tomc@mntgfx.mentor.com (Tom Carstensen) (05/17/89)
What is the best way (or any way) to place a screen shot
or other bitmaps into a word processor (like MS Word),
and proporionally reduce the bitmap, and then print it
on a Laserwriter or other higher resolution device so
that the PIXELS them selves are reduced, not just the bitmap
(this way the bitmap is still clear on a high resolution
output device). Printing bitmap on a Laserwriter, and having
the Laserwriter reduce the image works great, bu how about
reducing the size of a bitmap to start with, placinging
in a word processor document, and then printing it out.
(The only thing I get is a crappy looking bitmap).
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:-------------------------------------------------------------------------:hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) (05/18/89)
In article <1989May16.103454.813@mntgfx.mentor.com> tomc@mntgfx.mentor.com (Tom Carstensen) writes: >What is the best way (or any way) to place a screen shot >or other bitmaps into a word processor (like MS Word), >and proporionally reduce the bitmap, and then print it >on a Laserwriter or other higher resolution device so >that the PIXELS them selves are reduced, not just the bitmap >(this way the bitmap is still clear on a high resolution >output device). Printing bitmap on a Laserwriter, and having >the Laserwriter reduce the image works great, bu how about >reducing the size of a bitmap to start with, placinging >in a word processor document, and then printing it out. >(The only thing I get is a crappy looking bitmap). > Well, Bitmaps pasted into Fullwrite and then reduced behave this way. It was a total (and very pleasant) suprise to see all my bitmaps print out in bea- utiful clarity after I had resigned myself to cruddy ones when I realized I needed to reduce them to make them fit in the context I was using them. Note though, this should not be construed as a sweeping endorsement of Fullwrite. I did one major Document in it after the official release and, in spite of the many features I really loved, I have not returned because of all the bugs I had to contend with. Josh ------------------------- Josh Hodas (hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) 4223 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 222-7112 (home) (215) 898-5423 (school office)