importing pictures from mac to pc word

[dj]

does anyone know what's the best format to use so the pc user can view
logos....i'm trying to save logos from illustrator (mac--can be cs,
10, 9, 3 etc) for our friends on the pc side of things....i would like
them to use vector art instead of jpgs....but what i tried so far
doesn't seem to work.....does anyone have any exprience with this??

jpgs will work but they have a white box around the image hince they
couldn't use it on top of a color etc....

thanks for the help!

 

[Elliott Roper]

does anyone know what's the best format to use so the pc user can view
logos....i'm trying to save logos from illustrator (mac--can be cs,
10, 9, 3 etc) for our friends on the pc side of things....i would like
them to use vector art instead of jpgs....but what i tried so far
doesn't seem to work.....does anyone have any exprience with this??

jpgs will work but they have a white box around the image hince they
couldn't use it on top of a color etc....

You get quite a few flavours of eps with preview from Illustrator. One
of them should work.

If you must use bitmaps, you will need to choose a format with
transparency. Tiff or PNG arae a good bet. If you plan to print the
results, don't skip on the resolution - 300dpi or above.

On any of those formats, watch out for the Word bug that prints the
low-res preview on Mac at least, particularly to PDF and non-Postscript
printers from eps on the Mac. The trick is to print to a Postscript
file and then let a capable program finish it off.

The only proper way through the mess is test test and test.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

If you use EPS it must be in RGB format at not greater than 24 bits colour
depth with a WMF or TIFF preview. For preference, use the WMF preview, that
way they will get a high-res result regardless of whether or not they have a
PostScript printer.

If you want a smaller file, export to WMF or EMF format. While EMF is
technically better, you would need a magnifying glass and a 4800 dpi printer
to spot it.

For bitmaps use TIFF, GIF or PNG to avoid losing resolution. Again:
Microsoft Office components cannot handle CMYK colour, so ensure you send
RGB.

Always send the original source file as well as a document with the picture
embedded: if they munge the document they will need the source file.

Cheers


This responds to article <[email protected]>,

does anyone know what's the best format to use so the pc user can view
logos....i'm trying to save logos from illustrator (mac--can be cs,
10, 9, 3 etc) for our friends on the pc side of things....i would like
them to use vector art instead of jpgs....but what i tried so far
doesn't seem to work.....does anyone have any exprience with this??

jpgs will work but they have a white box around the image hince they
couldn't use it on top of a color etc....

thanks for the help!

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