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From: LunaMoon <lunamoonmoon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: how to convert Excel tables/charts into EPS or PDF without losing 
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:58:28 -0700 (PDT)
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On Aug 27, 4:54=A0am, Ken Starks <stra...@lampsacos.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Luna Moon wrote:
> > On Aug 26, 8:17 am, David Klassen <klas...@rowan.edu> wrote:
> >> On Aug 26, 8:09 am, Luna Moon <lunamoonm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> how to convert Excel tables/charts into EPS or PDF?
> >>> Hi all,
> >>> I am creating tables and charts in Excel and then I want to convert
> >>> them into EPS or PDF (one chart/table per pdf file) so I could use
> >>> them in Latex. It is also a means of maintaining tables/charts withou=
t
> >>> losing quality. Any fast convenient way of doing so?
> >>> Any thoughts?
> >> "Print" them to a file using a postscript or PDF driver. =A0On a Mac
> >> this is as simple as choosing "Print" and then clicking on the
> >> "Save to PDF" button. =A0On a PC you'll need to... well, this page
> >> has all the details---http://www.freeopenbook.com/pdf-hacks/pdfhks-CHP=
-4-SECT-9.html
>
> >> I did this for my WinXP setup and it works wonderfully.
>
> > this is bad because when you print to pdf the one table is splitted to
> > several pages and cropped.
>
> I suddenly feel a need to clarify your question, Luna.
>
> 1. Are your Excel tables pretty much simple data in cells, one cell to
> =A0 =A0 each row and columns?
> =A0 =A0 Or do some cells span more than one row and column.
>
> 2. Do you have formatting you wish to preserve - bold, italics,
> =A0 =A0 and so on.
>
> 3. Do you have row or Cell border-lines you wish to preserve ?
>
> The answers to these questions may not only alter the difficulty
> of the task, but also affect whether LaTeX is an appropriate
> solution at all.
>
> Cheers,
> Ken.

Sure, my tables and charts in Excel have lots of decorations and
patterns and colors that we don't want to lose.

Probably the easiest is to Save As pdf, but I hope it has a tight
bounding box. I just need to convert a selection of table/chart into
PDF, not the whole document or the whole sheet. Without a tight
bounding box, how can I use it in Latex?