Word is a word processor, all be it a fancy one that people think can accomplish more than a word processor was designed for. Same with Excel a spreadsheet very fancy calculator not a Database although many do use as such.
Office i.e.. all above and more: in default settings, strip excess from images etc, because it is trying to reduce file size for easy mobility/printing; ease of use considering prescribed user base. Settings that are changeable well used to be? Sorry if incorrect as of latest versions, as I no longer subscribe to such over stated software packages on Mac or Win. Cheers! RobD... On 02Dec2010, at 9:35 am, Severin Crisp wrote: > > Thanks for that Ray. I work with much high quality artwork and printing in > Photoshop and the like and my screen is regularly calibrated. In this case I > am putting together my annual family newsletter and some inserted photos are > just horrible to put it mildly! I will try Pages, which I have but rarely > use. > You comments were most helpful! > Severin > > On 02/12/2010, at 8:26 AM, Ray Forma wrote: > >> >> Sev, >> >> One of MS PowerPoint and Word's 'hidden features' is that these applications >> strip much information from raster images as you paste or insert them. >> Because Microsoft's main market is the office environment it does not matter >> much if images lose some definition or colours change slightly. The versions >> of Word that I am sometimes forced to use on my Mac don't use colour >> profiles of any kind. >> >> To test, I have just inserted a CMYK .psd (PhotoShop Document) photo that >> had a suitable CMYK profile into MS Word 12.2.7, and saved it as a .docx >> file. When I extracted that photo I found that MS Word had kindly converted >> it to a .png (Portable Network Graphic) RGB image, and it no longer had any >> colour profile. However, the resolution was the same as the original >> (adjusted for mode change). Older versions of MS Word regularly used to >> reduce the resolution of inserted high resolution images. Note that PNG is >> designed for transferring images on the Internet, not for print graphics, >> and therefore does not support non-RGB color spaces such as CMYK. >> >> I can see why MS does this. How many office PCs have you ever come across >> that have colour-calibrated screens? I know very few Wintel users who even >> know what colour calibration is, although I must admit that few Mac users >> have fully calibrated screens either. So why bother with a feature that you >> assume that nobody will want to use? >> >> If you are after good colour management then make sure you regularly >> calibrate your Mac's screen with a calorimeter such as Spyder or Colormunki. >> Definitely don't use MS software. If you are doing a presentation with a >> projector, then make sure that it's also colour calibrated. >> >> At the bottom of <http://www.blurb.com/webinars> you will find some webinars >> that explain, in fairly understandable terms, colour calibration and use. >> It's at the bottom of that page that Blurb store their old, downloadable >> webinars. Note that each webinar takes about one hour to watch. >> >> On 01/12/2010, at 11:26 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: >> >>> When .jpg images go into Word, either by pasting or by Insert/from file or >>> into PowerPoint, I notice a serious distortion of colour. I work in >>> Adobe RGB (1998) and it as if a very different profile has taken over. I >>> have been unable track down just what Word and PowerPoint do in this >>> situation. Either pre- or post- jigging the images is clumsy and annoying. >>> Any comments on offer please! >>> Severin Crisp >>> ________________________________________________________ >>> Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP >>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. >>> Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >>> email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au >>> ________________________________________________________ >> >> Regards, >> >> Ray Forma >> 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia >> Tel +61 (0)8 9335 6568 >> Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > ________________________________________________________ > Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP > 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. > Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) > email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au > ________________________________________________________ > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
