After a long hiatus, I am using Cary spectrophotometers again.  I am struggling to find the best way to export just a spectrum electronically, especially an electronic format that could be imported into a Word document.  As a work-around, I used Microsoft's Snip and Sketch tool (not sure that this is the correct name) to make .jpg or .png files, but this is an imperfect solution.  When I tried to export the Report as a .pdf file, I obtained the spectrum plus parameters, and for right now, it is just the spectrum that I want.  I tried two other formats, .DSW and .RTF, but I was not successful.  The details escape me at the moment, but I will try to return to this question later.  For a very different program I used .wmf format (Windows Meta File), but that is not available in this instance.  Any thoughts?  Thank you in advance.

Is this user manual any use?

https://s18798.pcdn.co/chem_sif/wp-content/uploads/sites/24268/2023/09/NYU-Agilent-Cary-3500-UVvis-User-Manual.pdf

22 hours ago, StringJunky said:

Is this user manual any use?

https://s18798.pcdn.co/chem_sif/wp-content/uploads/sites/24268/2023/09/NYU-Agilent-Cary-3500-UVvis-User-Manual.pdf

Thank you; this is helpful in a couple of ways.  One, it notes that one cannot directly export the spectrum as a jpg or png, which is what I thought.  Two, it confirms that the spectrum can be exported as a csv file.  The problem with csv files is that they take a bit of editing before one gets a usable spectrum (this is not ideal in a classroom application). 

32 minutes ago, BabcockHall said:

Thank you; this is helpful in a couple of ways.  One, it notes that one cannot directly export the spectrum as a jpg or png, which is what I thought.  Two, it confirms that the spectrum can be exported as a csv file.  The problem with csv files is that they take a bit of editing before one gets a usable spectrum (this is not ideal in a classroom application). 

Apparently, it seems possible to convert csv to png directly. Is that an option?

https://search.brave.com/search?q=convert+csv+to+png&source=desktop&summary=1&summary_og=131eda47d88cfd6962b688

I agree +1 to SJ for finding that manual.

 

I note you can also save as a pdf.

 

I sometimes use a free image extractor forpdf files to get a jpg.

Also many scanners some with image file format convertors.

 

Perhaps you could post a pdf ouput file to experiment with (if the forum doesn'y lik dotpdf, add dottxt to the end for stripping out)  ?

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pdf+image+extractor&sca_esv=566487c1e8374dca&sca_upv=1&source=hp&ei=VqDtZqylJ9yxhbIP7aiHgAw&iflsig=AL9hbdgAAAAAZu2uZoCAb3C3E79D7cebrT8kXpZbiBbE&ved=0ahUKEwisqMie9tGIAxXcWEEAHW3UAcAQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=pdf+image+extractor&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhNwZGYgaW1hZ2UgZXh0cmFjdG9yMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeSOAnUABY8SNwAHgAkAEAmAFxoAGTDKoBBDE4LjG4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhOgAvkNwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMYgwEYigXCAhEQLhiABBixAxjRAxiDARjHAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGIMBwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgINEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEYCsICBxAAGIAEGAqYAwCSBwQxNC41oAflcg&sclient=gws-wiz

I tried the option of print to pdf today.  I chose the landscape option.  I still cannot fill more than about half the page with the spectrum.  On the other hand, I was able to get better results with Microsoft's Snip tool than I had previously: I resized the scan within the Cary software.  I will keep working on this.Fraction_17_gelfiltration_landscape.pdfFraction_17_gelfiltration_landscape.pdf

Edited October 9, 20241 yr by BabcockHall

1 hour ago, BabcockHall said:

I tried the option of print to pdf today.  I chose the landscape option.  I still cannot fill more than about half the page with the spectrum.  On the other hand, I was able to get better results with Microsoft's Snip tool than I had previously: I resized the scan within the Cary software.  I will keep working on this.Fraction_17_gelfiltration_landscape.pdfFraction_17_gelfiltration_landscape.pdf

Have you tried 'fit to page' or 'stretch to page' (or similar) in Print Options in landscape mode?

Edited October 9, 20241 yr by StringJunky