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Exporting and Copying Graphics

Export Formats Supported in Aabel

Aabel graphics can be exported as:

PDF (when the viewer is in Quartz mode)
PICT vector graphics ((when the viewer is in QuickDraw mode)
Bit images (raster files): BMP, JPEG, TIFF, Photoshop, bitmap PICT, PNG, SGI, TGA, etc. (bit images can be generated by both Quartz and QuickDraw)

Copying Graphics/ Drag & Drop

Clipboard formats:

While in Quartz mode, graphics will be copied into the clipboard as PDF
While in QuickDraw mode, graphics will be copied into the clipboard as a PICT vector drawings

PDF Compatibility Issues

PDF graphics are vector drawings, are scalable, are high quality, and preserve transparency during export. However, while inserting PDF graphics into applications such as Word or PowerPoint 2001 and 2004, the inserted image will be in a bitmap PICT format. Bit images have a lower quality than similar vector graphics, can produce jagged line arts and texts, and are commonly rendered opaque (e.g., PowerPoint versions older than 2008 transform any color other than white as opaque). On the other hand, these older applications import and render PICT vector graphics as vector drawings retaining their high quality.

For compatibility with earlier versions of Microsoft products, Aabel has continued to provide a graphic switch to permit switching between the Quartz and QuickDraw graphic systems. Nonetheless, the user should be aware that QuickDraw is a deprecated system with increasing incompatibility with evolving OS X (fewer and fewer QuickDraw fonts are available in the System, which can create font metrics and encoding problems during export). Accordingly, Aabel support for PICT vector graphics will be discontinued in a near future. This decision is related to:
- Extreme incompatibility of the deprecated QuickDraw system with more recent versions of OS X
- Release of Microsoft Office 2008: Word and PowerPoint 2008 support inserting and pasting PDF as vector graphics, preserving the high quality and transparency (see the top image below)