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March 15, 2016
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Plots are not copying clearly to powerpoint while using dotted lines in x-y plot

  • March 15, 2016
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In the x-y plot,

the plots are not copying to the

powerpoint clearly, when I choose dotted lines(Traces--> line-->dotted lines)

Please go through the attached file

for clear understanding of my question.

Please help.

Best answer by RichardJ

The error is in the metafile Mathcad creates, so it is what it is. It's been like this for years, and it's unlikely to ever get fixed. I use one of two approaches to get around it. One is to paste the graphic into a drawing program such as Adobe Illustrator, and clean it up there. So in your example I would paste with solid lines, and then change the lines to dashed in Illustrator. The other approach is to create a table of the data, copy and paste that into Excel, and create the graph there. If I need a top quality graphic then I may even create the graph in Excel, and then edit it in Illustrator.

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RichardJ19-Tanzanite
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March 15, 2016

Paste as a metafile rather than an enhanced metafile.

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vveeran4-ParticipantAuthor
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March 15, 2016

If I paste as a metafile, the picture quality is not good.

Only if I paste it in enhanced metafile,

the picture quality is good.

Is there any other procedure to copy and paste

without affecting the picture quality.

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RichardJ19-TanzaniteAnswer
19-Tanzanite
March 15, 2016

The error is in the metafile Mathcad creates, so it is what it is. It's been like this for years, and it's unlikely to ever get fixed. I use one of two approaches to get around it. One is to paste the graphic into a drawing program such as Adobe Illustrator, and clean it up there. So in your example I would paste with solid lines, and then change the lines to dashed in Illustrator. The other approach is to create a table of the data, copy and paste that into Excel, and create the graph there. If I need a top quality graphic then I may even create the graph in Excel, and then edit it in Illustrator.

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