Re: st: Re: st: RTF issues.

[Jeph Herrin <stata@spandrel.net>]

On the topic of RTF, I too found -rtfutil- helpful, as well as inspiring 
- I ended up writing a number of additional modules for working with RTF.

One problem (or solution rather) which continues to elude me, however, 
is how to render a Stata graphics file in such a way that when MS Word 
opens the file, the size is known. Other RTF readers recognize dimension 
tags, but MS Word does not; however, my purpose is to use Adobe Acrobat 
to convert RTF to PDF, and for some reason it relies on Word to render 
the RTF before converting to PDF.

I was about to post on this last week, but wasn't sure until now if I 
had the right audience. But on reflection, it is perhaps a Stata issue. 
For example, if I create a Stata graph, and export it, and then insert a 
link into the RTF file, the file is displayed the same dimension 
regardless of how I create it or export it. Or so it seems. I have 
experimented with different formats, and found that

   graph export graph.emf

is always rendered at 4" by 5" in Word, whereas

   graph export graph.png, width(X)

is always rendered at 4.7" x 6" in Word, regardless of X. Larger, but 
poorer resolution. I have experimented with different export formats - 
not all will link into RTF - with different parameters and nothing seems 
to work.

Has anyone found a way to export a Stata graph in an image format that 
is RTF/Word compatible *and* has known dimensions?

thanks,
Jeph



On 1/7/2013 2:54 PM, Roger B. Newson wrote:
> Thanks for the appreciation. My definitive RTF programming book, for
> people like me who do not have the time and/or inclination to read the
> Microsoft documentation, is Burke (2003), as recommended in -help
> rtfutil-. The accompanying Web page contains some quick reference material.
>
> I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further queries.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Roger
>
> References
>
> Burke S. M.  2003.  RTF Pocket Guide.  Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly
> Associates Inc.  Download more information from Sean Burke's RTF web
> page at
> http://search.cpan.org/~sburke/RTF-Writer/lib/RTF/Cookbook.pod
>
>
> Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
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>
> On 07/01/2013 18:14, Amadou DIALLO wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using the rtfutil commands (thanks to the author for this amazing
> > tool as it saves me a lot of efforts !!!) but get stuck in doing the
> > following things (I googled but the answers found are not working):
> >
> > - how do I color some text or areas in my rtf file
> > - how do I insert headers and footers
> > - how do I insert page numbers, footnotes and paragraph/section numbering
> > - how do I put my text in italic and underline
> > - how do I put some text or an image in a box
> > - etc.
> >
> > Can someone recommends me a good rtf programming book?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
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