Inserting Altium schematic or PCB into MS word

[ali_asadzadeh]

Hi,
Simply copying some parts of PCB and schematic and pasting it in word would work! but I want to know if there is a way to insert them as Vector files so when we zoom it would not pix-elate! do you know a trick in here?

[julianhigginson]

The most I've ever done in this regard is screenshots.

Why do you want to be able to zoom in on pictures in the word doc?
What kind of document are you trying to make here?

[Psi]

You can export layers in Altium as a DXF, maybe you can figure out a way to insert a DXF drawing into word?  That should allow zooming to work without pixelation.

[knapik]

Export it as a PDF and import it to your word processor?

[ali_asadzadeh]

Thanks, But I want to embed portions of the project into word! importing PDF would not solve the problem

[Gribo]

Export portions of the project to PDF, import. Alternately, open the PDF in a PDF editor, copy/paste into Word. AFAIK, Altium objects are not ActiveX.

[ali_asadzadeh]

Thanks, what PDF editors do you suggest and have you tried?

[Batang]

Using AD 17.1.9 & Word 2016, not tested for other versions.

Select PCB layer, Select All (or whatever), Copy

Then paste into Word Doc.

No pixelation.

See included file.

Cheers

Note: Word doc printed as PDF

[T3sl4co1l]

Best answer, don't use stupid Word. 

Also probably the most useless/unhelpful answer.  Yeah, I've been there too...

Me, personally, I use LaTeX, which works in PDF natively, so I can insert whole pages, cropped sections, whatever.

Tim

[knapik]

Sorry, I don't touch Microsoft Word. I know in LibreOffice Writer which I use I can just crop a page in PDF format and resize it at will.

[ali_asadzadeh]

Thanks for your feedback, I wanted to make some internal tutorials for our company, we could have solve every thing in stupid word right now, except the altium schematic! Our company rule is to make things better, so We can not use Bitmaps in our doc's

[ali_asadzadeh]

Hopefully I have solved the problem! first of all you print the schematic in Altium into PDF, then you just simply open the PDF using word, now you can edit the PDF and copy the portions that you want into your existing document
See the attached example

[D3f1ant]

+1 for LaTex. Word is for writing a novel, it is cumbersome for technical documentation.

[mstevens]

While I am a Microsoft zealot, I have to concur that LaTeX is best for technical document/documentation.

Best answer, don't use stupid Word. 

Also probably the most useless/unhelpful answer.  Yeah, I've been there too...

Me, personally, I use LaTeX, which works in PDF natively, so I can insert whole pages, cropped sections, whatever.

Tim

[Philfreeze]

I am 99% sure it works either with a newer version of AD or Word without pixelation,I just tested it with AD16 & Word 13 and it does pixelate but at home I am pretty sure it does not.

Here is how I would do it:
File -> Page Setup -> advanced -> Specifc area -> Define the thing you want to export as pdf -> Ok
File -> Print -> select some pdf generator -> enjoy your pdf output

Mayble you will also have to activate the colour in the Page Setup menu, don't know.

(works for schematic and pcb)

[EE-digger]

I use Primo PDF as a printer and Foxit as a reader.  With the Primo printer, I usually use 2400 dpi output resolution if I'm going to cut and past graphics from it.  This has produced good quality in Word docs, and those can be stretched by the person viewing it if desired.