[Framers] Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF

Fri Aug 6 07:40:16 PDT 2021

Also, below is what I suggested on the Adobe community, in case you hadn't
seen it yet:

Just for giggles, I tried saving a Word file with an equation in it as an
RTF and then using Frame to open the file. The equation came over okay, and
when I save the file to PDF, it looks the same in the PDF file as in the
Frame or Word files.

Perhaps what you can do is save the Word file with all the equations as
RTF, then open it in Frame and just copy the relevant equations into place
as you go? You won't be able to update them as they get imported as PNGs,
but they look crisp enough to me.

Note: I am using Word 365 and FrameMaker 2020, fully patched. I do not know
how or if this will work in earlier versions, but it surely can't hurt to
try.

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 10:38 AM Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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