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From: Meredith Hoffman / GenerationsWeb <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] Citations on Digital Images
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:30:12 -0500
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Hello Julie,

I realized after I sent out my previous email about how I use Acrobat Pro, that what I wrote didn't address at all your specific question here -- which is how to create PDFs from Word and retain resolution/quality.

It's hard to answer that generically -- it's so dependent on what version of what apps and what version of what operating system you're working with. If you want to email me privately, perhaps I can help you sort out what you need to do. (I've been dealing with exactly that issue in spades these past couple of months, as I'm preparing the Syllabus for NERGC 2011...!)

Or maybe, I could pull together a hands-on presentation to our BU alum group for one of our Saturday meetings, if there were enough interest?

--Meredith

On Feb 24, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Julie Michutka wrote:

>
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Harold Henderson wrote:
>
>> always include relevant record images as part of the report. At the
>> top of
>> the page I paste in the full citation. Below that I insert a
>> "picture" (for
>> instance, the .jpg image of a census record). Page break, and then
>> repeat as
>> needed. When the report is entirely finished, I export the whole
>> thing as a
>> PDF file and send it electronically. (That way the recipient can
>> zoom in on
>> the images if desired.)
>
> I am still learning how best to create PDFs. I have tried doing as
> Harold describes, but find that when I convert the report to PDF, I
> lose image quality and zooming in doesn't help (whereas I could zoom
> in and still retain quality when it was all still a Word document).
> Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong (and more specifically, how
> to do it right)? Many thanks!
>
> Julie Michutka
>
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