Ouch. My sympathies. On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 10:24 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am not the one responsible for creating and maintaining the equations. > They are maintained by a SME on the client side and the SME needs them in a > tool that he can use which is Word. Tammy Van Boening Tammy dot vanboening > at spectrumwritingllc dot com www.spectrumwritingllc.com -----Original > Message----- From: Framers On Behalf Of Lin Sims Sent: Friday, August 6, > 2021 6:06 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > Subject: Re: [Framers] Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF Probably > a stupid question, but is there a reason you're creating the equations in > Word rather than in Frame's Equation Editor? On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 6:32 PM > 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] > -- Lin Sims > _______________________________________________ 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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