1. Add Svg To Microsoft Word For Mac 2011 To Excel Mail Merge

My system: MacBook Pro with Office 365, Microsoft Word for Mac Version 15.37 (170815) It is not possible for me to import a svg file generated from python into a Word-file. Generated pdf or jpg files are imported without problem. The generated svg files works properly under other programs like inkscape etc.

SVG is a markup language, scalable vector graphics, created by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), designed for describing two-dimensional vector and mixed vector / raster graphics in XML. Supports both and animated, interactive graphics and declarative scripting. Not support the description of three-dimensional objects. After almost 22 years of making Microsoft Office for various platforms, Microsoft has bafflingly never provided an Insert Horizontal Line option. The ‘three dashes and enter’ trick does not work on Office for Mac 2011. However, there is indeed a way to insert a horizontal line to your Word document. I’ll show you how!

In the PC the OVR in the Word used to stand for overwrite, maybe that would help in your searchs.

I really, really don't know why 'overtype', shomething that was useful when the UI for word processors was command-line based, survived the coming of the GUI… In the Mac, Apple decided not to keep the Ins key, and Word was created for the Mac first…
I remember reading Rick Shaut's blog about how this was something added under consumer demand somewhere around Word 6… but I cannot find the post.
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All I can say is thankfully no Insert key does exist on the Mac... I can't count the number of times I have inadvertently activated this on my work PC (the key is extremely easy to accidentally press) and subsequently lost work before I've noticed.
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Agreed. I can't remember the last time I intentionally wanted to turn on overwrite/insert mode.

i can't find that overtype button at the bottom of the window on word mac 2008. i think it may have been removed. furthermore, a search for 'overtype' in word's help files does not bring up anything but the option can be set under preferences -> edit -> overtype mode toggle.
i have no idea why this is not documented in the help files by careless Microsoft.

'The OVR button in the status bar works with Mac 2004. However, it was was removed in Word 2008. Another option for Word 2008 is to click Customize Toolbars and Menus on the View menu. Click the Commands tab and select Overtype from the All Commands category. Then you can either add the OVR command to a toolbar or create a keyboard shortcut.'
from a getsatisfaction.com user

The OVR button in the status bar works with Mac 2004. However, it was was removed in Word 2008. Another option for Word 2008 is to click Customize Toolbars and Menus on the View menu. Click the Commands tab and select Overtype from the All Commands category. Then you can either add the OVR command to a toolbar or create a keyboard shortcut.

Thank you for the tip above here. I rarely use Overtype but occasionally it's invaluable for completing basically assembled forms in word where form authors have relied (a little annoyingly, albeit well intended) on the use of underscores to block out a fillable area.
Just as an fyi, for Microsoft Word 2011 on a Mac, to use Overtype you have the same two options you had on Office 2008.
Option #1: Set in preferences (less useful, bit fiddly, but quick for a one off)
Word > Preferences > Edit > Overtype (toggle box)
Option #2.: Add a Custom Menu command for 'Overtype'
View > Toolbars > Customize Toolbars & Menus > (Click 'Commands' tab) > (Click 'All Commands' filter) > Overtype (drag either to menu or toolbar)
I put under 'Edit' menu. If you really want the toolbar button, with Word 2011 and the new 'Ribbon', it seems to only let you drag the custom toolbar entry to the toolbar at very top of the Word window.
Hope this helps - I was surprised at how tricky this was to find, too!

Sometimes I have the misfortune of having to write conference papers in Microsoft Word, instead of a more civilised environment like LaTeX. Usefully, Word will refuse to import any kind of vector image format except for their own proprietary and crippled format, WMF/EMF. So, when it comes to diagrams, most people tend to throw their arms up and resort to bitmap formats like PNG. This, however, makes for large file sizes, or fuzzy printouts, so it’s a sub-optimal solution.

Although there are plenty of hoops to jump through, it is however possible to generate reasonable EMF files from other vector formats, which Word will accept. There are a large number of pitfalls, not least because of poor standards-adhesion when it comes to rendering of said formats. Mac OS X’s PDF renderer is no exception, unfortunately, so frequently one will have to resort to various bizarre conversion pipelines to have something readable at the other end.

That said, sometimes it works.

So, this is the procedure I’ve been following, to generate EMF figures from artwork created in a variety of applications, including XFig (which I personally don’t use, but my PhD supervisor Carlo enjoys), Inkscape, and OmniGraffle.

1. Install pstoedit, a tool which will take a variety of formats (PDF/EPS, for example) and convert them to another – EMF, in particular.
   • This can be accomplished via Fink, for example, or DarwinPorts.
2. Make sure the installed version supports EMF output – in Terminal, pstoedit -help | grep emf. If it doesn’t, you’ll need to find an other version elsewhere.
3. If your diagram isn’t already in PDF or EPS format already, export it to one or the other.
4. Try converting the PDF/EPS, as-is, as a first step. Some commands to try (open in Word/Powerpoint to see the result each time):
   • pstoedit -f emf diagram.pdf/epsoutput.emf
   • pstoedit -f emf -pta diagram.pdf/epsoutput.emf (Place letters individually, if text looks odd)
   • pstoedit -f 'emf:-m' diagram.pdf/epsoutput.emf (Use Arial as font, if font looks wrong)
   • pstoedit -f emf -drawbb diagram.pdf/epsoutput.emf (Force drawing of bounding box – try this if you get cropping)
   • pstoedit -f emf -xscale 2 -yscale 2 diagram.pdf/epsoutput.emf (Scale up – use this if lines look blocky; experiment with larger values than 2)
   • pstoedit -f 'emf:-m' -pta -drawbb diagram.pdf/epsoutput.emf (A combination of some of above)
5. If your EMF version looks wrong, try exporting to EPS if you were using PDF, or PDF if you were using EPS – different renderers perform differently. Try above steps again on this new exported version.
6. If this still doesn’t produce reasonable output, you’ll want to try another application that exports better-behaved PDF/EPS. You’ll need to import your diagram into such an application, make any cosmetic changes required to counteract any funny business as a result of the import, then export as PDF/EPS.
   • For a while, I was using Inkscape for this purpose, but I was still getting funny output sometimes.
   • I discovered a native OS X application called Intaglio, which seems to produce very good PDF output (not so much with EPS).
   • For either application, export your diagram in a format they can understand, to subsequently import.
     • Inkscape will basically only take SVG, from what I can remember. You can try converting the PDF/EPS to SVG using pstoedit again: pstoedit -f svg diagram.pdf/epsoutput.svg
     • Intaglio will happily take PDF and let you convert it to an editable format, which will work some of the time, with a reasonably well-behaved PDF. Drag the PDF onto the canvas, select it, then use Object, Convert, PDF for Editing.
   • Fix any visual problems caused by the import, using the application’s editing tools.
   • Export your diagram in PDF/EPS (try both, if necessary)
     • Intaglio seems to work best with PDF: Select the figure, then File, Save Selection As, select PDF and Crop to Content Size.
7. Once you’ve exported PDF/EPS, repeat step 4 to try to generate reasonable output.

Add Svg To Microsoft Word For Mac 2011 To Excel Mail Merge

The whole process is undoubtedly an ordeal, and requires serious dedication, but it would appear to be required if you want to generate vector graphics in a Word document. Lets hope the geniuses at Microsoft remember to add a PDF/etc importer into their next Office.