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For years I have used PageMaker to lay out manuals.
When including screen shots, I have always captured the image with Paint
Shop Pro, reduced the image to 16 colors, and saved it in .tif format.
Our upcoming releases use many 256-color images that will look awful in 16
colors.
These documents will eventually become .pdf files.
What problems can I expect when I use 256-color graphics in my PageMaker
documents?
I am hoping the answer is:
"Tom, you silly monkey, although the graphics have more colors in them,
nothing with the process will change.
Everything should work in the trouble-free manner that it always has."
Thanks,
(In no way is this message meant to insult monkeys.)
