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Pasting or importing images

You can paste or import picture onto a Prism graph or layout.

OLE

Windows only: When you paste an object created by a program that is an OLE server, Prism will embed the object. This means that Prism contains a separate copy of the object, so you can double click to edit in the original program. This is great, for example, with equations.  In some cases, you may prefer to paste link to the original file. To do that, copy the object and then choose Paste Special from the Edit menu. Then choose Paste Link. To learn more about the pros and cons of linking and embedding, see Object linking and embedding. You can also use the Insert Object command to create a new OLE object.

 

Formats Prism can paste or import

Prism Windows can import:

 

Windows Enhanced Metafile (*.emf)
Windows Metafile (*.wmf)
TIFF (*.tif;*.tiff)
JPEG (*.jpg;*.jp2;*.j2k;*.jpx)
Portable Network Graphics (*.png;*.mng)
Windows Bitmap (*.bmp)
Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
Scalable Vector Graphics Format (*.svg)
PC PaintBrush (*.pcx)
TruvisionTarga Format (*.tga)
Microsoft Paint Format (*.msp)
PhotoShop 3.0 Format (*.psd)
Windows Icon and Cursor Formats (*.ico)

 

Prism Mac can import:

 

TIFF (*.tif;*.tiff)

Windows Bitmap (*.bmp)

JPEG (*.jpg;*.jp2;*.j2k;*.jpx)

Macintosh Pict (*.pct;*.pict)

Portable Network Graphics (*.png)

 

If your image uses a 16 bit color model (millions of colors), Prism (Windows and Mac) stores the image as such and does not simplify it.

 

Editing the picture in Prism

To add a border: Click once to select the image or object in Prism. Then drop the Change menu and choose Selected Object.

To resize: Grab a corner and drag larger or smaller.

Problems with windows/mac compatibility

We try to keep Windows and Mac completely compatible, but this is not possible with images placed on a graph or layout.

If you paste (or import) a WMF or EMF or EMF+ image into Prism 7 Windows, save the file, and open in Prism 7 Mac, that image is gone. We will try to solve this issue in a future release. 

 

 

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