good app for simple graphics with text to be used in an MS word document

[stonetemplate]

I tried using Fireworks for this, but the text always seemed blurry
when importing the images to MS Word. I am creating simple images to
illustrate various mathematic and geometric principles such as
30-60-90 triangles, parallel lines, finding the area of a circle and
the like. So the pictures are very simple, but I need some text in
them. They need no color. What would be the best and easiest
software for this? Would freehand work? I already know Fireworks, so
the easier the transition, the better. Any really simple program that
can make 300 dpi images would be fine too though.

Thanks

 

[CyberTaz]

Why not use the AutoShapes on the Drawing Toolbar. It sounds like thy should
do what you describe. Right-Click just about any you draw & choose Add Text
from the contextual menu... Since they're vectors they render on screen & in
print far better than Fireworks web graphics, which are too low res for
print.

I'm not clear on what the final output format is, but you may want to
consider PowerPoint instead of Word - it can be used to output other than
slides & offers more versatility from the same AutoShape tools Word uses.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Odysseus]

I tried using Fireworks for this, but the text always seemed blurry
when importing the images to MS Word. I am creating simple images to
illustrate various mathematic and geometric principles such as
30-60-90 triangles, parallel lines, finding the area of a circle and
the like.

FreeHand would be fine for this kind of drawing, and its numerical
controls are handy for 'mathematical' precision. However, while the
results of exporting EPS files and importing them into Word should be
good in print or PDF -- as crisp as the printer or display can get -- in
Word itself the on-screen display is likely to be lousy (no better than
Fireworks, anyway), and likewise for exported raster formats.