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I use InDesign CS2 and I have Word 2k3. One of the limitations of Word
(that I always hated) is that always seems constrained to what your
printer margins are, whereas InDesign allows images to truly bleed off
the page as though you're sending the image to a commercial press.
I'm not exactly sure what the problem is that you're experiencing, but
if it has to do with Word wanting to "re-size" your image to fit the
limitations of the printer (borders it needs) you can try this:
Create a new section for the cover and manually re-size the paper (you'd
have to print this separately using the printer's manual feed tray).
Then you might be able to "fool" Word into believing it has a larger
printable area to avoid distorting your image.
If I'm misunderstanding the trouble you're having, accept my apologies.
Good luck, and I hope you get the issue fixed.
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> Martin Bosworth
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> Subject: n00b InDesign Question
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> Hello!
>
> I'm struggling with exporting a cover image created in InDesign to
> Word. It's InDesign CS03, and Word 2000.
>
> I want to paste or insert the image as an object without losing any of
> the size or formatting, as might happen from converting it to a .jpg.
>
> Help! (And thanks again--I'm so embarrassed that I can't do this!)
>
> Martin
>
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