[Framers] Appearance of graphics in the generated PDF

[Peter Gold]

Are there any options you or the SME author can set, which would affect the
equation editor's HTML output? If so, are there any meaningful
improvements? Any roads not yet taken?

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021, 12:04 PM Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I suspect the answer is that whoever is creating the equations does not
> have (and does not want to have to pay for and learn how to use) a
> FrameMaker license.
>
> But a perhaps less stupid question is whether it's possible and practical
> to use a free-standing equation editor (e.g., MathType, MathMagic) or a
> tool that is based on LaTeX (e.g. LyX)?  The LaTeX approach is kind of PITA
> because even the best tools are only WYSIWYM (what you see is what you
> mean​), but most professinals consider the end result to be the best
> quality available.
>
> -FR
>
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>
> 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 <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> 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.
>
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