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"Beth Kane" <kanerb -at- concentric -dot- net> wrote
>
> When I save my Visio drawing as .jpg, then import it into a Word file,
some
> of the lines look "dotty" and some of the bold text (Arial 10 pt.) looks
> extremely blurry. What I'm seeing might be described as "jagginess" (the
> technical term). :-)
>
> I'm fairly new to Visio (2000 SR1), but I suspect the solution lies in
the
> settings box that you get after you Save As jpg: JPG Output Filter
Setup. I
> have consulted the online help without success (it just says "choose the
> options you want"). Does anyone know the best settings to smooth it out?
> Color is not an issue in this case.
We've dealt with this problem extensively at my office. The only reliably
answer is to do all your visio diagrams HUGE. And I mean really, huge.
Three times the normal size.
Then copy (to the clipboard) the sections you want to put in a doc. Paste
the section into a graphics program (we use Paint Shop Pro). Reduce the
image (make sure you're in 16 million colors). Then save as whatever
format you want.
In graphics, it is always easier to downsize then to upsize.
Andrew Plato
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