emf images

[acatland]

Someone has sent me a Word doc with emf images in them. They can be
viewed on a PC, but not a Mac.

Can someone advise me as to how I can view these images on a Mac
running OSX 10.4? Ultimately i would like to send them to a person who
doesn't have a PC.

I've tried Graphic Converter, ACDSee but no luck.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Word 2004 and PowerPoint 2004 will both display EMF images, so I do not
think the images are really EMF.

They are probably Visio, and there's nothing this side of a high-end
graphics program that will import those. Adobe Illustrator "might" get them
open for you (Visio's file includes an EMF version that Illustrator might be
able to dig out for you).

I just opened a document I made in Word 2003 that I know contains EMF images
because I put them there.

Word 2004 opens and correctly displays the document. PowerPoint will
display the EMF image if you use Insert>Picture>From File.

If you are sure the images are EMF, then I need more information on your
precise setup. For example: I assume because you are posting in the
Microsoft Office Mac Word newsgroup that you are actually using a licensed
copy of Office 2004? If you are using an "alternative", it may not include
EMF filters.

EMF is a 32-bit format. It is theoretically possible to create EMF images
that an older Mac could not display, but not 10.4. I assume you have
QuickTime fully updated? QuickTime is involved in some Microsoft Office
image conversions.

Cheers

Someone has sent me a Word doc with emf images in them. They can be
viewed on a PC, but not a Mac.

Can someone advise me as to how I can view these images on a Mac
running OSX 10.4? Ultimately i would like to send them to a person who
doesn't have a PC.

I've tried Graphic Converter, ACDSee but no luck.

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me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Elliott Roper]

Word 2004 and PowerPoint 2004 will both display EMF images, so I do not
think the images are really EMF.

They are probably Visio, and there's nothing this side of a high-end
graphics program that will import those. Adobe Illustrator "might" get them
open for you (Visio's file includes an EMF version that Illustrator might be
able to dig out for you). acatland originally said

I've tried Graphic Converter, ACDSee but no luck.

If it is Visio...
Another one you might try is OmniGraffle (I think only the
higher-priced Pro version). It only does the xml-ish flavour of Visio

Before laying out money, see if you can get the job done with the free
trial or the special 1-day trial licence.

 

[acatland]

Thanks for all the help. What I did was go to www.media-convert.com and
followed the instructions, converted my original word doc to pdf,
downloaded it, and when it opened no problem, I could extract the pages
with the images and now I have them in pdf format.

Word 2004 and PowerPoint 2004 will both display EMF images, so I do not
think the images are really EMF.

They are probably Visio, and there's nothing this side of a high-end
graphics program that will import those. Adobe Illustrator "might" get them
open for you (Visio's file includes an EMF version that Illustrator might be
able to dig out for you). acatland originally said

I've tried Graphic Converter, ACDSee but no luck.

If it is Visio...
Another one you might try is OmniGraffle (I think only the
higher-priced Pro version). It only does the xml-ish flavour of Visio

Before laying out money, see if you can get the job done with the free
trial or the special 1-day trial licence.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

That's great that you have solved your problem

Do you have any idea who media-convert.com are? There's nothing on their
website to tell me who owns it.

They seem to offer an extremely good service for free! With a maximum file
size of 100 mb, they are potentially paying from $1.00 to $15.00 per file,
just in bandwidth, depending what their ISP charges for data.

So I have to ask myself "Why would anyone pay all that money to provide free
conversions for me?" So I expected the site to be full of advertising. It
isn't...

So the only other benefit that site could possibly get from its activity is
to look at my data! So now I would like to know WHO is looking at my data,
and WHAT are they harvesting from it? All I can tell is that they're in
Paris, France. People with "no visible means of support" make me nervous


So what do they want? Email addresses? Credit card numbers? Bank account
details? The site registrar seems to come from a country well-known for its
credit-card skimming industry. So where does my data go next after they
convert it?

Am I being unnecessarily paranoid? Hope so!

Cheers

Thanks for all the help. What I did was go to www.media-convert.com and
followed the instructions, converted my original word doc to pdf,
downloaded it, and when it opened no problem, I could extract the pages
with the images and now I have them in pdf format.

Word 2004 and PowerPoint 2004 will both display EMF images, so I do not
think the images are really EMF.

They are probably Visio, and there's nothing this side of a high-end
graphics program that will import those. Adobe Illustrator "might" get them
open for you (Visio's file includes an EMF version that Illustrator might be
able to dig out for you). acatland originally said
I've tried Graphic Converter, ACDSee but no luck.

If it is Visio...
Another one you might try is OmniGraffle (I think only the
higher-priced Pro version). It only does the xml-ish flavour of Visio

Before laying out money, see if you can get the job done with the free
trial or the special 1-day trial licence.

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410