best use of graphics in FM

[David Spreadbury]

I was referring to the base filename when renaming. PDF->HTML produces jpeg files. Word gives you a choice, one of which if PNG.
To change the graphic format, jpeg or png, you would need a conversion tool. Snagit will do a good job, but if you don't have that, there are plenty of free graphic conversion tools out there.

--- On Wed, 3/21/12, Combs, Richard <richard.combs at Polycom.com> wrote:

From: Combs, Richard <richard.combs at Polycom.com>
Subject: RE: best use of graphics in FM
To: "David Spreadbury" <dspreadb at yahoo.com>
Cc: "FrameMaker Users List" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 3:13 PM

David Spreadbury wrote:
 
> Secondly, if you source are coming as Word files, you should be able to
> save some time capturing the graphics by exporting the Word, or PDF,
> file. Export the Word as HTML. This creates a separate subfolder of all
> of the graphics. 

I suspect that Stuart's suggestion (assuming the Word docs are .docx) is a better idea because it should preserve the original size (and format) of the graphics, even if they've been resized in Word. I don't think HTML export does that. 

<snip> If
> you don't like to use jpeg (pdf saveas) or the graphic format chosen if
> using Word, get a file naming tool, several free ones are available,
> that will do a batch rename and rename them or display the graphics
> folder in Explorer, turn on display as thumbnails, and manually rename
> them.

Changing the name of a file from *.jpg to *.png doesn't change the file format. In fact, it simply ensures that some applications will be unable to open the file because it's the wrong format for the filter the file name leads them to use. There are graphics programs that will let you batch-convert the files to a different format. But that's far different from batch-renaming them. 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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