Publish to File - EPS

Encapsulated PostScript documents (also known as EPS) are capable of storing any combination of text, graphics and images.

TIP: You need illustration software (such as Adobe Illustrato) to open EPS files. However EPS files can be imported as an image into other applications (such as Microsoft Word). In Word simply go to Insert > Picture and navigate to the EPS file.

To publish the current map window as an EPS file, select File > Publish > Publish to File.

Select EPS in the next dialog.

Before creating the document you have the option altering and customising parameters within the Encapsulated PostScript dialog.

The General tab provides general page size, rotation of the map view and page orientation options.

Option	Description
Page Size	Use the drop-down to select from standard page sizes.
Units	Allows the page size units to be selected. The drop-down box allows selection from points, mm, cm and inch.
Width/Height	Shows the width and height of the page. For a custom page size manually enter the width and height.
Portrait/Landscape	Select the page orientation to match the template.
Map View Width/Height	Shows the width and height of the view.
Scale	The scale of the exported map.
Fit	Squeeze or stretch the view to fit onto the page. This is useful for exporting the current view quickly, but the map will not be exported to a known scale. The Map View values will change as a result of using Fit.
Reset	Resets the view to the original settings (before pressing Fit).

The Description tab allows you to supply additional information to be stored in the EPS file

Option	Description
Title	Specifies the title of the Encapsulated PostScript document.
Subject	Specifies the subject of the Encapsulated PostScript document.
Author	Specifies the author of the Encapsulated PostScript document (this will default to the current logged on user)
Keywords	Specifies any keywords in the Encapsulated PostScript document.
Description	Specifies a description of the information in the Encapsulated PostScript document.

The Output tab lets you:

Set the output Resolution
Choose between Colour and Monochrome output
Define the reference device used for the output
Set minimum line thicknesses

The Options tab provides a selection of the Adobe Postscript Language Level, colour mode and image encoding.

Option	Description
Language level	Select from Adobe PostScript level 1, 2 or 3.
Colour Mode	Select between RGB and CMYK.
Simulate transparent colour blending	Check to simulate transparent colour blending.
Image Encodings	Select the required image encoding method: Ascii85 or Hexadecimal.