st: Re: st: RTF issues.

["Roger B. Newson" <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

Now you mention it, this is something I too would like to know. I 
personally tend to use the .eps format, but the code generated by 
-rtflink- does not preserve the specified sizes for that, either. The 
only recommendation I can think of is that, in general, the definitive 
version of a graph should NEVER be in a Microsoft proprietary format. I 
personally view all Microsoft documents as ephemeral things, which I 
only produce because my non-technical customers want them.

Best wishes

Roger


Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
National Heart and Lung Institute
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On 07/01/2013 20:42, Jeph Herrin wrote:
> 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
> > Lecturer in Medical Statistics
> > Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
> > National Heart and Lung Institute
> > Imperial College London
> > Royal Brompton Campus
> > Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building
> > 1B Manresa Road
> > London SW3 6LR
> > UNITED KINGDOM
> > Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 3381
> > Fax: +44 (0)20 7351 8322
> > Email: r.newson@imperial.ac.uk
> > Web page: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/
> > Departmental Web page:
> > http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/nhli/respiration/popgenetics/reph/
> >
> >
> >
> > Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution.
> >
> > 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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