Instructions for Converting PPT to EPS using WMF2EPS Utility

It is easy to create eps figures from power point slides using WMF2EPS utility.
Below are simple step-by-step instructions.

1. Setup:
   • Suppose that you already have MSPowerPoint installed.
   • Install the WMF2EPS utility.

   Suppose you already have a powerpoint slideshow saved as example.ppt, and you want to create EPS figure from slide number 5.

2. Convert PPT to WMF:
   • Open your slideshow example.ppt in powerpoint, go to slide 5.
   • In the menu, click "File->Save As".
   • The dialog box that opens up has a box at the bottom for "save as type": choose "Windows Metafile (.wmf)". Then, click Save.
   • You will get another dialog box, choose "current slide only".
   • A file named example.wmf is created in the same directory as example.ppt.
3. Conver WMF to EPS:
   • Open WMF2EPS utility.
   • Click on "Open Graph" button and choose to open the file example.wmf.
   • Changing the bounding box of the figure is a little tricky:
     • Click on "Graph Properties" button. It opens a dialog box: don't touch it!
     • In the main window of WMP2EPS utility, where you see your figure, drag an initially invisible rectangle-boundaries around the area of the figure you care about.
   • Optional: there are .cfg files in the figures directory that you can use to store/load the configuration of bounding box etc.
   • Optional: you can also scale your figure using WMF2EPS, although I never do scaling with it.
   • Click on "Convert Graph" button.
   • A file named example.wmf is created in the same directory.
4. If you are using EPS in LATEX:
   • I recommend storing all figure-related files (.ppt .wmf .cfg .eps) in a separate folder. Suppose that the folder is called "figures" and it is a subfolder of the folder that contains your .tex file.
   • In your .tex file, in the preamble of the document, add the command
     \usepackage{graphicx}
   • In your .tex file, insert the following command in the text where you want the figure to appear.
     \includegraphics[width=3in]{figures/example}
     Of course, you can adjust the width parameter, etc.
   • I usually put figures in an environment:
     \begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=3in]{figures/example}
\caption{Example }
\label{Example}
\end{figure}

Enjoy!