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From: Hans-Werner Hilse <hilse@web.de>
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Subject: Re: how to convert Excel tables/charts into EPS or PDF without
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Hi,

Luna Moon wrote:

> > As others suggested, print it to a postscript file, using
> > extension .ps. Then, open it in GSview and use "PS to EPS" to
> > tighten the bounding box and save it as .eps.
>=20
> This is to troublesome - I have many such tables and charts.

It's just a GUI for Ghostscript: You can also use the =BBps2eps=AB CLI
script.

For calculating a new Bounding Box:  =BBps2eps -C -B graphic.ps=AB

-hwh