Publisher - changing color pictures to grayscale

[Deb]

I have used Publisher for years and recently upgraded to
Office Professional 2003 on my home computer. I have
color pictures that I bring into the document, change
them to grayscale and adjust the brightness and contrast.
When I view the document at this point, the pictures look
like I need them to - black & white with the proper
brightness and contrast. I then save the document. I then
will close the document. When I reopen the document, the
previous changes are lost and the pictures are colored
again, even though I have saved the changes. I don't
remember having this problem with previous versions of
Publisher. Any ideas?

 

[Mary Sauer]

What format is the image?

 

[debD]

The pictures are in jpeg format. The only way I can get Publisher to save my
changes is to make them, then right click on the picture, resave the picture
as a jpeg. Then I have to delete the picture that was in the file that would
not retain the changes and insert the new picture. What I am seeing is that
when I go into the format option when I change the color to grayscale it
reverts back to "automatic" coloring when I save the file, close out of the
file, and reopen it. It is not keeping the grayscale coloring.

Does that help?

 

[Mary Sauer]

I've tried everything, I cannot replicate this, nor can I find any help in the
Knowledge Base articles. I copied a .jpg changed the copy to a .jpeg, inserted both
into a publication, converted both to gray, fooled with contrast and brightness, when
saved and reopened the changes were there.

The only thing I can suggest is going to the manufacturer's web page and see if there
are updated video drivers. It maybe your driver isn't allowing the changes to stick.

 

[Mike Koewler]

Are you linking the pictures by chance?

Mike

The pictures are in jpeg format. The only way I can get Publisher to save my
changes is to make them, then right click on the picture, resave the picture
as a jpeg. Then I have to delete the picture that was in the file that would
not retain the changes and insert the new picture. What I am seeing is that
when I go into the format option when I change the color to grayscale it
reverts back to "automatic" coloring when I save the file, close out of the
file, and reopen it. It is not keeping the grayscale coloring.

Does that help?

:

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi Mike Koewler ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Are you linking the pictures by chance?

There goes Mike, thinking OUTSIDE the box again
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Mike Koewler]

Brian,

But it makes sense to me! Then again, what do I know? I've never
experienced this problem.

Mike