PDF inserted into a Word doc is fuzzy/poor quality. Why?

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Guest

When I insert a pdf into a Word doc (the cover page, in this case), it is not
pretty. The quality looks poor and unprofessional.

Any ideas on how to overcome this?

Thank you.
 
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Graham Mayor

PDF is a graphic format - unless you insert it at 100% size there will be
artefacts due to the shrinkage. Word will cause inserted objects to shrink
to the current margins.

Inserting PDF files *is* poor and unprofessional.

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G

Guest

So you're saying that inserting a pdf into a document is not recommended.
What's the alternative?
Heather
 
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Graham Mayor

It depends what the objective is. If this is as suggested a cover page -
then recreate the cover page in Word. If you are inserting PDF files with a
document for reference, then print the PDFs directly from Acrobat or Adobe
reader and attach them. Inserted PDF files are always going to be something
of a compromise. The whole point of PDF is that it is not an editable format
but a stand-alone graphical representation of a document.

Did you check the inserted size of the object?

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Guest

I hear you in your suggestion of recreating the cover in Word. A designer
already created a really nice looking cover sheet for me, so it would be
great to use it. Obviously, he works in the Mac world and I, in Windows so it
be laborious for him to send all the elements for recreation on my end (and I
am not sure I could do it justice).

His pdf is currently sized at 256kb. Would changing the size help the
situation? Your continued help is appreciated.

Heather
 
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Graham Mayor

You could send the pdf to the link on my web site and I will have a look at
it?

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