Questions tagged [emf]
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Command line tool to convert SVG to EMF (Enhanced Metafile)
I know I can use Save as in Inkscape to convert from SVG to Enhanced Metafile (EMF). But if I have several files this is a bit cumbersome. Is there a command line tool I could use instead?
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Convert PDF with embedded fonts to EMF for PowerPoint
Is there a free (i.e. gratis) way to convert a PDF file to Windows EMF (Enhanced Meta File) in such a way that text which uses fonts embedded in the PDF will be rendered the same way in MS Office PowerPoint? I guess one would have to replace the…
MvG
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Convert EMF to PDF (vector)
Is there a Windows program that is able to convert EMF files to PDF while preserving the vector character of the image?
On Windows XP I always used the Image and Fax viewer (which is the best EMF viewer I have ever seen) and printed it to PDF via…
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EMF files damaged during PDF export in Microsoft Word
I often use EMF images to illustrate technical documents I write in Microsoft Word (since Word doesn't support SVG). But there has always been one major issue: often a single (vector) line in an EMF file is damaged during PDF export (using the…
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How to convert EPS file to EMF in Windows using a free software?
I have plot figures generated using matplotlib saved as .EPS files. I want to inset these into MS Word Document. Unfortunately, MS Word only accepts EMF files as vector inputs, so I need to convert these files into .EMF format.
I used IrFanView to…
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SVG exported to EMF loses precision, but exported as PNG looks fine
I am Windows desktop programmer that needs to convert certain SVG into EMF in order to use it for programming.
My graphics design skills are at beginner level, but I have managed to convert SVG file into EMF successfully using Inkscape. However, the…
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Powerpoint - EMF - Preserve shape properties
I created a square in Inkscape, set red fill color to it but no stroke and exported as EMF file.
I open Powerpoint (2013), inserted the EMF file to a blank page, right click the inserted picture and chose Edit Picture. After that, the square had a…
Peter Sivák
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PowerPoint save group as picture creates asymmetric edge, how to fix?
I created tons of figures for my thesis in PowerPoint and now I realized that when I try to save the grouped items (= one figure) as a picture (EMF), it somehow asymmetrically adds a border on the left and the bottom.
First one is original group,…
Se Norm
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Microsoft Excel -- Images distorted when printing
Images get distorted; circles print as ovals
I have an Excel document which has several images (vector art, EMF images).
When printing, the images are distorted: circles become ovals, which looks ridiculous.
Surprisingly, it doesn't matter which…
whiskeychief
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Copying EMF image in to word from clipboard
I have a Java program that generates EMF(enhanced metafile) image and writes it to Windows clipboard. When I paste the image in to MS Word it changes image's scale for some reason. When I paste the image in to PowerPoint it doesn't get rescaled.
I…
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Bulk convert SVG to EMF
I have several SVG images which I want to bulk convert to EMF (and possibly WMF also) format. Here is one of the images.
I tried all online tools in first page of google search "svg to emf", but they add black background for transparent areas while…
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Powerpoint export as emf does not respect cropped images
I have a slide that contains cropped images.
When exporting to EMF, the images in the resulting EMF file are not cropped.
Is there a way to fix this?
(other than cropping the images in an external application and re-including the already cropped…
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Another EMF files damaged during PDF export in Microsoft Word
I have some Word to PDF export issues related to .emf images, with this discussion directly relating to my problem and appears to be the deepest post about this topic.
I have a similar issue with my phD document in Win10 v2004 using Office 365 and…
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EMF image missing border in Word
I have an EMF image with four borders (bottom, top, left, right). In Paint, I can see the borders properly. But when I insert this EMF file into a Word document, only bottom and right borders are visible, left and top border are not shown. This is…
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"Miter" join in EMF image not rendered correctly by Word
In vector graphics, there are typically three ways how corners of a path are rendered: miter (i. e. pointy), bevel (i. e. cut off), and round:
Example (I don't have enough rep to post images).
My goal is to create an image with Inkscape (version…
Martin
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