Saving an Image of the Graph

You can save an image of the graph in a variety of formats. The available formats are shown in the table below. You can also copy an image of the graph to the Clipboard.

Image Format Description
PNG A raster format that uses lossless compression. PNG is often the best choice for saving NodeXL graph images.
JPEG A raster format that uses lossy compression. The file is often smaller than a PNG file for the same image, but it may suffer from compression artifacts.
TIFF In NodeXL, this is a non-compressed raster format. TIFF files tend to be large.
BMP A non-compressed raster format. BMP files tend to be large.
XPS A vector format, similar in concept to PDF. XPS files can be viewed directly in recent versions of Windows. You can convert an XPS file to a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat and other programs if necessary.
GIF A raster format that uses lossy compression. For NodeXL graphs, the PNG or JPEG format is usually a better choice.
To save an image of the graph to a file:
  1. Right-click anywhere in the Graph Pane.
  2. On the right-click menu, select Save Image to File, Save Image.
To set the size of or add a header or footer to the saved graph image:
  1. Right-click anywhere in the Graph Pane.
  2. On the right-click menu, select Save Image to File, Image Options.
To copy an image of the graph to the Clipboard:
  1. Right-click anywhere in the Graph Pane.
  2. On the right-click menu, select Save Image to File, Copy Image to Clipboard. The copied image is always the same size as the Graph Pane.

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