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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / January 2007Problem making MS drawing objects inline with text
If I make something in Powerpoint and paste it into Word, I believe it gets pasted in as an MS drawing objects by default. This is definitely what I want, as it gets it at the highest resolution this way. However, it gets pasted in as a floating object, instead of being inline with text. Furthermore, when I go to text wrap options, I'm not even able to select the "in line with text" option. Does anyone know why this is? Is there some trick to making such objects inline with the text? Thanks a lot, Andrew Sorry, I see that this question has already been addressed multiple times. I guess I'll just have to convert it to a picture. It's too bad, though. Even when you do the conversion with Paste Special, you seem to lose some picture quality, and I think you lose even more when you convert the file to a PDF. On Jan 29, 9:16 am, misterd...@gmail.com wrote: > If I make something in Powerpoint and paste it into Word, I believe it > gets pasted in as an MS drawing objects by default. This is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks a lot, > Andrew Hi, To make a better image /picture, do nit use JPG format when saving as picture in PPT. Depending on what image you have I would use PNG/GIF. To get maximum posiible information I would resize the image in PPT to max dimension as possible - to make it bigger, then save it as image and then insert inot Word and re-size it there to smaller dimension. You can also think about using some vector graphic editor/if that's wector graphic rather than PPT which would give you more control over images. Downgrade the image quality while preparing PDF depends on way how it was set while creating- such as Adobat destiler gives you the oportunity to set wchich images will be compressed and how much. On 29.1.2007 5:26, in article 1170044793.993737.3780@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com, "misterdrgn@gmail.com" > Sorry, I see that this question has already been addressed multiple > times. I guess I'll just have to convert it to a picture. It's too [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> Thanks a lot, >> Andrew > Hi, > To make a better image /picture, do nit use JPG format when saving as > picture in PPT. Depending on what image you have I would use PNG/GIF. To get > maximum posiible information I would resize the image in PPT to max > dimension as possible - to make it bigger, then save it as image and then > insert inot Word and re-size it there to smaller dimension. I was agreeing with you all the way up to "re-size in Word". Word will often re-sample the image when you do that. It must think that a 3000*2000 image at 72 dpi wants to be 72 dpi when it is shrunk to 300*200 pixels. I find that making the picture the exact right size at 300 dpi in an external editor such as GraphicConverter gets the best results. There is no point asking Word to do better than 300 dpi. It will refuse. Bitter experience has taught me never to resize a picture inside Word. Note. If you change the resolution inside GraphicConverter in the example above, do not check "rescale". If you do, it will make the same mistake as Word does. Word does respect the dpi setting that travels with the graphic, even though GraphicConverter may be set to ignore it, showing a 3000*2000 72 dpi image, at the same size and quality as a 3000*2000 300 dpi image. Secondly, if file size is not a problem, I'd recommend TIFF as the guaranteed cross platform format for photo style graphics. Word should deal with PDF for vector graphics, but be aware of the bug that lies somewhere between Redmond and Cupertino that results in coarse preview bitmaps of beautiful vector images being sent to print to PDF. > You can also think about using some vector graphic editor/if that's wector > graphic rather than PPT which would give you more control over images. > > Downgrade the image quality while preparing PDF depends on way how it was > set while creating- such as Adobat destiler gives you the oportunity to set > wchich images will be compressed and how much. Humble print to PDF gives you an opportunity to fool with that too. Bizarrely, it is the Colorsync menu filters where those settings are made. > On 29.1.2007 5:26, in article > 1170044793.993737.3780@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com, "misterdrgn@gmail.com" [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >> Thanks a lot, > >> Andrew  SignatureTo de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248 Hi Andrew: The MS Drawing Objects are vector graphics. They cannot exist in the text layer of the document. A document is a three-layer "sandwich" with the text in the middle layer. Drawing objects can exist only in front of the text or behind it. Try this: Use Insert>Object>Microsoft Word Picture... That inserts a drawing canvas on which you can arrange both the picture and text, and if you do, you can align them with each other. If you want the text to wrap, that's "too hard" because text does not "flow" on a drawing canvas. However, you can wrap text "around" the drawing canvas. When you paste the picture in to the drawing canvas, click the # on the little floating toolbar to resize the canvas so the whole picture shows. Cheers On 29/1/07 3:16 PM, in article 1170044169.428948.157880@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com, > If I make something in Powerpoint and paste it into Word, I believe it > gets pasted in as an MS drawing objects by default. This is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks a lot, > Andrew SignaturePlease reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie <john@mcghie.name> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant Technical Writer. Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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