Good question. I have been wanting to take a look at the new Numbers > component in iWork so... > > Scaling the graphic within the program proves nothing because the program > could be doing whatever. So got to get the graphic out and see how it > behaves. > > The easiest way to get the graphic out is to copy it to the clipboard. If > you paste it into Photoshop you will see the 72 dpi preview. Resize it > and the image breaks up raster-style. Paste the same into Preview and > you'll see it behaves like a vector image. Make it large and it does not > break up. Proof that Numbers gives you a vector image. Save the image > from Preview as a PDF. Open that PDF in Illustrator, examine it in the > Layers palette and you will see all its parts as individual units. > Further proof that Numbers gives you a vector image. > > Based on previous promises from Apple, my guess is that it is using PDF > as its graphic format. > > You asked about Pages. Probably works the same. To get a PDF file out of > Pages you print and use the "PDF" button.
In any program that has Print to Preview, I can create a PDF. PDF is not a Pages file. That's not the same as prepress, and it's not the same as the output file being Postscript. To complicate matters, a raster file like a TIFF, embedded in a Postscript document, makes it less scalable, i.e. all files for print should be at 100%. I've been trying to explain the difference between consumer programs like Pages and professional programs like InDesign and Quark XPress, and I keep getting the reply that the graphics are scalable, therefore the document is a vector document. Perhaps the details and eccentricities of prepress and Postscript that are complicated enough for professionals who create files for printing have too many technical details to bother to discuss with those who aren't familiar with offset printing. But it's annoying that a basic thing like vector vs. raster in the file type is getting so much resistance. Or maybe it's the attitude, "I have a computer and graphics programs, therefore I'm a graphic artist." Uh, no. Guess it's a language problem. I'm getting my new Mac this afternoon--maybe. I can look at Pages after that. I didn't like Pages 1.x at all, but then, I tend compare it to Quark, InDesign and [the late] PageMaker. Betty ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
