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Subject:PDF Quality From:David Rapport <dave -at- NETMEDIA -dot- NET -dot- IL> Date:Thu, 23 Apr 1998 11:12:15 +0300
On Tuesday, April 21, 1998 10:01 PM, Gina Hertel
[SMTP:Ghertel -at- ALPHA88 -dot- COM] wrote:
> I am in the process of creating customized courseware for a client.
> I do not want to deliver my source file, so I created a PDF.
> Now I notice that, in the PDF printout, the quality of the screen
captures
> has depreciated (as compared with the Word printout).
Dear Gina,
When trying to get good quality screen captures in PDFs, I find that the
downsampling setting is more important than the method of compression chosen.
Donsampling to 300 dpi works for me, though YMMV.
Good luck,
David
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David Rapport
dave -at- netmedia -dot- net -dot- il
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