Layering

[Christine]

As I work on a church newsletter that gets uploaded to our website
(compressed and in .pdf format), I have now been asked to upload it in 2 ways
--one with the graphics and one without (for those who have dial up
connection to speed the time it takes for the 10 pg. newsletter to appear for
reading). I have no idea how to fulfill the request for no graphics without
reformatting the whole newsletter, which is very time consuming. Someone
suggested that I could layer the graphics. Could someone explain how this is
done? Is it moving them back or forward? I tried sending the graphics on
one page to "the back" and the graphic appeared on top of the typing, showing
right through the graphic. If this is the correct way to do it, how does a
person with high-speed internet see the words and graphics (in their correct
location) and a dial-up internet user see only the words? Thank you in
advance for your help. I love Publisher and all of its capabilities, but I'm
really unsure how to proceed with this parishioner's request.

 

[Mary Sauer]

When you select to print, select the Adobe printer (the distiller)(different versions
have different names), click the "advanced printing options" button on the print
dialog, graphics and fonts tab, check "do not print any graphics." There will be big
x's where the pictures would have been, but the document will not distort.

 

[Christine]

Thank you Mary, I see that in the .pdf writer I user. A follow-up question
would be: if a person has high-speed connection and wants to see the
graphics, would they see them (having used your solution), or do I actually
upload 2 different verions, one that has the graphics and one that does not
have the graphics (having checked the do not show graphics button). Thank
you for your continued help.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Yes, you will have to upload both versions. I printed a heavy graphics publication
through the Acrobat, it was a 2 MB, by not printing the images the file dropped to 75
KB, quite a difference. Good luck...