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Subject:Re: PDF problem From:Wes <wesslack -at- pacbell -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 02 May 2002 18:27:14 -0700
Yes this works fine with one small caveat. On the side, I do two versions of a
small hobby/club type newsletter in .pdf?one in color for download from a web
site, and one in b/w to the print shop for snail mailing to those without web
access. I use the same .ps and Distiller settings for both, yet the b/w .pdf
version comes out about twice the size in Kbyte. There are an abundance of
.gifs (I know, I know) and .jpgs, but the newsletter is rarely over 12 pages,
so size really isn't an issue in this case. But I wonder why the disparity in
file size??!?
Regards, &c...Wes
(BTW, Acrobat/Distiller 4.0 & MSWord 98 for Mac)
Maggie Secara wrote:
> In the Word doc, right click each of the pictures so the Picture toolbar
> pops up. One of the buttons lets you set the display to grayscale.
>
> This is only the display, mind you. The color is still really in the file,
> and if you want to display it in color, you can always turn it back. But it
> prints grayscale just fine.
>
> Maggie Secara
> ~Word happens
>
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