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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I downloaded and unzipped
your collection of clip art. Wonderful! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>One tiny problem. I can't
use it in anything Microsoft as far as I can figure out. I know that I can
manually convert each image to EMF format but converting each image this way
is, frankly, a lifetime career given the number of images. I want to use
something scalable so I’m hoping to convert to EMF or EPS rather than
something like JPEG or PNG. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I paid for ABC Amber SVG
Converter program which advertised that it could batch convert SVG files into
EMF or a variety of other image types but, frankly, it sucks. It does not
recognize any transparency so the translated images look like crap. Money down
the drain. I wrote to the company and the nice Russian developers pretty much
told me to f**k off but did take the time to complain that I had sent my screen
shots to them in a format that they didn’t like and not to do that again.
(BMP) Love that customer service attitude.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>So, is there any way that
you know of to batch convert the images to another scalable format so that my
staff can use them in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, etc.? Or... if there are any
filters that would allow MS products to open the SVG files? I've searched
Google to no avail. Any help you can offer would be gratefully received.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I did find some help that
gave instructions on how to use Inkscape to batch convert the files to png but
I’m hoping for a way to convert them to EMF or EPS. (<a
href="http://www.openclipart.org/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_batch-convert_SVG_files_into_PNG_files.3F">http://www.openclipart.org/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_batch-convert_SVG_files_into_PNG_files.3F</a>)
If someone smarter than me knows how to do this using Inkscape then I’m
all ears. I’ve never used Inkscape before and I don’t know the
proper switches to use in the command line. Instructions for either Linux or
Windows would do. We’ve got both available.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks so much.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>David W Reid</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Typewriter"'>e. </span></font><a
href="mailto:david@reid-iba.com"><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Typewriter"'>david@reid-iba.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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