Home: Advanced Topics: Advanced Graphics Export: Copying and Pasting Graphics: Using Export Preferences
The Export Preferences panel has several settings you can use to obtain high-quality graphics. Hold down the Shift key and choose Advanced Preferences from the Edit menu to change the settings on this panel.
The graphics in this manual were copied using an export setting of 400%. After pasting they were reduced to 25% in the layout program.
Although each object is drawn smoothly, the accuracy with which copied objects are positioned remains limited by the screen resolution. When such images are scaled or printed at high resolution, visible misalignment of the objects can result. To minimize misalignment, you can set the Clipboard Image Scale to copy objects at 200%, 400%, or 800% of their normal on-screen size. When you paste the image into your word processor or graphics program, reduce it by a corresponding percentage. The result is an image with the same dimensions as the original, but with greatly increased accuracy, suitable for high-resolution printing and publication.
If you want arrowheads to appear on your printed or copied image, you can check the Include Arrowheads on Lines, Rays… checkbox.
When exported or printed on a high-resolution printer, the positions of the samples for point loci and functions can become visible, since the intervals between samples are drawn as segments. To produce smoother functions and loci, set the Locus/Plot Export Quality to 5x or 10x to produce either five or ten times the normal number of samples when printing or copying.