RE: st: Can .wmf file be opened by Stata?

[Grace Jessie <gracejessie@hotmail.com>]

Neil,
thank you very much for help.
I am just learning graph in Stata. Sometimes I exported the picture in .wmf file and wanted to edit it afterwards, so I sent the question.
Now that no editing can be done by .wmf file, I should also save the graph as .gph file in case I want to do any other editing afterwards.
Thank you for reminding me of the reason why  "translate figure.gph figure.wmf" does not work. My Stata is version 10, which may not 
support the command.
By the way, is there a similar command in version 10 as "translate figure.gph figure.wmf" in version 9? 
Thank you .
 
Grace


> From: nshephard@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:12:32 +0000
> Subject: Re: st: Can .wmf file be opened by Stata?
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> 
> 2010/11/1 Grace Jessie <gracejessie@hotmail.com>:
> > statalists,
> > I know the graph generated by Stata can be saved as .wmf file with -graph export-.
> > And then Can .wmf file be opened by Stata? How to do it ?
> 
> Stata has its own native format for graphs. There's a subtle hint in
> the above command, its _exporting_ to a different format. I can't
> generate WMF as I'm on a *NIX system so have no way of checking this
> for you, but even if you can open a WMF in Stata after having exported
> it, you won't be able to do any tweaks to it.
> 
> Why do you want to open an exported *.wmf file in Stata? Any
> editing/tweaking should be done to the graph within Stata before
> exporting it.
> 
> > Additionally, why does "translate figure.gph figure.wmf" in http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/win/editgraph.html not work in my Stata ?
> 
> That would depend very much on which version of Stata you are using
> which you haven't mentioned (as requested in the FAQ). The top of
> that page indicates that it pertains to Stata 9 though, so if you're
> using a different version then I wouldn't expect it to work.
> 
> Also note that the article does not indicate that Stata is capable of
> opening the exported *.wmf file, it is showing how to export to wmf
> and then insert that image into a M$-Word (or other M$-Office style
> product).
> 
> Neil
> 
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