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George Tiller
I'm developing some programmer documentation for some software I
developed, and I need to include some moderately complex graphics
in-line with the text. Using Word 2008 (for Mac), I found that I was
able to develop the graphics in a graphics program (in this case,
OmniGraffle), select the entire graphic copy as a PDF, and paste the
PDF format into Word 2008. Then I could successfully resize the pasted
graphic, save the document (as .docx) and print it. When done this way,
the complex vector graphic image resizes smoothly, and prints a smooth
image, with all of the fonts and vector graphic elements resized and
perfectly smooth.
The problem is that I need to submit the documents in Word 2004 (.doc)
format, and there's the rub. When I try to save a document as Word
2004, Word 2008 crashes and doesn't save the graphic. I've been
spending lots of unbillable time trying to get some technique that will
work for Word 2004 format. When I paste the image as a "Picture," it is
blurred and gets more blurred when resized, but it can be saved as
..doc.
What I'm looking for is some graphics program or format that will allow
me to paste a vector graphic image with text into Word 2008 and save a
_smooth_ (un-pixellated) image in Word 2004 (.doc) format.
I've already tried using Word's built-in graphics capabilities, and
these almost do the job, but the development of the complex graphics
that I need takes hours and lots of trial-and-error to get even a
simple graphic done (I successfully did one fairly simple graphic, but
it was prohibitively tedious and time-consuming.)
Does anyone know of a graphics program and/or technique that I could
use to get smoothly-resizeable graphics to save in Word 2004 (.doc)
format?
If this is not possible, even knowing that fact would be a help.
developed, and I need to include some moderately complex graphics
in-line with the text. Using Word 2008 (for Mac), I found that I was
able to develop the graphics in a graphics program (in this case,
OmniGraffle), select the entire graphic copy as a PDF, and paste the
PDF format into Word 2008. Then I could successfully resize the pasted
graphic, save the document (as .docx) and print it. When done this way,
the complex vector graphic image resizes smoothly, and prints a smooth
image, with all of the fonts and vector graphic elements resized and
perfectly smooth.
The problem is that I need to submit the documents in Word 2004 (.doc)
format, and there's the rub. When I try to save a document as Word
2004, Word 2008 crashes and doesn't save the graphic. I've been
spending lots of unbillable time trying to get some technique that will
work for Word 2004 format. When I paste the image as a "Picture," it is
blurred and gets more blurred when resized, but it can be saved as
..doc.
What I'm looking for is some graphics program or format that will allow
me to paste a vector graphic image with text into Word 2008 and save a
_smooth_ (un-pixellated) image in Word 2004 (.doc) format.
I've already tried using Word's built-in graphics capabilities, and
these almost do the job, but the development of the complex graphics
that I need takes hours and lots of trial-and-error to get even a
simple graphic done (I successfully did one fairly simple graphic, but
it was prohibitively tedious and time-consuming.)
Does anyone know of a graphics program and/or technique that I could
use to get smoothly-resizeable graphics to save in Word 2004 (.doc)
format?
If this is not possible, even knowing that fact would be a help.