Skewed graphic boxes

[Stuart Rogers]

Scott White wrote:
> Folks
> I have a client who when she creates a ps file from Frmae 7.2 and 
> distills  her background boxes look skewed, ie the box narrows in some 
> places and looks normal in others. From what I gathered from her is she 
> creates a box, fills it with a solid color, lays a text box inside and 
> types what ever words she wants or just types a text line inside the 
> filled box. Either way the outside, or simulated shadow box, narrows in 
> some places instead maintaining a constant size.
> 
> I tried following her steps and I couldn't get the same results.
> 
> She is using ariel font, frame 7.2, distiller 7.0. I was using distiller 
> 6.0.
> 
> Any thoughts???

It might have to do with the resolution setting in the AdobePDF printer 
properties.  IIRC, too high a setting can cause problems.  On the Layout 
or Paper/Quality tab, click Advanced, and set the Graphic print quality 
to 600 dpi.

Also, if the effect she wants is reverse-colour callouts for a graphic 
or something similar, there's a simpler way.  There's no need to draw a 
separate coloured rectangle.  Just insert a text frame, type the text, 
tag it with a pgf tag that sets the text colour, then select the text 
frame and set its fill to the background colour.

HTH,

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Stuart Rogers
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