Hi Lise, I won’t bore you with all the details, but unfortunately, a screen grab direct from the Word doc is not an option.
Thanks for replying. . . Believe me, it just helps to know that someone is trying for me😊 Sent from my iPhone. Pardon the typos. > On Aug 5, 2021, at 5:42 PM, Lise Bible <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tammy, that sounds hair-tearingly-out frustrating! > I don't have any brilliant technical clues to help you, but would it be > just as fast (e.g., slow) to use Snag-It to capture the equation in Word > when it's on-screen, and save that? > If you're already opening the exported images from Word in Snag-it, would > that save a step? > Or does that not result in any great advantage or better resolution? I > don't have Snag-it on this computer so I don't know what the image > resolution options are when capturing. > > Good luck! > Lise > >> On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 5:32 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have an equation-laden document that I am writing. The equations are >> being >> created in a Word doc (.docx) using Word's native equation editor. The >> .docx >> file is then saved as an .htm/.html file and all the equations in the >> document are automatically saved as .pngs in a separate folder named as >> image.(n), where n is the image number. I double-click an equation in this >> folder to automatically open the equation in my image editor (SnagIT - I >> don't need anything as heavy as Photoshop as I am not doing any >> modifications to the equations) and save the equation without any changes >> to >> it whatsoever with a new name. I then import the image into Framemaker by >> reference. I don't mess w/ the dpi of the image when I select it for >> import - any image in the folder that was created during the saving of the >> Word file shows a dpi of 96 in the Imported Graphic Scaling dialog box when >> I select it for import and although this seems nutty to me (because none of >> the images are over-sized). . . they look clear and crisp in the source FM >> file (The Advanced Properties of any image in SnagIT is also showing a >> resolution of 96 dpi); however, upon generation of the PDF, it goes to >> h*ll >> in a handbasket. The equation looks almost as if the font is almost bold >> and >> therefore much darker than the text in the FM source file, and it's not >> nearly as crisp and clear as in the source FM document - it actually looks >> blurry/pixelated. >> >> >> >> Initially, the font that was being used in the equations is Cambria Math, >> Size 14 with a default color of black without any lightening of the color. >> (The font that is being used in the book is also set to a default color of >> black without any lightening of the color.) I tried lightening the font >> color by different percentages in the Word document and then regenerated >> the >> equations as graphics, and that helps a bit, but overall, these graphics >> are >> just not nearly as crisp as they need to be in the final PDF. Any other >> graphics that were taken as a capture and then imported by reference as >> PNG >> are as crisp as I am used to in FM. >> >> >> >> >> >> I am just at a loss for how to get this cleared up, but it's absolutely >> mandatory that I get this problem resolved because the whole focus of the >> book is the equations. >> >> >> >> Any thoughts are sincerely appreciated. >> >> >> >> TVB >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Tammy Van Boening >> >> Principal/Owner >> >> Spectrum Writing, LLC >> >> www.spectrumwritingllc.com <http://www.spectrumwritingllc.com> >> >> 303-840-1755 >> >> >> >> >> _____ >> >> >> < >> https://home.mcafee.com/utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-e >> >> mail&utm_content=emailclient?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=s >> ig-email&utm_content=emailclient >> <https://home.mcafee.com/utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient>> >> Scanned by McAfee >> < >> https://home.mcafee.com/utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-e >> >> mail&utm_content=emailclient?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=s >> ig-email&utm_content=emailclient >> <https://home.mcafee.com/utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient>> >> and confirmed virus-free. >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This message is from the Framers mailing list >> >> Send messages to [email protected] >> Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com >> Archives located at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ >> Subscribe and unsubscribe at >> http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >> Send administrative questions to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
