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RE: st: Can .wmf file be opened by Stata?
From
Grace Jessie <[email protected]>
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RE: st: Can .wmf file be opened by Stata?
Date
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 17:17:27 +0000
Neil,
thank you very much!
Grace
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:25:09 +0000
> Subject: Re: st: Can .wmf file be opened by Stata?
> To: [email protected]
>
> 2010/11/2 Grace Jessie <[email protected]>:
> > 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.
>
> Its good practice to get the graph as close as possible in Stata first
> (when its a .gph), but there are some things that are still
> troublesome and for which you may wish to edit the exported .wmf file
> in a grahpics editor external to Stata. Thats what the
> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/win/editgraph.html FAQ was
> instructive about (steps 7 through to 11).
>
> > 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?
>
> Yes, you already mentioned it, its -graph export [filename].wmf,
> as(wmf)- to get a WMF version of your graph. If there was something
> you couldn't get right in Stata you can then pick up the the FAQ at
> step 4 to make the desired alterations.
>
> Neil
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