High Resolution Images imported into Microsoft Word?

[Pavol Toman]

Does anyone know the answer to my question please?

"How do I place or import High Resolution Images, set to 300 pixels or dots
per inch (ppi,dpi)
into a Microsoft Word document and make sure they remain at that resolution
at the output?"

 

[mdhills]

I've used PNG format. I've had good luck as long as I stay on the
same version of Word when printing.

On a recent document, had bad luck switching between Mac/PC -- I could
see a slight degradation when I was printing to PDF on the PC. (was
trying to get the entire document in a single PDF; when printed on the
mac, the image quality was quite good)

The inner workings of Office remain something of a mystery to me when
it comes to internal representations and how they adjust between the
windows and mac platforms. Vector artwork is worse.

Matt

 

[CyberTaz]

In order to get an accurate & specific answer to any question it's necessary
to indicate which version of the program & what version of which operating
system you're using. Without that information it's impossible to know what
distinctions between versions might factor into the equation.

In general, however, it isn't just a matter of resolution. Print dimensions
are an important consideration as well. For optimum output any images need
to be prepared using a decent graphics app before being inserted into
virtually any other type of document. Scaling the image - as well as most
any other adjustments - in the host document can have significant impact on
the final print fidelity. It also makes a big difference whether the
"images" are raster graphics or vector graphics... And we haven't even given
any consideration to color mode

As long as all is good to begin with use the Insert> Picture> From File
method - *never* paste images into any type of document if print quality is
of any concern whatsoever.

Additionally, for optimum output include the image files in the same folder
as the document & use the Link feature when Inserting them rather than
embedding. Make sure the entire folder is available at the time printing is
done. The file format you save the file in can also have an influence, but
as long as you're using the default document format you should be OK.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 12/15/08 8:46 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "Pavol Toman" <Pavol

 

[John McGhie]

Insert>Picture>From file...

The image will be inserted into the document, with all of its pixels.

However, to set it so that it prints at a particular DPI, you must specify a
size. To print at the resolution at which the picture exists in the
document, set the size to 100 per cent.

Otherwise, Word will re-sample the output to ensure it fits into the size
available (either inside the text box you have inserted the image into, or
between the text margins).

300 is not high, by the way: I regularly use 600 dpi with a colour laser
printer. I set both a size and a resolution in the graphics application
first, then simply insert the picture into the document. If both resolution
and size are set, Word will honour the settings.

If you are doing all of that and your images are printing fuzzy, then you
may not have applied the most recent updates to Word.

Hope this helps


On 16/12/08 12:46 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "Pavol Toman" <Pavol

Does anyone know the answer to my question please?

"How do I place or import High Resolution Images, set to 300 pixels or dots
per inch (ppi,dpi)
into a Microsoft Word document and make sure they remain at that resolution
at the output?"

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