Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl-Shift-P (MacOS: Cmd-Shift-P)
This menu item allows you to save GeoGebra’s Graphics View as a picture file on your computer. In the appearing dialog window, you can select the picture file ‘Format’, and change the ‘Scale’ (in cm) and ‘Resolution’ (in dpi) of the picture.
Note: When exporting the Graphics View as a picture you can choose out of the following formats:
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PNG –
Portable Network Graphics: This is a pixel graphics format. The higher the
resolution (dpi), the better the quality (300dpi will usually suffice). PNG
graphics should not be scaled subsequently to avoid a loss of quality.
PNG graphic files are well suited for the use on web pages (html) and in word
processing documents.
Note: Whenever you insert a PNG graphic file into a word processing document
(menu Insert, Image from file) make sure that the size is set to
100 %. Otherwise the given scale (in cm) would be changed.
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EPS –
Encapsulated Postscript: This is a vector graphics format. EPS pictures may
be scaled without loss of quality. EPS graphic files are well suited for the
use with vector graphics programs (e.g., Corel Draw) and professional text
processing systems (e.g., LaTeX).
The resolution of an EPS graphic is always 72dpi. This value is only used to
calculate the true size of an image in centimeters and has no effect on the
image's quality.
Note: The transparency effect with filled polygons or conic sections is
not possible with EPS.
·
PDF –
Portable Document Format (see EPS
format above)
Note: In SVG and PDF export, you have the option to export text as
editable text or shapes. This stores the text either as text (this lets you
edit the text in e.g., InkScape) or as Bezier curves (this guarantees that the
text looks the same even if the correct font is not installed).
· SVG – Scaleable Vector Graphic (see EPS format above)
· EMF – Enhanced Meta Format (see EPS format above)