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