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Subject:RE: Suggestions for new tool option From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 4 Jun 2001 11:21:42 -0400
Hmmmmm:
Could some guru clear up my misunderstanding about this, but if a graphic is
embedded into a Word document, then that graphic no longer is the format it
once was. For example, if you copy the GIF into the graphic, is it not now a
Word object, rather than a GIF?
BTW, there should be no probles using GIFs. PNG might be better because it
compresses better and because it avoids that largely irrelevant Compuserve
lawsuit issue. PNG and GIF are limited to 8-bit, or 256 colors, versus TIFFs
CMYK color support, for example.
Cheers,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christine -dot- Anameier -at- seagate -dot- com [SMTP:Christine -dot- Anameier -at- seagate -dot- com]
> Andrew Plato wrote: << [Word] loathes linked images and it really hates
> GIF
> and JPG images.>> and <<In general, JPG and GIF are meant for web sites
> and
> you should avoid these formats like a Pauly Shore movie.>>
>
> Andrew, could you expand a little on the repercussions of using GIFs in a
> Word doc? I was a little concerned when I saw your post, since I currently
> have a 160-page Word 97 doc loaded with inline, non-linked GIFs. No
> problems so far, except when I inadvertently used some transparent GIFs
> and
> then PDF'd the thing (big mess then).
>
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