BabcockHall Posted September 19 Posted September 19 After a long hiatus, I am using Cary spectrophotometers again. I am struggling to find the best way to export just a spectrum electronically, especially an electronic format that could be imported into a Word document. As a work-around, I used Microsoft's Snip and Sketch tool (not sure that this is the correct name) to make .jpg or .png files, but this is an imperfect solution. When I tried to export the Report as a .pdf file, I obtained the spectrum plus parameters, and for right now, it is just the spectrum that I want. I tried two other formats, .DSW and .RTF, but I was not successful. The details escape me at the moment, but I will try to return to this question later. For a very different program I used .wmf format (Windows Meta File), but that is not available in this instance. Any thoughts? Thank you in advance.
StringJunky Posted September 19 Posted September 19 Is this user manual any use? https://s18798.pcdn.co/chem_sif/wp-content/uploads/sites/24268/2023/09/NYU-Agilent-Cary-3500-UVvis-User-Manual.pdf 2
BabcockHall Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 22 hours ago, StringJunky said: Is this user manual any use? https://s18798.pcdn.co/chem_sif/wp-content/uploads/sites/24268/2023/09/NYU-Agilent-Cary-3500-UVvis-User-Manual.pdf Thank you; this is helpful in a couple of ways. One, it notes that one cannot directly export the spectrum as a jpg or png, which is what I thought. Two, it confirms that the spectrum can be exported as a csv file. The problem with csv files is that they take a bit of editing before one gets a usable spectrum (this is not ideal in a classroom application). 1
StringJunky Posted September 20 Posted September 20 32 minutes ago, BabcockHall said: Thank you; this is helpful in a couple of ways. One, it notes that one cannot directly export the spectrum as a jpg or png, which is what I thought. Two, it confirms that the spectrum can be exported as a csv file. The problem with csv files is that they take a bit of editing before one gets a usable spectrum (this is not ideal in a classroom application). Apparently, it seems possible to convert csv to png directly. Is that an option? https://search.brave.com/search?q=convert+csv+to+png&source=desktop&summary=1&summary_og=131eda47d88cfd6962b688
studiot Posted September 20 Posted September 20 I agree +1 to SJ for finding that manual. I note you can also save as a pdf. I sometimes use a free image extractor forpdf files to get a jpg. Also many scanners some with image file format convertors. Perhaps you could post a pdf ouput file to experiment with (if the forum doesn'y lik dotpdf, add dottxt to the end for stripping out) ? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pdf+image+extractor&sca_esv=566487c1e8374dca&sca_upv=1&source=hp&ei=VqDtZqylJ9yxhbIP7aiHgAw&iflsig=AL9hbdgAAAAAZu2uZoCAb3C3E79D7cebrT8kXpZbiBbE&ved=0ahUKEwisqMie9tGIAxXcWEEAHW3UAcAQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=pdf+image+extractor&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhNwZGYgaW1hZ2UgZXh0cmFjdG9yMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeSOAnUABY8SNwAHgAkAEAmAFxoAGTDKoBBDE4LjG4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhOgAvkNwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMYgwEYigXCAhEQLhiABBixAxjRAxiDARjHAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGIMBwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgINEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEYCsICBxAAGIAEGAqYAwCSBwQxNC41oAflcg&sclient=gws-wiz
BabcockHall Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 (edited) I tried the option of print to pdf today. I chose the landscape option. I still cannot fill more than about half the page with the spectrum. On the other hand, I was able to get better results with Microsoft's Snip tool than I had previously: I resized the scan within the Cary software. I will keep working on this.Fraction_17_gelfiltration_landscape.pdfFraction_17_gelfiltration_landscape.pdf Edited October 9 by BabcockHall
StringJunky Posted October 9 Posted October 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, BabcockHall said: I tried the option of print to pdf today. I chose the landscape option. I still cannot fill more than about half the page with the spectrum. On the other hand, I was able to get better results with Microsoft's Snip tool than I had previously: I resized the scan within the Cary software. I will keep working on this.Fraction_17_gelfiltration_landscape.pdfFraction_17_gelfiltration_landscape.pdf Have you tried 'fit to page' or 'stretch to page' (or similar) in Print Options in landscape mode? Edited October 9 by StringJunky
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