is 
> > nothing to paste and I get nothing
> > I tried exporting to eps and, again, nothing was inserted into Open 
> > Office
> > I exported the graph to pict -- open office then accepted it BUT only 
> > into the draw program -- I need it in the word processor because then 
> > it can be saved to a ".doc" file and sent to colleagues who use Word 
> > in Windows
>
> It's been quite a while since I used OO, but IIRC I have saved graphs in 
> PNG format (e.g., -graph export foo.png-) and then used Insert -> 
> Picture -> From File...  Does this no longer work?
>
> -- Phil
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