red x -pictures don't print

G

Gregory

Here's my problem:
I scanned a whole bunch of pictures ito publisher 2007 as part of a booklet
I want to convert into a PDF file and then print (or e-mail).
When I convert the document to PDF, the pictures don't show on the pdf -
only an empty black box or the box with a red x in it. They also don't show
in the print preview page.
I think that the problem may be that I scanned the pics at a very high
resolution - 1200, and somehow this is causing a problem.
1. How can I change the resolution of a picture once I have scanned it in a
publisher document?
2. Or make the pictures show up in the pdf document?
Thanks, Gregory
 
J

JoAnn Paules

Red x's indicate a broken link. How did you insert the pictures in the
publication?
 
R

Rob Giordano [MS MVP]

and 1200 dpi is waaaayyyy over-kill for print...300 or even 150 is generally
fine.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






JoAnn Paules said:
Red x's indicate a broken link. How did you insert the pictures in the
publication?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Gregory said:
Here's my problem:
I scanned a whole bunch of pictures ito publisher 2007 as part of a
booklet
I want to convert into a PDF file and then print (or e-mail).
When I convert the document to PDF, the pictures don't show on the pdf -
only an empty black box or the box with a red x in it. They also don't
show
in the print preview page.
I think that the problem may be that I scanned the pics at a very high
resolution - 1200, and somehow this is causing a problem.
1. How can I change the resolution of a picture once I have scanned it in
a
publisher document?
2. Or make the pictures show up in the pdf document?
Thanks, Gregory
 
G

Gregory

I am scanning it the images with a (brand-new) Brother MFC 290C scanner. Note
that I CAN print the image when I print directly from publisher.
The problem occures when I try to convert the pub. document into a pdf. Then
the images do not show up or print in the pdf document, or print.
I do have a feeling it is a problem with the resolution. Since I scanned at
a custom setting (1200) maybe the the pdf app. is not picking up the image.
But can I change the image resolutions in publisher without having to scan
all those pictures again?
Thanks!!

JoAnn Paules said:
Red x's indicate a broken link. How did you insert the pictures in the
publication?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Gregory said:
Here's my problem:
I scanned a whole bunch of pictures ito publisher 2007 as part of a
booklet
I want to convert into a PDF file and then print (or e-mail).
When I convert the document to PDF, the pictures don't show on the pdf -
only an empty black box or the box with a red x in it. They also don't
show
in the print preview page.
I think that the problem may be that I scanned the pics at a very high
resolution - 1200, and somehow this is causing a problem.
1. How can I change the resolution of a picture once I have scanned it in
a
publisher document?
2. Or make the pictures show up in the pdf document?
Thanks, Gregory
 
G

Gregory

ok..but can I change the resolution of the scan in publisher after I have
scanned it in a document?- without having to re-scan all the images?
Thanks!

Rob Giordano said:
and 1200 dpi is waaaayyyy over-kill for print...300 or even 150 is generally
fine.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






JoAnn Paules said:
Red x's indicate a broken link. How did you insert the pictures in the
publication?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Gregory said:
Here's my problem:
I scanned a whole bunch of pictures ito publisher 2007 as part of a
booklet
I want to convert into a PDF file and then print (or e-mail).
When I convert the document to PDF, the pictures don't show on the pdf -
only an empty black box or the box with a red x in it. They also don't
show
in the print preview page.
I think that the problem may be that I scanned the pics at a very high
resolution - 1200, and somehow this is causing a problem.
1. How can I change the resolution of a picture once I have scanned it in
a
publisher document?
2. Or make the pictures show up in the pdf document?
Thanks, Gregory
 
M

Mary Sauer

You should be able to resample the images in any image editing program.
www.irfanview.com is free. Get their plug-ins too.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

Gregory said:
I am scanning it the images with a (brand-new) Brother MFC 290C scanner. Note
that I CAN print the image when I print directly from publisher.
The problem occures when I try to convert the pub. document into a pdf. Then
the images do not show up or print in the pdf document, or print.
I do have a feeling it is a problem with the resolution. Since I scanned at
a custom setting (1200) maybe the the pdf app. is not picking up the image.
But can I change the image resolutions in publisher without having to scan
all those pictures again?
Thanks!!

