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I've found that there's a handy test which tells you more often than not whether or not a graphic in Word is likely to fail when PDF'd. This requires Word 2000 or 2002. If a graphic fails the test, there a reasonably straightforward fix. 1. Cut the graphic, then Edit | Paste Special. Select JPG format. 2. If you get a black background or any other unexpected effects when you paste as JPG, chances are that the graphic will prove to be a "rogue object" when the file is converted to PDF. Normally the cause of problems is a background set as transparent. I think using Insert | Picture | Chart always creates graphics with a transparent background. 3. Bad behaviour may not just be related to how the image looks when converted to PDF. I recently came across an instance where a rogue graphic was causing failures in accessibility checking - it wasn't bringing across the alternative text from Word into PDF. 4. Note that if you cut then paste special in GIF or PNG format, things will look fine in Word but again, the transparency will cause problems when converted to PDF. MICROSOFT PHOTO EDITOR is very useful for rescuing rogue graphics. This comes bundled with Office 97 onwards - default menu location is Start | Programs | Microsoft Office Tools. You can copy graphics from Office software and "paste as new image" in Photo Editor without any loss of quality. This isn't the case with other bitmap-handling software such as PaintShop Pro or Photoshop, where what you get when you paste a graphic is only the dots you see on the screen and not the graphic at its original resolution. Chart objects won't paste straight from Word into Photo Editor because they aren't pure bitmap objects. To make chart objects robust for PDF conversion: 1. In Word, cut the chart, then Edit | Paste Special using PNG format. 2. Now, cut the new PNG version from the Word file, and paste as new image into Photo Editor. 3. From Photo Editor, save the image in JPG format. 4. Back in Word, Insert Picture | From File. You should now have a graphic which will convert correctly. It sounds convoluted but once you get into the routine it's fairly quick. As a shorter route, it sometimes works to cut the graphic in Word and paste special it back using Bitmap or Device Independent Bitmap format, but you may find that this puts an unwanted border line on some sides of the image. Best wishes, Jos Kingston Analyst/Adviser, Communications and Information Systems, Sheffield Hallam University ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:48:00 +0200 From: Bruno BOURGEOIS - FG Communication <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PDF] MS-Office graph pattern and Acrobat The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com __________________________________________________________________ Bonjour, (I'm french, sorry for my poor english) I need to create PDF from Word 97 or 2000 documents which contain business graphics (made with the Word "insert / Graph" tool). This charts uses different pattern (quite exclusively in black). I'm using Win2K PS driver Adobe 5.2(31) and Distiller 5.0.5 with Print joboption. The patterns are converted to "bad" gray levels, It's impossible to change the way the author does the chart. Do you know a way to get in Acrobat the same pattern than in Word. Thank you in advance. - -- =============================== To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
