<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Sri,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Are you trying to import a PDF file into a Microsoft Word document? Maybe that is the reason why Word crashes when you try that. I usually save charts and maps as png files. If that doesn’t help, maybe it’s because your map size is too large. Below is how you can control the output format (pdf, png, …) and height and width of your plot. Try those things and see if it works. Also, if you want to produce a lot of output files, then “diro” and “filo” allow you set output directory name and output filename (it also allows you to include numbering to change the file name automatically when you repeat a loop etc.), just so you know.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any questions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Greetings to my home country Germany :-)</div><div class="">Toni</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""> wks_type = "png"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>; plot file type</div><div class=""> wks_type@wkWidth = 1500<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>; width dimension</div><div class=""> wks_type@wkHeight = 1500 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>; height dimension</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""> diro = “~/your/output/directory/"</div><div class=""> filo = “your_output_filename”<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>; no file extension necessary</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> wks = gsn_open_wks(wks_type, diro + filo)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> gsn_define_colormap(wks,"wgne15”)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>; define colormap</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 2, 2018, at 6:49 AM, Sri Nandini <<a href="mailto:snandini@marum.de" class="">snandini@marum.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Hello</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">I am plotting panel figures in NCL which result in a very large pdf output size (2.3 MB).</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Attached below is the script i use , only the plotting resources are shown.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">I would be grateful if someone could advice on drastically reducing the size of these pdf outputs because, upon importing them into word, they crash the word document.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class="">;==================================================================<br class="">;Here is a section of my code that draws a color fill plot<br class="">;====================================================================<br class=""><br class=""> wks = gsn_open_wks("pdf","all_evap")<br class=""><br class=""> gsn_define_colormap(wks,"wgne15")<br class=""><br class=""> ;also can use precip4_diff_19lev.rgb , precip_diff_12lev.rgb precip3_16lev.rgb precip4_11lev.rgb precip2_17lev.rgb wgne15<br class=""><br class=""> res = True<br class=""><br class=""> res@cnFillOn = True ; turn on color fill<br class=""> ;res@gsnSpreadColors = True ; use full colormap<br class=""><br class=""> res@cnLinesOn = False ; turn off contour lines<br class=""> res@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ManualLevels" ; set manual contour levels<br class=""> res@cnMinLevelValF = 0 ; set min contour level<br class=""> res@cnMaxLevelValF = 4 ; set max contour level<br class=""> res@cnLevelSpacingF = 0.5 ; set contour spacing<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnDraw = False ; Do not draw plot<br class=""> res@gsnFrame = False ; Do not advance frome<br class=""> res@lbLabelBarOn = False ; turn off individual label bars<br class=""> res@tiMainString = " "<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = " "<br class=""> res@gsnLeftString = " "<br class=""> res@gsnRightString = " "<br class=""> res@cnRasterModeOn = True ; Raster mode shows grid cells<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""> minlat = 25. ; min lat to mask<br class=""> maxlat = 80. ; max lat to mask<br class=""> minlon = -10. ; min lon to mask<br class=""> maxlon = 110. ; max lon to mask<br class=""><br class=""> res@mpProjection = "LambertConformal" ; choose projection<br class=""><br class="">;---masked plot<br class=""> res@gsnAddCyclic = True ; regional plot<br class=""><br class=""> res@mpMinLatF = minlat ; min lat to mask<br class=""> res@mpMaxLatF = maxlat ; max lat to mask<br class=""> res@mpMinLonF = minlon ; min lon to mask<br class=""> res@mpMaxLonF = maxlon ; max lon to mask<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnMaskLambertConformal = True ; turn on lc masking<br class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">;==================================Create arrays to hold series of plots<br class=""> plot = new(9,graphic) <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = "a) PI"<br class=""> res@gsnStringFontHeightF = 0.017<br class=""> plot(0) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,aveX,res)<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = "b) 9 kyr"<br class=""> plot(1) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,aveY,res)<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = "c) LIG"<br class=""> plot(2) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,aveY8,res)<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = "d) 15.2 kyr"<br class=""> plot(3) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,aveY2,res)<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = "e) LGM"<br class=""> plot(4) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,aveY4,res)<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = "f) 35 kyr"<br class=""> plot(5) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,aveY6,res)<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = "g) HE1"<br class=""> plot(6) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,aveY3,res)<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = "h) LGM HE"<br class=""> plot(7) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,aveY5,res)<br class=""><br class=""> res@gsnCenterString = "i) HE4"<br class=""> plot(8) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,aveY7,res)<br class=""><br class=""> printVarSummary(plot)<br class=""><br class=""> ;add_lc_labels(wks,plot,minlat,maxlat,minlon,maxlon) ; attach latitude labels<br class=""><br class="">;=====================================Attach the polylines<br class=""> ADD_SHAPEFILE_OUTLINES = True<br class=""> sname = "Caspian_Basin.shp"<br class=""><br class=""> pres = True<br class=""> pres@gsLineColor = "black"<br class=""> pres@gsLineThicknessF = 2.0 ; 3x thickness<br class=""><br class=""> shp1 = gsn_add_shapefile_polylines(wks,plot,sname,pres)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""> printVarSummary(shp1)<br class=""><br class="">;==================================<br class="">; panel resources for the 4 plots<br class="">;==================================<br class=""> pres1 = True ; modify the panel plot<br class=""> pres1@gsnPanelLabelBar = True ; common label bar<br class=""><br class=""> pres1@lbBoxEndCapStyle = "TriangleBothEnds"; Added in NCL V6.4.0<br class=""> ;pres1@gsnMaximize = True ; large format in landscape<br class=""><br class=""> pres1@lbTitleString = "Evaporation [ mm/day ]" ; title string<br class=""> pres1@lbTitlePosition = "bottom" ; 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