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nilou
Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Power PC i'm trying to copy graphic elements from exel doc and paste it into adobe illustrator but it doesn't work. any advise?
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Bob Greenblatt
What graphic element from Excel? What doesn't work? What happens? WhatVersion: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Power
PC i'm trying to copy graphic elements from exel doc and paste it into
adobe illustrator but it doesn't work. any advise?
are you REALLY trying to do?
N
nilou
trying to bring charts and graphs that's being created in Exel into Adobe Illustrator in order to create a vector file.
C
CyberTaz
Make sure whatever version of IIly you're using is fully updated. Adobe has
had a problem with pasting content copied from files other than their own.
had a problem with pasting content copied from files other than their own.
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John_McGhie_[MVP]
Are you pasting WMF or EMF?
I've never used Illustrator, but I believe it has problems with one or the
other of those formats, and those are the formats Excel would be using.
Cheers
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I've never used Illustrator, but I believe it has problems with one or the
other of those formats, and those are the formats Excel would be using.
Cheers
trying to bring charts and graphs that's being created in Exel into Adobe
Illustrator in order to create a vector file.
--
The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!
John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]
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CyberTaz
WMF or EMF?... On a Mac?
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John_McGhie_[MVP]
Yeah, I suspect so. I doubt if they would go to the expense of converting
Mac: Excel to write PICT or whatever...
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Mac: Excel to write PICT or whatever...
WMF or EMF?... On a Mac?
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The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!
John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]