Embedded Letterhead Image; help me reverse-engineer

[kiln]

I was handed a dot file with an embedded image, the company letterhead
banner. The goal is to shrink the dot file size. Currently as a blank
page and this simple letterhead (logo, company name, tel numbers, all in
grey scale) is just under 200k.

When I copy and paste the image into paint shop pro, the image seems to
need to convert from a meta file format. How is word storing the image,
in hwat format? I found the result on the conversion to png or jpg or
gif to be very lossy. I was able to product a compact gif (15k) by
converting the dot to html, but I'm still curious about the word image
formatting.

So now I pull the gif into a dot file. I think it's sharp enough to pass
muster, and file size is ok. However...

The dot has a 1.5" margin at the top. That's where the letterhead image
is; but I've no idea how one embeds the image there. How does one do
that? The gif "picture" I've embedded wants to respect the margin
settings just like text, ie won't intrude into top or left hand margin.

Also, when I select the old logo, the "handles" are different...they are
round empty circles, reminds me of word art control points, and image
can be rotated. My gif picture has a black border line and black filled
squarea as control points, can't be "spun" in the same way.

 

[CyberTaz]

What Word does with images varies from one version to another, so I can't
respond to that.

As far as the margins issue, your image needs to be inserted in the
Header/Footer, not the text layer.

The different handles indiate whether text wrap is applied. The black
handles indicate that the image is an "inline" graphic imbedded in a tex
line, so it can't go anywhere that text can't go, i.e outside the margins.
Use a text wrap setting of Behind Text or whatever else may be appropriate.

Hope this helps |:>)

 

[kiln]

thanks I think that will all be useful.

What Word does with images varies from one version to another, so I can't
respond to that.

As far as the margins issue, your image needs to be inserted in the
Header/Footer, not the text layer.

The different handles indiate whether text wrap is applied. The black
handles indicate that the image is an "inline" graphic imbedded in a tex
line, so it can't go anywhere that text can't go, i.e outside the margins.
Use a text wrap setting of Behind Text or whatever else may be appropriate.

Hope this helps |:>)