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Old February 24th, 2005, 01:54 AM
Steve Rindsberg
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In article , Zigzag wrote:
Hi Steve,

LMAO

I must be in a funny mood or something 'cos I'm giggling away here and I
don't even know what you're on about.

Tuftoids - what a name.


Edward Tufte is something of a demi-god in the field of presenting information.
A man with a PowerPoint presentation apparently dropped his laptop on Tufte's
toe or something; whatever the reason, he's now got it in for PowerPoint and
has managed to accumulate all SORTS of press for his "PowerPoint is Evil"
rants. Google PowerPoint and Tufte and you'll get the smell of it.


Assuming you're in the US, is this some kind of local idiom?

I've been a member of a number of things, even sometimes just a member.
But "Tuftoids" - ha ha - what a name, I think I'd remember that and keep
quiet about it.

Please explain.

Yours in fits

Zig


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Old February 24th, 2005, 11:39 AM
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Hi Steve,

... hmmm. Member of the Tuftoids, eh? ;-)


Before I knew what you were on about I was speculating and came up with the
following:

Tuftoids definitions:
Young member of the Tufty club - relevance unclear
Squirrels and where they store their nuts - relevance to Tufty club
Cat fur clumps - relevance to hair removal

Now I see the light.

The answer to your question is no. I googled and couldn't believe the utter
cr*p (imho) that this guy is spouting. Do people actually buy into this
rubbish? Rant started... ...and curtailed.

Zig


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Old February 24th, 2005, 05:24 PM
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Tuftoids definitions:
Young member of the Tufty club - relevance unclear
Squirrels and where they store their nuts - relevance to Tufty club
Cat fur clumps - relevance to hair removal


Ah, those tuftoids. With four housecats and the occasional stray sneaking in,
we get those often.

The answer to your question is no. I googled and couldn't believe the utter
cr*p (imho) that this guy is spouting. Do people actually buy into this
rubbish? Rant started... ...and curtailed.


The sad thing is that he has a lot of valid accusations, but he blames the
tools instead of the guilty carpenters.



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Old February 24th, 2005, 06:46 PM
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Hi Steve,

The sad thing is that he has a lot of valid accusations, but he blames the
tools instead of the guilty carpenters.


I actually spent about 10 mins typing in my rant on exactly those lines then
discarded it as off-topic.
You've summed it up in one sentence. Very eloquent.

Can you send me a set of these things to play with?


Done

Cheers

Zig


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Old February 24th, 2005, 10:21 PM
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Can you send me a set of these things to play with?



Thanks for the files.

So that the Group Mind can chew on this (what a lovely mental image THAT
summons):

All files were PNG. I played with the one oddball that comes in smaller than
the others, saved as TIF at 72dpi and lo, it came in at the same size as the
rest.

I don't have an app that will let me set DPI in PNGs but from some
conversations here in the past, it seems that some programs allow that.
Apparently by design or not, that's what's going on here.

Rightclick the files in Windows Explorer and choose Properties.
On the Summary tab, it lists the size and dpi of the files.
Windows must be counting from zero instead of one 'cause it tells me the
oddball file is 95dpi while the others are all 71dpi. Intel Inside and all
that. We'll call it 96 and 72 respectively.

So normally when PPT imports images, it looks at the number of pixels, divides
that by some default value (varies by PPT version, 72 or 80 in recent ones) to
get the size in inches. Or cm if your dimensioning system is better thought
out than ours.

BUT

If the image has size/dpi information (as these apparently do), PPT tries to
respect it. Now and in the morning. 100 pixels at 80dpi? Certainly sir.
That'll be 1.25 inches, coming right up. 100 pixels at 96dpi? Just a shade
over an inch for you, sir. Fries with that?

Now as to why Fireworks gave you different DPI ... not a clue. Try opening and
saving again, perhaps? Maybe some default value's changed.

In any case, since you KNOW that the pixel count's the same for each image, you
can always just resize Tiny to match his heftier brethren and cistern and heave
a great size of relief.

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Old February 25th, 2005, 12:11 AM
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Hi Steve,

Many thanks for your efforts, the bottom has well and truly been reached.
Looks like I need to go back to the drawing board with Fireworks, s'funny I
don't remember resampling.

Cheers

Zig


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Old February 25th, 2005, 12:39 AM
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Zigzag,
You may not have done the resampling. I know that under certain
circumstances PaintShop Pro will adjust the DPI settings. I have never been
able to figure out why or when, but I do know it happens. I am not surprised
to hear that Fireworks might do it too.

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

"Zigzag" wrote in message
...
Hi Steve,

Many thanks for your efforts, the bottom has well and truly been reached.
Looks like I need to go back to the drawing board with Fireworks, s'funny
I don't remember resampling.

Cheers

Zig




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Old February 25th, 2005, 02:09 AM
Echo S
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I just wanted to say that I've really enjoyed reading this thread.

Thanks for the entertainment (and good questions and comments), Zig. Hope to
see you back.

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"Zigzag" wrote in message
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Hi Steve,

Many thanks for your efforts, the bottom has well and truly been reached.
Looks like I need to go back to the drawing board with Fireworks, s'funny

I
don't remember resampling.

Cheers

Zig




  #29  
Old February 25th, 2005, 05:27 AM
Steve Rindsberg
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In article , Zigzag wrote:
Hi Steve,

Many thanks for your efforts, the bottom has well and truly been reached.
Looks like I need to go back to the drawing board with Fireworks, s'funny I
don't remember resampling.


I don't think you did. They're all the same size *in pixels*. Just the dpi
setting is different. Did you know that "dots per inch" is "hcni rep stod"
spelled backward, and "hcni rep stod" means "hogwash" in several Central
American dialects?

Smart folks, those people.

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Old February 25th, 2005, 11:43 AM
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Hi Kathy,

You may not have done the resampling.


Phew, thank the Lord for that. I can stop trawling through the family
history for cases of insanity - or was it inanity?

I'm glad about this 'cos the cat's, (there is one, honest), been out in the
garden and is leaving muddy pawprints all over the birth, death and marriage
certificates (she's reading out the names while I do the background check).
I should be ok to wash them because by law I think they have to be written
in indelible ink although looking at some of the writing I think they've
used illegible ink. I could never be a registrar, I get inky fingers typing
on the keyboard.

The cat must have a reputation for getting dirty, I often hear the
neighbours say "It's that muddy cat again" and "Cooking fat's back". Oops, I
think I've offended her, she's gone off to run herself a bath.........

......... now you know I'm lying.

Must make a (mental) note to get that info off to you this weekend. To be
honest, after you've run through the slide show for the hundredth change,
you don't really notice the lack of font smoothing. It just sort of hits you
the first time you see it. I could 'understand' it during the actual
animation but not before and after when the text is stationary. I think this
is where your workaround comes in. It's not ideal but I can live with it.
Needs fixing though, really.

Oh, cat's out of the bath, I didn't realise she's so skinny.

Need to go to make sure she's rinsed the bath out properly and put the
loofer back in the holder.

Darn soap's covered in fur.

Regards

Zig




"Kathy J" wrote in message
...
Zigzag,
You may not have done the resampling. I know that under certain
circumstances PaintShop Pro will adjust the DPI settings. I have never
been able to figure out why or when, but I do know it happens. I am not
surprised to hear that Fireworks might do it too.

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro!
Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we
lived

"Zigzag" wrote in message
...
Hi Steve,

Many thanks for your efforts, the bottom has well and truly been reached.
Looks like I need to go back to the drawing board with Fireworks, s'funny
I don't remember resampling.

Cheers

Zig






 




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