Fellow Statalisters (especially StataCorp):

Is there a particular reason why, in Stata under Linux, the graph export command doesn't export Windows Metafiles (.wmf files)? It seems like a puzzling omission, given that there must be many users like me who frequently work under Linux and want to make their graphs available for colleagues who like to work with Microsoft Office (which seems to be popular among my UK primary-care medical colleagues). And, of course, import excel is available in Stata under Linux.

And yes, I know that Microsoft Office applications are supposed to be able to import scalable vector graphics (.svg) pictures. However, in practice I find that (for whatever strange reason) these applications frequently import .svg graphics to have a few crucial lines missing, which were not missing when I viewed the same pictures earlier in Mozilla Firefox. So, it seems that .wmf files are sometimes necessary if I want to work with Microsoftist colleagues. So, I seem to have to graph save my graphs to Stata .gph files and then convert them to .wmf using Stata under Windows. (Correct me if you know of a better workaround.)

Best wishes

Roger