Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!eutrc3!rcstfdb From: rcstfdb@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl (Frank WGM de Bruyn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MS Word & reduced pictures Message-ID: <854@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl> Date: 17 Aug 89 09:47:30 GMT References: <829@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl> <13725@shamash.cdc.com> Organization: Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, Holland Lines: 26 In article <13725@shamash.cdc.com> pwp@shamash.UUCP (Pete Poorman) writes: >In article <829@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl> rcstfdb@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl > (Frank WGM de Bruyn) writes: > >>PROBLEM: Imported draw graphics (PICT) will show alignment errors >>when reduced (e.g. 60 percent) within MS Word (both vs. 3.x and 4.0). > >I've had this kind of trouble when I copy PICTs from MacDraw to Word and >the Fractional Widths settings are not the same in both programs. This >is particularly annoying because MacDraw II defaults to Fractional Widths >*on* (at least in early versions), while Word defaults to *off*. > >To work around, either turn off Fractional Widths in MacDraw and re-copy your >PICT, or turn on Fractional Widths in Word. Sorry Pete, No Go: fractional widths only influences text, I can demo the problem using only rectangles and/or lines drawn on a grid to assure allignment. Reduction in MS Word will produce results that are not alligned, i.e. the corners of the rectangles no longer meet. I tried your suggestion against my intuition and found it NOT producing the desired improvement. Anyone else? Frank de Bruyn, Email: rcstfdb@eutrc3.nl Eindhoven University of Tech., the Nethrelands.