RE: my image is coming out squashed
- From: "Morisot" <Morisot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:35:02 -0800
Hi, Carrie -
One of my favorite Publisher 2000 tricks is to "Select all" > "copy"
> "paste special" > "as picture"
.... to use in Publisher. I can resize the whole thing. Turn an 8.5x11 flyer
into a quick postcard, etc. Results vary - usually working best if I keep the
same aspect ratio (otherwise, fonts can produce some, errm, odd results.)
But, depending upon what you need, this can be a very useful quick-fix --to
use within Publisher. Experiment with it if you hadn't already discovered it.
(To get something that is almost universally viewable - I have used a free
PDF program that is often mentioned on these boards.)
M.
"Carrie" wrote:
> Maybe squashed isn't the best word and it's only very slightly not round.
>
> I've been setting up (Pub 2000) a flyer, business card and index card size
> for a person starting a small business. The logo (I created- what they want)
> is a round sun, with beams coming out and the name arched over it. I put the
> image (sun) on and the words over it, using wordart. It looks fine on the
> set up but when it prints the sun is slightly oval. I'm using text boxes for
> words on the top and bottom of the card, with "no fill" so they don't cover
> the sun. Well, one I used white, with a slight shadow, that does slightly
> cover the bottom of the sun (wanted the words to stand out)
>
> The person loves it (and I'm doing it for the practice, plus I get to keep
> the left over cards, paper, etc. she bought) and thinks it's fine. It's very
> subtle, but to me it's not perfect. I've even tried taking the margins off
> on the setup. The index cards (to put on bulletin boards) are printing 4 to
> a piece of cardstock, and the business cards are Avery perferated ones. (It
> says Laser Business Card on the bottom, and I'm using an injet printer, the
> person who bought them said it was all they had and I'd never used them
> before).
>
> Another related question, once I have the setup (logo, wording, etc) is
> there a way to change the size of what it's on? For example, I set up one on
> postcard blank and now want it on an index card size. I would have to resize
> the picture, but it's all in separate boxes (picture and text) on the
> postcard size one. Once it's saved, it won't resize? If I put a picture box
> around the entire card, it covers what's on it. I didn't try it yet, but
> I'm thinking of using Paint Shop Pro to do a screen capture, making it into
> a jpg, resizing it (as a total picture) and copy/paste it onto the index
> card blank. Seems like there might be a better way, using just Publisher
> (2000)
>
> This is what I've been doing now to show people what I've set up in
> Publisher- if they don't have the program themselves. I've been screen
> capturing it with PSP, making a jpg and emailing this to show them. I
> haven't figured out a way to save a file in Publisher as a jpg, which
> doesn't mean it's not there. (and might be right in front of me)
>
> As to the above quesion with the round sun being slightly oval in the
> printing, the jpgs of it come out with the sun as round as in the setup.
>
> Probably not a big deal, but I don't like to miss any opportunity to
> learn. (old dog- new tricks?)
>
> Thanks,
> Carrie
>
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>
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