EPS figures are very important to scholars. However, making eps figures, especially high-quality ones is not an easy task. Today, we will introduce a simple method easily finish this tough task with visio.
Tools are needed
HOWTO
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Use Visio to draw a figure (i.e., the figure to be transformed to eps)
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Print this figure to PDF format in Visio by using Adobe Acrobat Printer. Note that, make sure your figure is located in a single page, and you are suggested to use high-quality printer.
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Open the PDF generated in Step 2 by using Adobe Acrobat, and saveas “eps”. Note that, though you obtain the eps file already in this step, but usually this file could not satisfy your requirement. Therefore, you need still come to Step 4.
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Open the EPS generated in Step 3 by using GSview, and then “File”/”PS to EPS”, check “Automatically calculate Bounding Box” if it isn’t, and then press “Yes”. Eventually, you get the desired EPS figure.
Notice
If your figure is very regular (with only certain regular-shape stuffs, for example a combination of rectangles/circles/lines.), Tikz might be a very good tool for producing eps figures. This repository provides some useful examples. If you want more, if can go to TeXample.net. In the future, we will provide some specific examples which we
encountered in some of our projects.
