Resolution of graphics in & out of Design Mode

[jptemp]

I am authoring a form in MS Word. On the form, from the controls toolbox, I
have placed an image container (lower left of the toolbox). Using the
Properties panel I insert the actual graphic I want inside the container and
the graphic looks great. Then, when I exit Design Mode, the graphic appears
ragged and distorted. I have tried using BMPs and GIFs for the graphic, and I
have also tried changing the control object to a frame and button (both of
which can receive graphics) but I get the same result each time. Ihave also
sized the container to be far larger than the graphic to ensure it displays
at full size. Any ideas on why graphics would appear fine in Design mode and
then distort after exiting Design mode?

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?anB0ZW1w?=,

I am authoring a form in MS Word. On the form, from the controls toolbox, I
have placed an image container (lower left of the toolbox). Using the
Properties panel I insert the actual graphic I want inside the container and
the graphic looks great. Then, when I exit Design Mode, the graphic appears
ragged and distorted. I have tried using BMPs and GIFs for the graphic, and I
have also tried changing the control object to a frame and button (both of
which can receive graphics) but I get the same result each time. Ihave also
sized the container to be far larger than the graphic to ensure it displays
at full size. Any ideas on why graphics would appear fine in Design mode and
then distort after exiting Design mode?

How do the graphics appear if you insert them directly into the Word document?

The rendering of the graphic is going to depend entirely on how Word and your
printer and graphics drivers interpret the ActiveX control. These weren't really
developed for use in Word documents, but for UserForms. So they aren't optimized
at all...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?anB0ZW1w?=,

Thanks for your comment. If I insert a picture just using "Insert picture
from file..." the image's resolution and clarity hold regardless of whether
I'm in Normal or Print Layout view, and regardless of the "zoom" percentage
on the document. But any graphic inserted into a control looks ragged except
for two conditions, neither rof which I would expect end-users of the
document to replicate: 1) Images look fine when I'm in Design Mode and 2) The
graphics look fine when out of Design Mode and the zoom is set to 100% - at
85% or 125% or other variations, the graphics break down again. But again,
these results only occur with graphics that are part of a control, not plain
images inserted into the document. My OS, print drivers and printers and
pretty modern/standard and I've replicated this issue on many machines so far.

It sounds like I may be out of luck with inserting the graphic into the
control. Is there a known way of overlaying a transparent control over a
graphic that is inserted into the document? The reason I need the control is
because it's calling a macro.

As far as the ActiveX controls go, the only thing I can imagine is forcing the zoom
to 100% and explaining to the user why.

As to your other question: what does the macro need to do? Is this something the user
should trigger?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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