Re: Poor quality graphics when I PDF from MS Word 2007

I'm having the same problem in MS Word 2007 using Office 2007 "Save As PDF"
add-in.

I'm copying & pasting all the images as "Device Independent Bitmap".

The image degradation seems to be worse on any images I resized in Word,
though they look fine in Word. If I pasted them in and did not resize them,
those images convert to PDF fine.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

Hi N.M.,

Office 2007 uses a new graphic engine for handling pictures.

Do you get the same result using the Office 2007 'save as PDF add-in'?

JPEG does not support transparency, but Word lets you choose a transparent color on inserted JPGs. With a picture selected try
Picture Tools tab=>Format=>Recolor=>Set Transparent Color
then click on the color choice (you may want to zoom in first).

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<<"NM French" <NM French@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:41B7BEFD-B07A-4DF6-80A7-9BB0EBB5C20B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am having difficulty getting good graphics resolution when I PDF from Word
2007 (Small Buisiness) into Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard. My graphics look
perfectly sharp in Word at any size, but become "pixelated" when I PDF them.
I have tried using the Acrobat "High Quality Print" setting in Word, but this
gives only a little improvement.

I discovered that the quality of the graphic in Acrobat depends on the type
of graphic file I originally inserted into Word. PNG and GIF graphics PDF
poorly, and JPEG graphics PDF better. My problem is that I need a transparent
background for a logo, and the JPEG format apparently doesn't support that. I
also need to keep the size down, which eliminates BMP and TIF files.

I have never had any trouble PDFing graphics in earlier versions of Word, so
I'm not sure why this is suddenly a problem. I did some tests, and there is
no problem with the graphics when I PDF the same document using an earlier
version of Word. >>
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

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