gsds@tahoma.UUCP (K.C.Babb) (11/16/89)
Well, I seem to have gotten my question regarding importing of a PostScript page into Interleaf (aka TPS) somewhat answered. Since I've received a few inquiries as to the status of that question, I'm posting the answer which we are using until something better comes along. Multiple responders e-mailed me suggestions to try the back of the Adobe red book, which I did. Of course nowhere does it mention the term "encapsulated" or "EPSF", but it's reasonably easy to figure out from the context of what's in Appendix C what they're talking about. To import a one-page (8-1/2x11) PostScript diagram containing text and various icons, I put the following lines at the very front of the PostScript file: %!PS-Adobe- %%DocumentFonts:Helvetica Helvetica-Bold %%Pages:1 %%BoundingBox:0 0 612 792 %%EndComments Our w/p staff was then able to receive the file, rename it as in the Interleaf instructions, and bring it into their desktop for the document. All of this produced an EPS object which is represented in Interleaf by its own cute little icon, and can be cut/pasted into an open frame. Of course the drawback is a big one; you can't manipulate the graphics inside your former page description from within Interleaf. You can't even see it--it's just a gray box. But you can rotate and scale it as a whole to make it fit into your chosen spot on your document page. If anybody has found a way to make it work better than this, I'd appreciate the info. Otherwise, I'd appreciate it if the Interleaf folks would make their tool able to completely convert incoming PostScript stuff so us customer-types could really use it. By the way, the above may not work for anyone but us--we're not knowledgeable enough to be responsible for the consequences if it doesn't work :-) KCB -- (standard--or otherwise--disclaimer not worth the bother) K.C. Babb Voice: (206) 237-2564 B.C.A. Flt. Sys. Lab, BF31B UUCP: ..!uunet!bcstec!tahoma!gsds P.O. Box 3707, M/S 66-22, Seattle, WA 98124