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May 16th, 2006, 01:58 AM
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Trying to get covers right for a POD
Here is something I got from their tech support:
"I do not know the specific problem in your case, but first you must understand that MS Publisher will not export your file at the proper resolution of 300dpi, which means your cover is probably coming out undersized. In addition, your cover file PDF, since it is being exported from MS Publisher, will have layers. The PDF cover section cannot handle layered files, and when it encounters one, it gives an erroneous "wrong size" message." "Most likely you are running up against both of these problems. Covers are meant to be images, and they are best created in image editing software. MS Publisher is meant to create documents, and converting a document to an image is always a troublesome proposition." -- -- Robert Pearson ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net Creative Virtue Press/Telical Books/Regenerative Music http://www.rspearson.com 
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May 16th, 2006, 02:38 AM
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Trying to get covers right for a POD
Who's tech support?
I can tell you that I've outputting hundreds of PDFs (constitutes thousands of pages) from Publisher 2000 that went directly to printhouses and not one house ever complained of them being the wrong size or "layered". But, yes it's probably better to do a in a graphics program. wrote in message oups.com... | Here is something I got from their tech support: | | "I do not know the specific problem in your case, but first you must | understand that MS Publisher will not export your file at the proper | resolution of 300dpi, which means your cover is probably coming out | undersized. In addition, your cover file PDF, since it is being | exported from MS Publisher, will have layers. The PDF cover section | cannot handle layered files, and when it encounters one, it gives an | erroneous "wrong size" message." | | "Most likely you are running up against both of these problems. Covers | are meant to be images, and they are best created in image editing | software. MS Publisher is meant to create documents, and converting a | document to an image is always a troublesome proposition." | | | -- | -- | Robert Pearson | ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net | Creative Virtue Press/Telical Books/Regenerative Music | http://www.rspearson.com |
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May 16th, 2006, 04:22 PM
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Trying to get covers right for a POD
I'm using Lulu.com. If you've done hundred of PDF's, why is
it better do to it in a graphics program? I find Publisher very easy to use for it but there must be something I'm not doing right. Is there a way to get it not to output in layers? -- Robert Pearson ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net Creative Virtue Press/Telical Books/Regenerative Music http://www.rspearson.com
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May 17th, 2006, 12:42 AM
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Trying to get covers right for a POD
Publisher is just that..a desktop publishing program. A graphics program
gives you more control over graphics than Publisher does...I'm not saying you can't do it in publisher..but it'd be better in a graphics program. I used to use Illustrator but have recently switched to Xara Xtreme; cheaper, easier, powerful. Honestly...I've never seen a layered PDF wrote in message oups.com... | I'm using Lulu.com. If you've done hundred of PDF's, why is | it better do to it in a graphics program? I find Publisher very easy | to use for it but there must be something I'm not doing right. Is | there a way to get it not to output in layers? | | -- | Robert Pearson | ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net | Creative Virtue Press/Telical Books/Regenerative Music | http://www.rspearson.com |
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May 17th, 2006, 12:42 AM
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Trying to get covers right for a POD
Publisher is just that..a desktop publishing program. A graphics program
gives you more control over graphics than Publisher does...I'm not saying you can't do it in publisher..but it'd be better in a graphics program. I used to use Illustrator but have recently switched to Xara Xtreme; cheaper, easier, powerful. Honestly...I've never seen a layered PDF wrote in message oups.com... | I'm using Lulu.com. If you've done hundred of PDF's, why is | it better do to it in a graphics program? I find Publisher very easy | to use for it but there must be something I'm not doing right. Is | there a way to get it not to output in layers? | | -- | Robert Pearson | ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net | Creative Virtue Press/Telical Books/Regenerative Music | http://www.rspearson.com |
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