Re: Image resolution

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In article <1174343252.329367.280140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Chris <chris_au@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks ER and CT;

The 300 ppi max in Word info is good to know; that we can work with.
The client is not in a position to use a new program although I
advised her from the beginning that she needs a dtp or page layout not
a word processing program to do what she wants. Having said that, we
are working with what she has.

She does have Acrobat Distiller, and I advised her to change the
resolution settings therein, but that did not seem to work. She is not
an advanced user, so her PDF conversion workflow wouuld probably be
the default MSWord method.


So, the remaining issue now is the resolution of the image in the pdf.
Any more thoughts?
Make sure her Word does not resize the picture. That often tricks Word
into down-resing on Mac. I dunno if the PC is as fussy.
Distiller should cope beautifully with whatever it is given (for small
values of beautifully - it *is* painful to use is it not?) I'd bet that
it is already wrecked before Distiller sees it.

So make your picture 300 dpi and the exact right size in Photoshop
before inserting it into Word. Resist the temptation to drag a corner
once you have placed it in Word. Since you are using Photoshop, save
the image as a tiff. Tiff has a better chance of being treated well by
both versions of Word. PNG is not bad either, but avoid anything else,
as one Word or the other will turn its nose up at Jpg, gif, wmf, and
most flavours of eps. (eps is best for vector art, but it is painful
getting compatible flavours with acceptable on-screen previews.)

This is a wild guess, but make sure your and her copy have generous
margins. Her printer driver might try to squash the page and trick her
Word into resizing the picture. (Note I'm backing a double on wild
guesses here, test test and try things till the PDF comes out lovely.

If Acrobat likes it, the print shop will like it. Blow up the final
copy till you can count the pixels in the picture before sending it
off.

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