As far as I am concerned, EPS would be fine. The EPS files save me a few
hundred KB on each image and I am comfortable with them. However, I
would like to avoid the situation where someone else in my office opens
the word document and cannot figure out what is going on. PDFs render
the entire question moot. I want to do whaterever will make Word the
happiest and pose the fewest possible problems for others in the future.
Training peopel to use Word is probably the best answer.

Thank you all for your responses.

Tom


Apparently, _jay_, on 21/01/05 20:24,typed:

If you can publish it as a PDF, then EPS might be more tempting.
I don't think Word 2000 can print EPS files to non-PS printers, except
by sending the preview image.
Since the PDF process uses a PS output, the EPS files work fine. IF
people must print the Word file from wherever, you'd better use the EMF
format, or TIF, or something other than EPS.
Cheers
Jay



Would using EPS be better in the situations where a Word document (e.g.
a technical paper or a report or a thesis) is always printed to a PS
file using a PS printer?

I follow this practice since there is no certainity if the same document
will print on others's printers as it exactly prints on mine whereas a
PS file will print the same no matter what printer is used. And the
resulting PS file can be easily converted to a PDF. (Now, if I did
invest and install the expensive Adobe Acrobat, it would be a different
story.)

Sam.