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Subject:Re: How do you fix ugly graphics? From:John Bergquist <bergq003 -at- GOLD -dot- TC -dot- UMN -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 20 Jun 1994 21:57:55 -0500
> I'm capturing screen shots of the product's menus and various
> displays using Hijaak Pro and saving them as .BMP files. In the
> hard-copy manual these look great when printed (I size them using
> Word's Format Picture command), but apparently I need to do
> something else for the help file.
Try saving the .bmp files in .shg format, even if they have no hotspots.
The .shg graphics should look fine in your Help file.
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John Bergquist
bergq003 -at- gold -dot- tc -dot- umn -dot- edu
