Richard Hill wrote: > I have been saving an A0 layout as a jpeg (Geologists like big maps), > but it produces a large file (8MB). I have no rasters, the layout is > mostly linework, some text and a few ploygons.
JPEG is optimized for photos, not for (almost) monocrome line art. Better try PNG to save the image. Anyway it will be a challenging task to shrink an A0 layout at 120 dpi to only a few MB... Try it. > Any suggestions, helpful hints and the like would be welcome. I need to > produce a jpeg or other such fixed image so that they can be easily > viewed on screen and printed. I didn't test this, but you may save the window as EMF or WMF, as these are vector based formats, and then convert the resulting file to pdf with another tool - f.e. CorelDraw. Andreas --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10708
