RE: images for mif2go
Why are you using BMPs John? I work in both FM and Word and never use BMPs for anything. BMP graphics are very large and unnecesarily bloat up the Word doc. And from what I've seen, they don't give me any better pictures than JPGs, or for that matter, GIFs. when embedded in Word. Diane Gaskill Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Posada Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 6:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; framers@frameusers.com Subject: Re: images for mif2go If I am writing a doc set with which I may have to use mif2go to make a Word version of the Frame book (long story), is it true that I should be putting only BMPs in my Frame file, since I believe I recall someone saying that non-BMP images in Frame do not always turn out sized properly in Word after going through mif2go? No...you put a BMP version of your images in a directory (I use the output directory) and instruct Mif2Go to swap the GIFs/PNGs/TIFs with the BMPs when generating the Word files. I use PaintShopPro to batch convert the images. John Posada Senior Technical Writer So long and thanks for all the fish. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dgcaller%40earthlink.net Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: images for mif2go
--- Diane Gaskill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are you using BMPs John? I work in both FM and Word and never use BMPs for anything. BMP graphics are very large and unnecesarily bloat up the Word doc. And from what I've seen, they don't give me any better pictures than JPGs, or for that matter, GIFs. when embedded in Word. BMPs are an interim step. They are used by Mif2Go to create the images imbedded in the Word files. They are not used in any of the documentation It's a recommended practice with Mif2Go. I'm sure that Jeremy will be checking in on this any moment to either confirm what I say (and say it better), or tell me why what I'm doing is not the best way. John Posada Senior Technical Writer So long and thanks for all the fish. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: images for mif2go
On Thu, 4 May 2006 04:31:00 -0700 (PDT), John Posada [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BMPs are an interim step. They are used by Mif2Go to create the images imbedded in the Word files. They are not used in any of the documentation Right. For Word RTF, the only way to put in an image that you can scale (to match the size in Frame) is to embed it as a WMF. Bitmaps in WMFs are very similar to BMPs, so it's the best format to start with. It's a recommended practice with Mif2Go. I'm sure that Jeremy will be checking in on this any moment to either confirm what I say (and say it better), or tell me why what I'm doing is not the best way. It *is* the best way, when you want properly scaled images in Word at the best resolution. Mif2Go can make the BMPs for itself from other formats, but it uses Frame's graphic export filters to do that, and those filters are limited to screen resolution. That's fine for docs only viewed on screen, but looks poor when printed. Preconverting preserves the original resolution. It also lets us include any callouts or other Frame additions as vector elements in the WMF. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
images for mif2go
Why are you using BMPs John? I work in both FM and Word and never use BMPs for anything. BMP graphics are very large and unnecesarily bloat up the Word doc. And from what I've seen, they don't give me any better pictures than JPGs, or for that matter, GIFs. when embedded in Word. Diane Gaskill Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of John Posada Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 6:48 PM To: obair81 at comcast.net; framers at frameusers.com Subject: Re: images for mif2go > If I am writing a doc set with which I may have to use mif2go to > make a Word version of the Frame book (long story), is it true that > I should be putting only BMPs in my Frame file, since I believe I > recall someone saying that non-BMP images in Frame do not always > turn out sized properly in Word after going through mif2go? No...you put a BMP version of your images in a directory (I use the output directory) and instruct Mif2Go to swap the GIFs/PNGs/TIFs with the BMPs when generating the Word files. I use PaintShopPro to batch convert the images. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish." ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as dgcaller at earthlink.net. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dgcaller%40earthlink.net Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
images for mif2go
--- Diane Gaskill wrote: > Why are you using BMPs John? I work in both FM and > Word and never use BMPs for anything. BMP graphics > are very large and unnecesarily bloat > up the Word doc. And from what I've seen, they don't > give me any better pictures > than JPGs, or for that matter, GIFs. when embedded in Word. BMPs are an interim step. They are used by Mif2Go to create the images imbedded in the Word files. They are not used in any of the documentation It's a recommended practice with Mif2Go. I'm sure that Jeremy will be checking in on this any moment to either confirm what I say (and say it better), or tell me why what I'm doing is not the best way. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."
