tif file corruption

[mleblair]

I work for a university which supplies a tif file graphic of our logo online
for us to download and put in what we are working on.

When I download, unzip, and insert the tif into word, the colors are muddy.
When I put the same graphic in PowerPoint it looks fine. I thought prehaps
the file corrupted, so I downloaded it again, but nothing changed. The file
looks fine in word on everyone else's computer in my office. If they put the
file in a word document and email it to me, when I open it the graphic is
muddy.

I uninstalled all of office 2002 and installed Office 2003. This did not
fix the problem. The university does not support Office 2003, so when I had
our IT department take a look at it, they uninstalled Office 2003 and put me
back on Office 2002.

I have run all types of Spyware and Adware and Virus programs to clean up my
computer.

I am running out of things to do. Does anyone have any advice or possible
solutions?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

IIRC, TIFFs never look very good in Word. Does it look better when you print
it?

 

[OcarinaMaker]

Hi Suzanne or Whomever can help!
I am having the same problem with .tif files in Word, that MleBlair is
having. What she is describing as "muddy", I would clarify by saying that all
of the .tifs imported into Word 2003 are so dark, that one can barely
distinguish the original picture in the graphic. Nothing done in
Picture/format changes it, except if I use the tool for "set transparent
color" in the picture toolbar. This will allow me to make the white
surrounding the item in my .tif graphic transparent, but the item itself
remains very dark, almost black, but I can make out (barely) what the
original graphic was. This is only a Word problem, as I can open the .tifs in
any other app, including MS Publisher. Also, I seem to be able to import .bmp
and .jpg files into Word with no problem. Oh...and also, in answer to your
question to the original poster, the document prints exactly as it looks, so
the images are all darkened out in print too.
Please help!
Thank you, OcarinaMaker

IIRC, TIFFs never look very good in Word. Does it look better when you print
it?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Maker,

See if the information in this article applies (the title is
misleading).
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827302&FR=1

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Hi Suzanne or Whomever can help!
I am having the same problem with .tif files in Word, that MleBlair is
having. What she is describing as "muddy", I would clarify by saying that all
of the .tifs imported into Word 2003 are so dark, that one can barely
distinguish the original picture in the graphic. Nothing done in
Picture/format changes it, except if I use the tool for "set transparent
color" in the picture toolbar. This will allow me to make the white
surrounding the item in my .tif graphic transparent, but the item itself
remains very dark, almost black, but I can make out (barely) what the
original graphic was. This is only a Word problem, as I can open the .tifs in
any other app, including MS Publisher. Also, I seem to be able to import .bmp
and .jpg files into Word with no problem. Oh...and also, in answer to your
question to the original poster, the document prints exactly as it looks, so
the images are all darkened out in print too.
Please help!
Thank you, OcarinaMaker >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[OcarinaMaker]

Hi Bob!
That is it! I DID create the graphics I was using in Photoshop in 48 bit. I
guess that it should have occurred to me that might be the problem. I just
had never had a problem with it before.
Thank you so much!
Happy Holidays!
OcarinaMaker