Preserving High Resolution of Images Inserted into Word Documents

[Potterman]

I have discovered that inserting images into Word (this includes JPEGS, GIFS,
TIFFS and PDFS) and then postscripting (with highest image resolution
settings) and distilling (preserving image resolution settings here too)
results in a final PDF whose images are of lower resolution than the original
images. This is very bad for obvious reasons. I have checked with local
users and they say when Word inserts an image, it converts it to its own
proprietary image format, and in doing so, reduces the resolution. This
makes Word unusable for my purposes, unless there is a way to circumvent this
glitch in its treatment of imported graphics. Does anyone know anything
about this, and if so, is there a solution or must I avoid Word for purposes
of producing documents that have images I want printed in their original,
high resolutions?

 

[Jezebel]

Link the graphics instead of embedding them.

 

[potterjazz]

Thank you Jezebel. I will experiment with linked images to see if the
resolution is preserved, but I did not realize this was an option in Word
(but I am familiar with linking in other programs, like Pagemaker, and know
why you suppose this might preserve the resolution). Good idea! I'll let
you know if it succeeds.