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From: asmith@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Adam Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: TIFF imports into PageMaker 4.0 for the PC
Message-ID: <6q2uZ1w164w@questor.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 91 19:48:16 PST
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heine@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Eric Heine) writes:

> 
> I just installed PageMaker 4.0 for the PC.  Previously, I used PageMaker
> 3.01.  I'm having trouble getting imported TIFF files to display correctly
> on screen (although they print okay) with 4.0.  When, for example, I import
> the same TIFF file to a publication in 3.01 and 4.0, the import to 3.01
> displays properly on screen (VGA) and prints fine.  When the same file is
> imported to 4.0, the on-screen display of the image appears to have very
> low resolution, with great loss of detail.  I checked the 'image-control'
> settings in both 3.01 and 4.0, and the lightness and contrast values were
> set to the same numbers in both, and the screening patterns, angles and
> frequency were identical.  Has anyone else had this experience?  Your
> comments would be welcome.

I assume that you have set things correctly in the "preferences" box 
concerning the image quality of imported graphics?



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