TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Wow, lots of interesting opinions re: PDF's. I've never had any trouble
reading anything on a PDF. In the replies to Kulbir, I did not see the
response that I thought might address the issue. I have had problems
creating PDF's with clear images and these are the things I had to pay
attention to:
1) If you are using Distiller 3.0, upgrade. Period. I had no end of trouble
with that version. Maybe it was just me.
2) Turn off graphic compression in the distiller options.
This is what worked for me.
Peter
peter -dot- farwell -at- encorp -dot- com
> I'm having trouble with some screen shots appearing fuzzy in
> PDF. This is
> what I'm doing:
> 1. Using a screencapture utility to save a dialogue window as a gif.
> 2. Importing the gif into Framemaker (image placed in an
> anchored frame) -
> At this point the image appears sharp when viewed on screen
> and printed.
> 3. Using distiller to convert into PDF - here things go fuzzy..
>
> I've tried using different formats (JPegs, Bmps...) - no luck.
>
> Somebody suggested I need to use a vector graphics format using
> Ilustrator, exporting gfx to EPS and inserting by reference
> -- This all
> seems a bit much for a simple screen shot...but I'll have a
> go at this..in
> the meantime are there any other solutions?
>
> many thanks
>
> Kulbir Natt
> Technical Author, LIS
>
> 01494 540214
Planning to attend IPCC 01, October 24-27 in Santa Fe? Sign up by
October 3 and get a substantial discount! Program information,
online registration, and more on http://ieeepcs.org/2001/
+++ Miramo -- Database/XML publishing automation. See us at +++
+++ Seybold SFO, Sept. 25-27, in the Adobe Partners Pavilion +++
+++ More info: http://www.axialinfo.comhttp://www.miramo.com +++
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
