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37 <title>Exporting alignments as artwork</title>
40 <p><strong>Exporting alignments as graphics and lineart<a name="export"></a></strong></p>
41 <p>The alignment view can be printed using
42 <strong>File→Print</strong>, or exported in a number of ways via the
43 <strong>File→Export</strong> menu:
45 <li>HTML<br><em>for viewing in a web browser</em>
47 <li>PNG - a Portable Networks Graphics image<br><em>For low quality
48 diagrams and powerpoint presentations</em>
50 <li>EPS - an Encapsulated Postscript Document<br><em>For high quality
51 diagrams and publications.</em>
54 <p><em>Tips for working with EPS Files</em></p>
55 <li>The EPS file generated by jalview contains vector graphics which are directly
56 editable in graphics applications such as Adobe Illustrator.</li>
57 <li>EPS files can be produced as "Text" or "Lineart". Use
58 "Text" if you want the final document to be MUCH smaller in diskspace
59 and be able to search, edit and select text. Use "Lineart" if you
60 want an exact image of the alignment as displayed in Jalview. This is useful
61 if a 3rd Party EPS viewer does not have the same Font which the EPS file was
63 <li>When importing an EPS into to a Microsoft office document, a snapshot image of the
64 file will be displayed which often looks blurred. Right-click the
65 image and choose "Edit image." to convert it to word
66 drawing objects which give a truer WYSIWIG representation.
69 Mac OSX users will find that eps files are automatically converted into