NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/graphics/12070

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From: [e-mail] (Nicholas Maxwell)
Subject: What is a widely usable format?
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Summary: question: popular format
Keywords: format help question
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Organization: University of Washington, Bothell
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 06:36:08 GMT
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I am trying to figure out how to set up an email newsletter that includes
graphics.  It is not necessary to have the graphics embedded in the text: they
could be in a separate file.  Nor would they have to be screen viewable.  I
could ask people to send the graphics directly to their printers and refer to
the printed graphics as they read the articles.

Here's my problem.  I will be soliciting submissions from, and sending the
newsletter to, a large variety of users.  Users will be using Word,
Wordperfect, or a variety of graphics programs such as SigmaPlot, Sygraph,
Harvard Graphics, etc. on PCs, MACs, SUNs, X-terminals etc.  They will be
working with a wide variety of printers.  Furthermore, these are not computer
scientists, and probably a quarter have poor computer skills.

Which graphics format would be best for this situation?   Is there one format
that has a lot of translators, so that if they can't handle the format, they
will be likely to be able to translate the graphics to another format?

Any suggestions would be very appreciated.  Thanks very much.

Nick Maxwell
[e-mail]