Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!umich!terminator!um.cc.umich.edu!userW6BP From: userW6BP@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: Re: Importing images into Word 5.5 Message-ID: Lines: 29 Sender: usenet@terminator.cc.umich.edu (usenet news) Organization: University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor References: <1991May6.002130.25707@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 06 May 91 19:19:02 GMT In article <1991May6.002130.25707@agate.berkeley.edu>, jsilva@cogsci.berkeley.edu (John Silva) writes: >I am looking for a method of importing gray-scale scans into MicroSoft Word 5 >.5 >for a mailmerge project. The scanner software I am using has the ability to > >produce either TIFF or PCX images. Unfortunately, MS Word 5.5 only seems to > >be able to import HPGL and PostScript images (and only line art at that). > >Does anyone know if MS Word 5.5 supports gray scale images, and if so, how? > >Thanks in advance... > >-J. > >-- >John P. Silva "I drank WHAT?!" >Inova Products, Inc. Internet: jsilva@cogsci.berkeley.edu >(415)222-9255 Usenet: ucbvax!cogsci!jsilva RTM. On pages 386 to 388 of the Word5.5 manual it lists the file types for importing and some of the software that produces such images. B&W and greyscale TIFF are listed as well as PCX. To see how it is actually done, look in chapter 20 of the manual. It's a simple matter of following the prompts. --Allan