HOWTO use EPS images in MS Windows applications

Encapsulated Postscript images are often the best option when you want to include figures in a report document. This is relatively easy using LateX etc, but slightly more tricky if you're using Word/Powerpoint etc. These applications can usually read in the EPS file fine - but they can't generate a preview - so you can't see what you're doing when you're shifting figures around in the document. There is a solution, however! You can add a MS Windows readable preview image to your EPS file using epstool. This lives in:
/home/dan/bin/epstool
So to add a preview to example.eps do:
/home/dan/bin/epstool -w example.eps example_plus_preview.eps
example_plus_preview.eps now contains the modified eps file. Now when this is inserted into Word, you should see the preview!
-Dan
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