Fuzzy text in Insert Object>Microsoft Word Document

[Melissa A. Hines]

I have been banging me head against a wall trying to solve the
following problem. First, I create "Document 1" which contains a
graphic (.psd or .png) and a caption (Times New Roman, 10). This is
saved in ".doc" format. Then I create "Document 2." I use "Insert
Object>Microsoft Word Document" to insert Document 1 into Document 2.
The problem is that the caption in Document 1 appears very blocky or
fuzzy when it is displayed in Document 2. (I would guess the
resolution is ~ 5-10 dpi. Very, very blocky.) This fuzziness carries
over to the printed document.

This problem only occurs on some documents, and this may be new
behavior (as I have used this technique successfully in the past.)

System: Mac Word 11.1
Mac OS 10.35
1.5 GHz AlBook w/ 1 GB RAM

Any help would be much appreciated.

Melissa

 

[Fredrik Wahlgren]

I have been banging me head against a wall trying to solve the
following problem. First, I create "Document 1" which contains a
graphic (.psd or .png) and a caption (Times New Roman, 10). This is
saved in ".doc" format. Then I create "Document 2." I use "Insert
Object>Microsoft Word Document" to insert Document 1 into Document 2.
The problem is that the caption in Document 1 appears very blocky or
fuzzy when it is displayed in Document 2. (I would guess the
resolution is ~ 5-10 dpi. Very, very blocky.) This fuzziness carries
over to the printed document.

This problem only occurs on some documents, and this may be new
behavior (as I have used this technique successfully in the past.)

System: Mac Word 11.1
Mac OS 10.35
1.5 GHz AlBook w/ 1 GB RAM

Any help would be much appreciated.

Melissa

I have never used Insert object so what i'm sayinhg is merely aguess. First
, I have a question. Why don't you simply select everything in Document 1
and paste it into Document 2? I believe that when you insert an object, the
idea is that any change made to Document 1 will be reflected in Document 2.
My second question is this. When you insert the object, does the text and
graphics appear to be smaller? A possible explanation is that the inserted
object will be drwan in a smaller rectangle than it came from. If this is
true, I expect that the text will be fuzzy only when it doesn't really fit
into the new recatangle.

/ Fredrik

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I have been banging me head against a wall trying to solve the
following problem. First, I create "Document 1" which contains a
graphic (.psd or .png) and a caption (Times New Roman, 10). This is
saved in ".doc" format. Then I create "Document 2." I use "Insert
Object>Microsoft Word Document" to insert Document 1 into Document 2.
The problem is that the caption in Document 1 appears very blocky or
fuzzy when it is displayed in Document 2. (I would guess the
resolution is ~ 5-10 dpi. Very, very blocky.) This fuzziness carries
over to the printed document.

This problem only occurs on some documents, and this may be new
behavior (as I have used this technique successfully in the past.)

System: Mac Word 11.1
Mac OS 10.35
1.5 GHz AlBook w/ 1 GB RAM

With the same setup, I can't reproduce your problem. Couple of questions:

1) Is the caption really a caption field (e.g., {SEQ Figure \* ARABIC})?
or is it plain text set next to the picture?

2) Is the caption set to the caption style? Is the style definition the
same in both documents?

3) Does this happen with plain text documents?

 

[Melissa A. Hines]

With the same setup, I can't reproduce your problem. Couple of questions:

Unfortunately, it does not happen 100% of the time, and I have not
been able to isolate the trigger.

1) Is the caption really a caption field (e.g., {SEQ Figure \* ARABIC})?
or is it plain text set next to the picture?

It is plain (i.e. formatted) text, not a caption.

2) Is the caption set to the caption style? Is the style definition the
same in both documents?

No, it is not not set to caption style. The style is the same. This
does not appear to be the trigger.

3) Does this happen with plain text documents?

No, only with documents with an image in them. I have tried a number
of different types of images (e.g., PNG, psd), and the type of image
does not appear to be the trigger.

Melissa