[thelist] Getting screenshots to look good in Word (and then PDF)

[Chris at globet.com]

Rob

> Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm trying to get a 
> screenshot of a webpage to look decent within a PDF. Taking 
> screenshots, saving as GIF, inserting into Word to add other 
> guff, then printing to PDF. As soon as they hit Word they 
> look pretty awful though, and then printing to PDF the 
> quality is reduced even further (using both PrimoPDF and CutePDF).

Export as something other than a GIF - try JPEG. A GIF will typically
not resize well, so will be unsuitable for most print applications. You
should not have such an issue with JPEGs.

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HTH

Chris Marsh
Web Developer
http://www.globet.com/
Tel: +44 20 8246 4804 Ext 828
Fax: +44 20 8246 4808

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