How can I open EPS files under Windows 7?

How do I view EPS files? I heard that Adobe Acrobat supports them, but that didnt work for me...

I am using Windows 7 64 bit edition..

ashwnacharya

Posted 2010-02-15T12:28:10.500

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Answers

EPS is encapsulated postscript. If you search for programs which can open postscript you will find a lot of them.

Some of them, in a random order, are:

Ghostscript (really the classical answer)
GIMP. Large, but handles just about everything (but needs Ghostscript anyway).
Photoshop. Also quite large.
EPS viewer (Which is the first link I got when I Googled on "win7 EPS viewer").

Hennes

Posted 2010-02-15T12:28:10.500

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If you'll use GIMP, you may need to update it with Ghostscript (as mentioned above) per the following: https://superuser.com/questions/988847/how-do-i-open-an-eps-file-in-gimp-2-could-not-interpret-postscript-file

– skia.heliou – 2017-05-25T16:40:03.373

Looks like you can now use Adobe Acrobat reader also – chadpeppers – 2017-06-14T20:22:56.383

I open a blank Word document, and from insert option, choose pictures, browse and insert the eps file in my document.

Not a great solution if you want to edit the eps file, but good enough if all you want to do is view the file (I'm not installing 3rd party software just to view a file if I don't have to).

Simon

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1+1 for way more simpler than downloading a program just to see what is in my .eps file – Neifen – 2016-05-17T12:15:47.343

Note that, since April 2017, this is no longer possible.

– Heinzi – 2017-11-14T14:56:46.893

I am surprised no one mentioned Evince. It handles everything - pdf, ps, eps. It comes by default on all linux distributions. It has a windows installer too on its Downloads page.

SPV

Posted 2010-02-15T12:28:10.500

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Never imagined how much I would miss evince before I had to work in Windows. Thanks for mentioning it here, I thought it's just for Linux. – Shahbaz – 2014-12-03T14:33:33.157

I have had no problems with Adobe Acrobat and a bit confused why it isn't working (EPS is supported in the latest few versions), however, I always used to use GIMP which works with them - so you may want to try that.

William Hilsum

Posted 2010-02-15T12:28:10.500

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4+1 for GIMP since Photoshop ain't cheap to just open some files! – Ivo Flipse – 2010-02-15T20:35:34.223

Your question suggests Acrobat Reader can open an eps file. This is not exactly correct, To open an .eps file with acrobat, you need to import it. This requires a paid account:

From the documentation

Use File > Create PDF > From File

David LeBauer

Posted 2010-02-15T12:28:10.500

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Inkscape allows viewing and editing EPS files.

Ben Voigt

Posted 2010-02-15T12:28:10.500

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thats seems to only be true "out-of-the-box" for linux. on windows, however, it requires additional steps: http://clownfishcafe.blogspot.de/2014/05/importing-eps-files-into-inkscape.html

– chris vietor – 2015-09-30T11:03:44.723

If you have Photoshop, it should be able to open them.

ceejayoz

Posted 2010-02-15T12:28:10.500

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There is a port of Okular viewer from Linux KDE to Windows

tardis

Posted 2010-02-15T12:28:10.500

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I used Scribus which is open source software. You should first install GhostScript. Scribus will automatically detect GhostScript an enable EPS support. Otherwise you have to add it afterwards through settings.

mrtsherman

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