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Subject:Re: Converting Word files to PDF From:Lani Hardage <lhardage -at- RMTECH -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 7 May 1998 12:33:24 -0700
When you print to PDFWriter, open the printer properties, click the
Compression button, and uncheck Downsample images. For the Compress
using... option, try JPEG high for best quality, and you can try lower
qualities to see what gives OK results and smaller file sizes.
> I was wondering if anyone has had any experience in converting Word 97
> files to PDF files? I've been working with Acrobat 3.01, and for the
> most
> part, things work out fine. However, my screenshots end up looking
> really
> jagged and losing information no matter what I do. Does anyone know
> how to
> get the bmp format graphics to export to PDF via Distiller or
> PDFWriter
> with the same clarity as if they were printed on the actual printer
> from
> Word?
