eps files into word 2007

Hi,

I've a got a lot of graphs done in MATLAB software and exported as .eps 
files. Now comes my problem. When I insert them into word 2007 and convert it 
to pdf using a postscript printer, an error occurs... Here is the log of the 
error:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[ Warning: Helvetica not found, using Font Substitution. Font cannot be 
embedded. ]%%
%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: 
`H0 ]%%
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%

This do not occurs with every figures, but with most of them. I think it is 
something related with some kind of incompatibility between word 2007 and eps 
files. Maybe the word 2007's EPS filter is not so up to date as it should 
be...
I concluded it because if I insert the same eps files into word 2003 and 
print into pdf and all goes fine.

Nevertheless, I cannot use word 2003 because I'm using some of the features 
of word 2007 that are not compatible with the 2003 version.

Can you help me with this issue?

Thanks in advance.

This article does not address Word directly, but it does address your error. 
Might help you diagnose your issue

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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I think the error is not related to the Helvetica font, since distiller gives 
only a warning. The error comes after and I don't know what is the reason. I 
think is some kind of word 2007's EPS filter. I said 2007's filter, but I 
have the feeling that the filter that comes with word is not a new one...

I've converted all sorts of .eps files today to see if I can get your error. You 
could try to reinstall the .eps filter.
The filter is in a folder similar to this
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Grphflt
Rename the EPSIMP32.FLT to EPSIMP32.OLD. Drag a new instance of the filter from 
your setup disk.
It does appear the filter is newer than what is on my older computer.

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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Hi Anthony,

Do you have a link to one of the EPS files that is causing the issue?  On a machine with only the Office 2007 EPS import filter I
didn't get the error on the Matlab produced EPS files I had available using the Office 2007 EPS Filter (EPS32Imp.flt) and an HP
Color Laser Postscript printer or a print to PDF printer.

When are you getting the error?  From your description it sounds like you have already imported the graphic into Word (at which
point the EPS filter is done with the file) and then sending it to PDF?

If you use the Word 2007 Save As PDF add in or print to PDF other than to Distiller do you get the same error?


What version of Acrobat and Distiller do you have and to what update level?

What is the version number of the EPSImp32.FLT filter that is in use on the PC?

Are you using a 32 or 64 bit version of Windows?

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I think the error is not related to the Helvetica font, since distiller gives
only a warning. The error comes after and I don't know what is the reason. I
think is some kind of word 2007's EPS filter. I said 2007's filter, but I
have the feeling that the filter that comes with word is not a new one...>>
-- 

Bob  Buckland  ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

  *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

What is happening is that Distiller is asked (in its preferences) to embed 
fonts, and Helvetica, which is called for in the PostScript files sent to 
Distiller, is not on your system.

So then we get into how does Helvetica get asked for anyway, since it's not 
on your computer?  I have a write-up on that at 
< http://www.**--****.com/ ; then look along the left side for 
"Where do fonts come from?"

Earlier version of the Adobe PDF driver, when it used to be called Acrobat 
Distiller in the printer list, included Helvetica as a resident font.  Later 
versions corrected that problem.  So you see, Windows can tell an application 
that a font is available when it really it not; then, when it's called for in 
a PostScript stream, Distiller can't find it.

And then you have the question of WHO asked for the font? Word? The EPS?  
Sounds to me like it's Word.  The EPS is a common element, and if the EPS 
called for Helvetica, it should error out in both versions.

Of course, you could just buy Helvetica! The Adobe Type Basics is $100 for 
all the fonts found on nearly all PostScript devices ever made; Helvetica ala 
carte is around $25.

Hi,

I'm using Office 2007 up to date, Vista Home 32bits, Acrobat Professional 
8.1 as pdf printer (but I also tried with other free applications such as 
pdf995). 
I can insert the eps files into Word 2007 and visualize them on the screen. 
Since the pictures are created from EPS files I cannot print the document 
into my deskjet without creating previously a pdf since it is needed a 
postscript printer (Word 2007 Save As PDF add in do not solve this since it 
is not a PS printer (it is not even a printer...) and therefore cannot 
interpreter correctly the EPS code.
I've tried something that will sounds stupid, but work here in my computer: 
I've imported the EPS files into Powerpoint 2007 and then I've copy them into 
word and all work fine (until now...). Since the filter is the same, it 
sounds a little bit strange..., perhaps is something that happens only on my 
pc...

My Word2007 filter is the EPSImp32.FLT. The version I don't know but it is 
dated of 26-10-2007 if it helps.

Regards,
Anthony