Images placed in word seem to be downsized and looklow-resolution onscreen and in print

[ScanlonDesign]

I am on a mac - Word X - (2001?)

Whether I save an image of 300 dpi (created in illustrator) as a jpg, png,
tif, bmp, pdf, or wmf - when the image is placed in word it looks fuzzy
on-screen and when printed.

If I place an eps - it only shows a box where the image is - so I cannot see
the image itself - but it prints clearly.

Since I am preparing an e-book - I need it to both look clear on-screen and
print at high resolution.

Thanks. Frances

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Frances:

Thanks for including your name ‹ much nicer to be talking to a real person


This is a bug. There are issues with EPS graphics in all versions of Word
so far.

I would wait a month, then go up to Word 2008. When they fix the bug, Word
2008 will be the first Mac Word to do EPS properly.

The best raster formats to use in Word are GIF and PNG. PNG is a native
format that it should not fiddle with. But in Word X I believe it does,
anyway.

Cheers

I am on a mac - Word X - (2001?)

Whether I save an image of 300 dpi (created in illustrator) as a jpg, png,
tif, bmp, pdf, or wmf - when the image is placed in word it looks fuzzy
on-screen and when printed.

If I place an eps - it only shows a box where the image is - so I cannot see
the image itself - but it prints clearly.

Since I am preparing an e-book - I need it to both look clear on-screen and
print at high resolution.

Thanks. Frances

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