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

[vveeran]

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.

[RichardJ]

Paste as a metafile rather than an enhanced metafile.

[vveeran]

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.

[RichardJ · Accepted solution]

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.

[vveeran]

Thank you very much for your reply.