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I am trying to plug a drawing in Inkscape SVG format into a .docx Word 2013 file.

Using the solution posted under Inserting SVG files in a Microsoft Word document, I am not able to maintain the colour gradient fill inside rectangles. Contrary to this discussion, I don't have the requirement for an editable figure in Word 2013.

I tried another solution suggested by Microsoft, that consists of exporting the SVG file to PDF and then importing into Word 2013 via the function insert >> object (Text) >> insert from file. This however resulted in a grossly distorted import of my drawing.

Exporting the SVG file to PNG format resulted in a rather pixelated import into Word 2013.

In the end, I exported the figure to PDF and made a screen snapshot after which I pasted this into Word. This worked out best.

However, I consider the last solution rather messy (presumably, total loss of vector graphic scalability) and impractical for a large set of figures. Is there a better alternative?

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  • "...PNG format resulted in a rather pixelated import..." : when exporting to PNG in Inkscape you can manually set the resolution and/or dpi to something more appropriate. – Mike Fitzpatrick Dec 15 '14 at 22:11
  • How do you do this? I know there are differences between Inkscape on Windows and Linux. Now, I am running Inkscape 0.48 on Win 7. When selecting Save As >> Cairo PNG there is no pop-up window allowing me to select the dpi, as occurs with some other formats – Pieter De Beule Dec 16 '14 at 08:58
  • I just realized how you did this. You were selecting File >> Export to BMP, rather than File >> Save As. Any idea why this double implementation? – Pieter De Beule Dec 16 '14 at 09:08
  • I don't know why there are two implementations. The Export option is certainly more flexible than the Save As option. – Mike Fitzpatrick Dec 16 '14 at 23:22
  • Save As creates a file that inkscape can edit directly. Export creates a separate file which inkscape may not be able to edit. – Sagarat Jul 09 '17 at 00:17

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