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| From: Technical Writers List; for all Technical Communication issues
| [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU]On Behalf Of Carole Dossing
| Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 2:16 PM
| To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
| Subject: Graphic formats/PDF
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| I'm having a problem with my graphics not displaying clearly when I
| convert a document into Adobe Acrobat format. The graphics are very
| blurry on screen, but print fine. Is there anyway to get the graphics
| to display clearly and print okay?
Carole,
By default, Acrobat "downsamples" the graphics. Usually, this is the cause
of the blurry effect you describe. To turn off downsampling:
1. In Acrobat Distiller, choose Job Options from the Distiller menu.
2. On the Compression tab in the Job Options dialog box, un-check the
Downsample options under "Color Bitmap Images," "Grayscale Bitmap Images,"
and "Monochrome Bitmap Images."
3. Regenerate your PDF file
Your graphics should look better. I hope this helps.
