So, here's the low down: 1.) For the Word doc that contains the equations: > In Word, under File / Options / Advanced / Image Size and Quality, I selected "Do Not Compress Images in File" and changed the default output to High fidelity. 2.) I then saved the doc as an htm/html file and followed the instructions: In the Save As dialog box, Tools / Web Options / Pictures, choose a screen size in higher quality such as 1920 x 1200 and set pixels per inch to 120 ppi. 3.) After the file was saved and the PNGs extracted, I selected a couple of equations and imported them into my FM document, but . . . for some of these equations, 120 ppi made them incredibly small (some equations are very simple and small is not so good, and some are very complicated and small is good. They run the gamut), but I went ahead and left them as-is. 4.) I made sure to use the High Quality Print job option that I had modified ONLY to embed selected fonts (I did not change any of the other options). 5.) I printed the file to .ps in a watched folder, which was then distilled to a PDF. Looking at the file: Definitely much more clear than w/out selecting all these options, but if the equation contained subscripts or superscripts that had descenders (for example, the word "drainage" w/ "g" having a descender), then that part of the font was blurry or cut off altogether. The same thing happened when saving straight to HTML w/out all these options and I figured the lack of resolution of the images was the culprit. I was hoping that by selecting these options that this issue would be alleviated, but alas, it does not appear to be the case. It's obviously something about how Word saves equations to PNGs that I have absolutely NO control over - it doesn't neatly save the descenders for any superscript or subscript at all. With the vector image, that is not an issue. And for grins and giggles, I downloaded a trial of MathType and created a simple equation with a subscript that had a descender and saved the file as an .gif, and the same problem occurred - not as blatant, albeit, but still there. So, I guess the moral of this story is equations do not like to be converted to a rasterized image and pounding them into submission via the vector approach that I described gives me the clarity that I need in my final PDF output. This list still rocks and I couldn't survive without it. Y'all don't know how much I appreciate you and being able to be a member of this community. TGIF!!! TVB 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 2:19 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF I did a quick trial run. For whatever reason, converting to html provided TWO PNG files, one that had a good quality and one that was just miserable. The good quality one is still raster, not vector, but it looked pretty good up to about 400% or so. On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 4:16 PM Peter Gold wrote: > Lin harnessed the Force using Yoda-wisdom: "The sound of the right > answer comes from asking the right question! " > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2021, 3:08 PM Lin Sims wrote: > > > I think I found the answer for how to get the PNG files to a higher > > quality: > > > > > > - > > > > In Word, under File / Options / Advanced / Image Size and > > Quality, > check > > "Do Not Compress Images in File" and change the default output to High > > fidelity. > > - > > > > In the Save As dialog box, Tools / Web Options / Pictures, choose a > > screen size in higher quality such as 1920x1200 and set pixels > > per > inch > > to > > 120 ppi. > > > > > > This is from: > > > > > https://superuser.com/questions/1282555/saving-word-file-as-html-decre > ases-quality-of-equations > > > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 3:46 PM wrote: > > > > > Here is a summary of the issue: > > > > > > Equations originate from the client in MS Word. > > > > > > Tammy wants to save the equations as images for import into FrameMaker. > > > > > > The fastest way to do this is to save the Word file as HTML > > > because it rasterizes the equations as PNG files for inclusion in > > > the HTML. The problem is that the resolution of these rasterized > > > PNG files is 96 dpi, which > is > > > suitable for the web, but not for print. We can't see a way to > > > increase > > the > > > resolution in the Word rasterization process. > > > > > > > > -- > > 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] > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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