images for mif2go
On Thu, 4 May 2006 04:31:00 -0700 (PDT), John Posada wrote: >BMPs are an interim step. They are used by Mif2Go to create the >images imbedded in the Word files. They are not used in any of the >documentation Right. For Word RTF, the only way to put in an image that you can scale (to match the size in Frame) is to embed it as a WMF. Bitmaps in WMFs are very similar to BMPs, so it's the best format to start with. >It's a recommended practice with Mif2Go. I'm sure that Jeremy will be >checking in on this any moment to either confirm what I say (and say >it better), or tell me why what I'm doing is not the best way. It *is* the best way, when you want properly scaled images in Word at the best resolution. Mif2Go can make the BMPs for itself from other formats, but it uses Frame's graphic export filters to do that, and those filters are limited to screen resolution. That's fine for docs only viewed on screen, but looks poor when printed. Preconverting preserves the original resolution. It also lets us include any callouts or other Frame additions as vector elements in the WMF. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/
Re: images for mif2go
If I am writing a doc set with which I may have to use mif2go to make a Word version of the Frame book (long story), is it true that I should be putting only BMPs in my Frame file, since I believe I recall someone saying that non-BMP images in Frame do not always turn out sized properly in Word after going through mif2go? No...you put a BMP version of your images in a directory (I use the output directory) and instruct Mif2Go to swap the GIFs/PNGs/TIFs with the BMPs when generating the Word files. I use PaintShopPro to batch convert the images. John Posada Senior Technical Writer So long and thanks for all the fish. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
images for mif2go
If I am writing a doc set with which I may have to use mif2go to make a Word version of the Frame book (long story), is it true that I should be putting only BMPs in my Frame file, since I believe I recall someone saying that non-BMP images in Frame do not always turn out sized properly in Word after going through mif2go? Thanks. Paul
images for mif2go
> If I am writing a doc set with which I may have to use mif2go to > make a Word version of the Frame book (long story), is it true that > I should be putting only BMPs in my Frame file, since I believe I > recall someone saying that non-BMP images in Frame do not always > turn out sized properly in Word after going through mif2go? No...you put a BMP version of your images in a directory (I use the output directory) and instruct Mif2Go to swap the GIFs/PNGs/TIFs with the BMPs when generating the Word files. I use PaintShopPro to batch convert the images. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."
Re: images for mif2go
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:06:57 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I am writing a doc set with which I may have to use mif2go to make a Word version of the Frame book (long story), is it true that I should be putting only BMPs in my Frame file, Not necessarily. You simply need to have a .bmp for each graphic you use in Frame that isn't a .bmp. And your graphics should all be referenced, not embedded, which is best practice in Frame anyway. If you put each .bmp in the same directory as the matching .gif (or whatever other format), Mif2Go can find and use them when you make the settings in User's Guide par. 5.16.2.1, Converting referenced graphics before Mif2Go (best quality). Otherwise, Mif2Go can convert them itself, but that's slower and limited to the screen resolution, as in par. 5.16.2.2, Converting referenced graphics with Mif2Go (least effort). since I believe I recall someone saying LOL! That was me, quite recently... that non-BMP images in Frame do not always turn out sized properly in Word after going through mif2go? More precisely, since Word does not have a way of specifying scaling in an IMPORTPICTURE field, the only way of having Word import non-BMP (or WMF) images, they will *never* be sized properly unless they are coincidentally sized at 96 DPI in Frame, as explained in par. 5.16.2.3, Leaving graphics unconverted for Word (no scaling). HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
images for mif2go
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:06:57 +, obair81 at comcast.net wrote: >If I am writing a doc set with which I may have to use >mif2go to make a Word version of the Frame book (long >story), is it true that I should be putting only BMPs >in my Frame file, Not necessarily. You simply need to have a .bmp for each graphic you use in Frame that isn't a .bmp. And your graphics should all be referenced, not embedded, which is best practice in Frame anyway. If you put each .bmp in the same directory as the matching .gif (or whatever other format), Mif2Go can find and use them when you make the settings in User's Guide par. 5.16.2.1, "Converting referenced graphics before Mif2Go (best quality)". Otherwise, Mif2Go can convert them itself, but that's slower and limited to the screen resolution, as in par. 5.16.2.2, "Converting referenced graphics with Mif2Go (least effort)". >since I believe I recall someone saying LOL! That was me, quite recently... >that non-BMP images in Frame do not always turn out >sized properly in Word after going through mif2go? More precisely, since Word does not have a way of specifying scaling in an IMPORTPICTURE field, the only way of having Word import non-BMP (or WMF) images, they will *never* be sized properly unless they are coincidentally sized at 96 DPI in Frame, as explained in par. 5.16.2.3, "Leaving graphics unconverted for Word (no scaling)". HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/
