Dear Gordon I am not really an any kind of expert in this area but you do not seem to be getting any definite advice. If I was asked to do what you are being asked I would do the following.
1. Ask for the original material to be produced in A5 size in Word. 2. Use a virtual printer, there are various freeware one to print to jpg format. I used one on my laptop which died which was called something like Bouldwicks virtual printer (not sure at all about the spelling) . It was flagged as a PDF virtual printer but had the ability to print also to JPG. It was accessible and this should provide a neater and better quality output than physical scans. 3. Install the free Irfanview Graphics viewer and load the image. 4. In the print dialogue there are various options in Irfanview, including fit to page and maintain aspect ratio. I would try printing first with these 2 settings checked with the paper size set to A4. 5. In theory with an original size of A5 expanded to A4 you should, I think get double sized output. 6. If you are compelled to scan content you can do this also with Irfanview under the acquire image option under the file menu. Not sure if this would be fool proof but would be what I would initially try. David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith Sent: 26 December 2013 11:27 To: Windows Access; Share Your Enthusiasm! Subject: Re: Importing Images Into Microsoft Word 2010 I'm not quite sure whether I tried that or not, to tell you the truth. I've tried so many darn ways to get this thing to work that I'm about out of options and, I'm sorry to say, out of patience. I just want something which works and, were it not for the fact that I do Braille transcription professionally now, so my livelihood depends upon it, I wouldn't be using Office at all. Be that as it may, I need to produce some large print versions of the books I'm working on for my boss. We can get the text blown up just fine. But the images don't get enlarged and it looks really bad so says Lynne and so says my boss. My boss, Jill, knows it isn't my fault that it's like it is. But nobody else at work has s clue in terms of anything over and beyond their day-to-day work and that's why I am employed where I am. Anyway, to get back to the point. Lynne says she's tried this but the problem is as I say, the text is scaled up but not the boxes which contain pictures to illustrate the stories in the books. To have double-sized text but small pictures looks apparently really odd and it doesn't help those children whose vision impairment is sufficient to allow them access to large print, but not small pictures as well. The picture illustrations are important as a teaching aid, as it helps the children to remember details about the stories we are trying to get them to learn from. Actually this brings up another topic but not for this group. I'm going to be starting a thread on education, the way it is delivered. I have to admit that I've changed my views on this subject since I began working with young children directly. it took ages for my DBS check to come through but now it has and in the second half of last term I learned a lot. Anyway, to answer your question, yes, we have tried that. But apparently although we can import the pictures, that doesn't help to enlarge them. If we enlarge the text, that's fine. But the pictures themselves don't get blown up as well. I can't quite fathom that one, I must admit. I would have thought that, if you blow up an entire image to double size, then the entire image, including the pictures, should get blown up as well. I'll try this one again but at the moment I'm not hopeful. Kind regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> <[email protected]> Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Providing Help & Support To Young People LivingWith Visual Impairment, plus Braille Transcription services. On 15 Dec 2013, at 02:31, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: Have you tried the Insert Picture option from the ribbon? This is just a hunch, I bought Office Professional 2010 though I don't know why I bothered, it works well and I've nothing against the product whatever but I just don't use the thing. ======================================= To post to this group, please send your message to: [email protected] The Windows-Access E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit your personalise subscriber options page, located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/windows-access You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Windows-Access forum at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/windows-access/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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