Scalable image for word processing from paths

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sethmopod
May 3, 2004
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I am trying to create a scalable version of a business logo. I am somewhat new at graphic computing, so I’m sure I haven’t gone about this the best way, but here I am:

I began with a bitmap of the logo and, using the pen tool along with stroking paths in PS 7, I created a highly accurate rendering of the logo. When saved as an EPS file MS Word only prints the preview which is very poor quality. I am not using a postscript printer which probably affects this, but it has to work on normal inkjets to be worthwhile anyway.

After searching the forum, it became clear that Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator are the programs of choice for creating WMF files. When I imported the EPS from photoshop into a trial version of CD 12 and exported as WMF, the image displayed correctly, but printed garbled. PICT file inverted part of the logo. I haven’t tried AI yet.

Is there a straightforward way to get my PS path drawing converted to a scalable format compatible with MS Word and an inkjet printer?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated,
Seth

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LenHewitt
May 3, 2004
Seth,

Export path to illustrator – this will give you JUST the paths, unstroked and unfilled, and with crop marks as an .ai file.

In a vetor editor (preferably Illustrator) open and re-colour the paths. Export to either WMF or (preferably) EMF.

NOTE: The latest Microsoft hotfix for Win2k\XP has broken the EMF handling.
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sethmopod
May 4, 2004
This worked. Thanks for the help. I had a problem in AI with the text display in EMF format though. It looked as if the right half of the text shifted itself over to the left half and got superimposed over the left side text (Office 2000 on Win98se). Did not have this problem with WMF, but the stroke rendering on the artwork wasn’t quite as clear in WMF.

Seth

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