I often need to create documents in Microsoft Word that must be submitted as PDF. I like using Inkscape to draw the illustrations of those documents but I am unsure on what is the best strategy to optimise the quality/resolution of the figures. After reading carefully this forum and Google, it seems to me that the best two alternatives are:
1) Inserting directly the .svg file in Word. 2) Inserting the Inkscape file as .emf in Word.
In both cases the vector graphics nature of the file is preserved. However, when using (1) and converting to PDF (save file as PDF) my figures become pixelated images. And when I save some of my figures to .emf I can see that some of my colour gradients have disappeared. I also tried exporting .png with very high resolution but they won't show at all. (Saving as Cairo .png leads to a poor resolution image for my requirements)
Thank you
I recall you are using some gradients and transparency. It is likely the areas with transparency are converted to bitmap/raster when saving a copy to EPS. I would try to avoid transparency. Gradients should be ok if there is no transparency in the gradient stops.
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I recall you are using some gradients and transparency. It is likely the areas with transparency are converted to bitmap/raster when saving a copy to EPS. I would try to avoid transparency. Gradients should be ok if there is no transparency in the gradient stops.
Thank you Mr. @TylerDurden You mean I can't use the transparency in my drawing? If not, then how to dim the color of my drawing?
If you want the same color value as the transparency, you can try the Fill/Stroke dropper to convert to opaque.