Tammy, that sounds hair-tearingly-out frustrating! I don't have any brilliant technical clues to help you, but would it be just as fast (e.g., slow) to use Snag-It to capture the equation in Word when it's on-screen, and save that? If you're already opening the exported images from Word in Snag-it, would that save a step? Or does that not result in any great advantage or better resolution? I don't have Snag-it on this computer so I don't know what the image resolution options are when capturing.
Good luck! Lise On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 5:32 PM <tamm...@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. > > > > 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 > > www.spectrumwritingllc.com <http://www.spectrumwritingllc.com> > > 303-840-1755 > > > > > _____ > > > < > https://home.mcafee.com/utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-e > > mail&utm_content=emailclient?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=s > ig-email&utm_content=emailclient > <https://home.mcafee.com/utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient>> > Scanned by McAfee > < > https://home.mcafee.com/utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-e > > mail&utm_content=emailclient?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=s > ig-email&utm_content=emailclient > <https://home.mcafee.com/utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient>> > and confirmed virus-free. > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com