How can I open EPS files under Windows 7?

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How do I view EPS files? I heard that Adobe Acrobat supports them, but that didnt work for me...

I am using Windows 7 64 bit edition..

score 26 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 13 '16 at 08:12

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EPS is encapsulated postscript. If you search for programs which can open postscript you will find a lot of them.

Some of them, in a random order, are:

Ghostscript (really the classical answer)
GIMP. Large, but handles just about everything (but needs Ghostscript anyway).
Photoshop. Also quite large.
EPS viewer (Which is the first link I got when I Googled on "win7 EPS viewer").

edited Oct 13 '16 at 08:12

Marek Puchalski

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answered Apr 16 '13 at 14:22

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If you'll use GIMP, you may need to update it with Ghostscript (as mentioned above) per the following: https://superuser.com/questions/988847/how-do-i-open-an-eps-file-in-gimp-2-could-not-interpret-postscript-file – nikodaemus May 25 '17 at 16:40
Looks like you can now use Adobe Acrobat reader also – chadpeppers Jun 14 '17 at 20:22
The reference is Illustrator. And to convert to pdf Adobe Distiller should be used. You do understand that postscript is Corel and Adobe format? – Валерий Заподовников Sep 07 '21 at 18:50

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered May 23 '14 at 03:49

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I open a blank Word document, and from insert option, choose pictures, browse and insert the eps file in my document.

Not a great solution if you want to edit the eps file, but good enough if all you want to do is view the file (I'm not installing 3rd party software just to view a file if I don't have to).

answered May 23 '14 at 03:49

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+1 for way more simpler than downloading a program just to see what is in my .eps file – Neifen May 17 '16 at 12:15
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Note that, since April 2017, this [is no longer possible](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Support-for-EPS-images-has-been-turned-off-in-Office-a069d664-4bcf-415e-a1b5-cbb0c334a840). – Heinzi Nov 14 '17 at 14:56

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 05 '14 at 17:09

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I am surprised no one mentioned Evince. It handles everything - pdf, ps, eps. It comes by default on all linux distributions. It has a windows installer too on its Downloads page.

answered Nov 05 '14 at 17:09

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Never imagined how much I would miss evince before I had to work in Windows. Thanks for mentioning it here, I thought it's just for Linux. – Shahbaz Dec 03 '14 at 14:33

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 15 '10 at 12:43

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I have had no problems with Adobe Acrobat and a bit confused why it isn't working (EPS is supported in the latest few versions), however, I always used to use GIMP which works with them - so you may want to try that.

answered Feb 15 '10 at 12:43

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+1 for GIMP since Photoshop ain't cheap to just open some files! – Ivo Flipse Feb 15 '10 at 20:35

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 21 '14 at 11:05

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Your question suggests Acrobat Reader can open an eps file. This is not exactly correct, To open an .eps file with acrobat, you need to import it. This requires a paid account:

From the documentation

Use File > Create PDF > From File

answered Apr 21 '14 at 11:05

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 17 '14 at 02:30

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Inkscape allows viewing and editing EPS files.

answered Nov 17 '14 at 02:30

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thats seems to only be true "out-of-the-box" for linux. on windows, however, it requires additional steps: http://clownfishcafe.blogspot.de/2014/05/importing-eps-files-into-inkscape.html – chris vietor Sep 30 '15 at 11:03

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 15 '10 at 14:24

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If you have Photoshop, it should be able to open them.

answered Feb 15 '10 at 14:24

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 21 '14 at 05:17

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There is a port of Okular viewer from Linux KDE to Windows

answered Nov 21 '14 at 05:17

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 21:07

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I used Scribus which is open source software. You should first install GhostScript. Scribus will automatically detect GhostScript an enable EPS support. Otherwise you have to add it afterwards through settings.

answered Jul 11 '13 at 21:07

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