JoAnn Paules said:
Red x's indicate a broken link. How did you insert the pictures in the
publication?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Gregory said:
Here's my problem:
I scanned a whole bunch of pictures ito publisher 2007 as part of a
booklet
I want to convert into a PDF file and then print (or e-mail).
When I convert the document to PDF, the pictures don't show on the pdf -
only an empty black box or the box with a red x in it. They also don't
show
in the print preview page.
I think that the problem may be that I scanned the pics at a very high
resolution - 1200, and somehow this is causing a problem.
1. How can I change the resolution of a picture once I have scanned it in
a
publisher document?
2. Or make the pictures show up in the pdf document?
Thanks, Gregory
 
G

Gregory

I tried irfanview, and when I tried to open publisher scans it said "cannot
read this file"
I think I will just enter all the scans again at a lower resolution and that
will probably solve the question.

Mary Sauer said:
You should be able to resample the images in any image editing program.
www.irfanview.com is free. Get their plug-ins too.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

Gregory said:
I am scanning it the images with a (brand-new) Brother MFC 290C scanner. Note
that I CAN print the image when I print directly from publisher.
The problem occures when I try to convert the pub. document into a pdf. Then
the images do not show up or print in the pdf document, or print.
I do have a feeling it is a problem with the resolution. Since I scanned at
a custom setting (1200) maybe the the pdf app. is not picking up the image.
But can I change the image resolutions in publisher without having to scan
all those pictures again?
Thanks!!

JoAnn Paules said:
Red x's indicate a broken link. How did you insert the pictures in the
publication?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Here's my problem:
I scanned a whole bunch of pictures ito publisher 2007 as part of a
booklet
I want to convert into a PDF file and then print (or e-mail).
When I convert the document to PDF, the pictures don't show on the pdf -
only an empty black box or the box with a red x in it. They also don't
show
in the print preview page.
I think that the problem may be that I scanned the pics at a very high
resolution - 1200, and somehow this is causing a problem.
1. How can I change the resolution of a picture once I have scanned it in
a
publisher document?
2. Or make the pictures show up in the pdf document?
Thanks, Gregory
 
E

Ed Bennett

Gregory said:
I tried irfanview, and when I tried to open publisher scans it said "cannot
read this file"

You scanned directly into the Publisher files? That could be causing
your problems right there. You need to scan into image files, then place
the image files in Publisher. You may be able to save the existing
images from Publisher using Right-click > Save As Picture.
 
B

bjm

I don't know if this matters to OP, but I scanned some docs using my Brother
machine's s/w. That goes fine. BUT I later found that using Acrobat to scan
made much smaller files. Certainly important when I'm emailing (the scanned
images) to someone & I imagine for inserting into Publisher docs as well if
you're planning to send them anywhere.
bj
 
R

Rob Giordano [MS MVP]

You'd *not* want to scan to Acrobat pdf and then insert into Publisher doc.


--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






bjm said:
I don't know if this matters to OP, but I scanned some docs using my
Brother machine's s/w. That goes fine. BUT I later found that using
Acrobat to scan made much smaller files. Certainly important when I'm
emailing (the scanned images) to someone & I imagine for inserting into
Publisher docs as well if you're planning to send them anywhere.
bj
 
R

Rob Giordano [MS MVP]

I wouldn't scan directly into publisher.

I'd scan to a .tif file at 1200 if you want, keep in separate folder, then
use IrFanview or any image editor to adjust images prior to using in any
publication (keep copy of original scan). This way you have a hi res
lossless original to work with and make into anything you want to later.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






Gregory said:
ok..but can I change the resolution of the scan in publisher after I have
scanned it in a document?- without having to re-scan all the images?
Thanks!

Rob Giordano said:
and 1200 dpi is waaaayyyy over-kill for print...300 or even 150 is
generally
fine.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






JoAnn Paules said:
Red x's indicate a broken link. How did you insert the pictures in the
publication?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Here's my problem:
I scanned a whole bunch of pictures ito publisher 2007 as part of a
booklet
I want to convert into a PDF file and then print (or e-mail).
When I convert the document to PDF, the pictures don't show on the
pdf -
only an empty black box or the box with a red x in it. They also
don't
show
in the print preview page.
I think that the problem may be that I scanned the pics at a very high
resolution - 1200, and somehow this is causing a problem.
1. How can I change the resolution of a picture once I have scanned it
in
a
publisher document?
2. Or make the pictures show up in the pdf document?
Thanks, Gregory
 

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