[Framers] Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF

Lin Sims ljsims.ml at gmail.com
Fri Aug 6 07:38:24 PDT 2021


Ouch. My sympathies.

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 10:24 AM <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote:

> I am not the one responsible for creating and maintaining the equations.
> They are maintained by a SME on the client side and the SME needs them in a
> tool that he can use which is Word. Tammy Van Boening Tammy dot vanboening
> at spectrumwritingllc dot com www.spectrumwritingllc.com -----Original
> Message----- From: Framers On Behalf Of Lin Sims Sent: Friday, August 6,
> 2021 6:06 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF Probably
> a stupid question, but is there a reason you're creating the equations in
> Word rather than in Frame's Equation Editor? On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 6:32 PM
> wrote: > I have an equation-laden document that I am writing. The equations
> are > being created in a Word doc (.docx) using Word's native equation >
> editor. The .docx file is then saved as an .htm/.html file and all the >
> equations in the document are automatically saved as .pngs in a > separate
> folder named as image.(n), where n is the image number. I > double-click an
> equation in this folder to automatically open the > equation in my image
> editor (SnagIT - I don't need anything as heavy > as Photoshop as I am not
> doing any modifications to the equations) and > save the equation without
> any changes to it whatsoever with a new > name. I then import the image
> into
> Framemaker by > reference. I don't mess w/ the dpi of the image when I
> select it for > import - any image in the folder that was created during
> the
> saving of > the Word file shows a dpi of 96 in the Imported Graphic Scaling
> dialog > box when I select it for import and although this seems nutty to
> me
> > (because none of the images are over-sized). . . they look clear and >
> crisp in the source FM file (The Advanced Properties of any image in >
> SnagIT is also showing a resolution of 96 dpi); however, upon > generation
> of the PDF, it goes to h*ll in a handbasket. The equation > looks almost as
> if the font is almost bold and therefore much darker > than the text in the
> FM source file, and it's not nearly as crisp and > clear as in the source
> FM
> document - it actually looks > blurry/pixelated. > > > > Initially, the
> font
> that was being used in the equations is Cambria > Math, Size 14 with a
> default color of black without any lightening of the color. > (The font
> that
> is being used in the book is also set to a default > color of black without
> any lightening of the color.) I tried > lightening the font color by
> different percentages in the Word > document and then regenerated the
> equations as graphics, and that > helps a bit, but overall, these graphics
> are just not nearly as crisp > as they need to be in the final PDF. Any
> other graphics that were > taken as a capture and then imported by
> reference
> as PNG are as crisp > as I am used to in FM. > > > > > > I am just at a
> loss
> for how to get this cleared up, but it's > absolutely mandatory that I get
> this problem resolved because the > whole focus of the book is the
> equations. > > > > Any thoughts are sincerely appreciated. > > > > TVB > >
> >
> > > > > > Tammy Van Boening > > Principal/Owner > > Spectrum Writing, LLC >
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