Thanks, but I tried this approach and the equations are not being recognized as media/graphics objects. There is no media folder w/ the equations as PNGs. I have no idea why they are being recognized as media objects for a web export, but not this approach. The equations are being rasterized at a quality that is good enough for the web, but definitely not for print. I have a workaround that Ric helped me with , but it's a long tedious one but at this point, I don't know if I have any other options. I will keep taking any and all thoughts. Thanks! TVB Tammy Van Boening Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com www.spectrumwritingllc.com -----Original Message----- From: Framers On Behalf Of Caroline Tabach Sent: Thursday, August 5, 2021 10:59 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF Possibly you don't have to save as html. I can't check this right now, but docx, is itself xml. This is how you can get graphics from a Word docx, by changing extension to zip Text below is from a text from David Creamer to this list a few years ago, but I don't remember where I learnt it There are various tutorials on the web I might suggest a slightly different way of getting the graphics out of a Word file (works for PowerPoint too)... Make sure the file is in the .docx format, not .doc (and .pptx, not .ppt) Make a copy of the file for safety Change the file extension from .docx to .zip Open the zip file Look for the doc folder (or ppt) Look for the media folder All the graphics are there--usually in a higher quality than a web export Give it a try to get your graphics files On Fri, 6 Aug 2021, 01:32 , 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 > > 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_camp > aign=s > ig-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_camp > aign=s > ig-email&utm_content=emailclient > =sig-email&utm_content=emailclient?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&ut > m_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] > Caroline Tabach _______________________________________________ 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] Scanned by McAfee and confirmed virus-free. 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