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Subject:Re: drawing in Word From:John David Hickey <jdavid -at- FARABI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:15:25 -0400
Greetings Cyndy!
> I am trying to insert a graphic of an icon used on a device. The icon
basically looks like a ruler at
>a 30 degree angle (one line with multiple little lines jutting off at 90
degree angles). I did a screen
>cap of the icon and imported the graphic in but it looks awful! I tried to
draw the icon in Word but
Instead of doing an import, have you tried just copying and pasting the
graphic in? Also, remember that the graphic may look bad on screen, but
it'll look fine on paper. Try to print it first and check the quality.
I'm constantly inserting icons from the application into the document, and
I usually copy and paste them in, and they look great!.
