Also, what are you trying to accomplish? If you just want non-horizontal text, you might try WordArt (see also Insert > Text Box) from within Word.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
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Eddie - Dec 19, 2005 1:33:17 pm PST #6072 of 10003
Your tag here.
Nutty - Dec 19, 2005 1:46:20 pm PST #6073 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
No, it's a lot more complicated than that. I need to cross out text, copy/paste in editing marks (which I've already created), and insert new text in a new color above a line. I can do all that in Corel -- and wow, Paint Shop Pro has gotten so much nicer in the 10 years since I first downloaded it!! -- but it's the original capture/saveage of the text into image format that is the stumbling-block.
I can go with the low-res TIFs I have; I'd just prefer to find something that doesn't look so grainy.
Jon B. - Dec 19, 2005 2:08:08 pm PST #6074 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
TIFs shouldn't be grainy. Make sure that, in the image editing program, you're using 300dpi as the image resolution.
Jon B. - Dec 19, 2005 2:10:50 pm PST #6075 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
but it's the original capture/saveage of the text into image format that is the stumbling-block.
Oh wait! Are you doing a screen capture as your source image? Can you instead create the text from scratch in Corel or PSP at 300dpi? Or if you need to do a screen capture, maybe you can magnify the text you want to capture to 400% before you capture it?
Nutty - Dec 19, 2005 6:10:07 pm PST #6076 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, I'm trying to repro the look of the stuff that is coming from (and staying in) Word. That means preserving the turn lines as they would look in an 8.5 x 11 document. I can mock that up manually, but it'll be a pain in the butt.
I didn't realize that I could adjust the DPI in Corel. I knew about the magnify-then-capture trick, but had only been going up to like 150%. I'll try both of those.
Typo Boy - Dec 19, 2005 6:11:22 pm PST #6077 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Can you just use the word document and use the cross through characteristic in the font?
Nutty - Dec 19, 2005 6:15:56 pm PST #6078 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
No. (1) I need the text in black and the crossout in blue; and (2) most of the crossouts get a little "insert something here" caret below the line and an inserted word/phrase above. Word can't handle that.
I'm resigned to doing the art files; and if Jon's suggestions work, they'll actually look OK.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2005 3:30:04 am PST #6079 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
10 apps every new Mac owner should download.
I have 6. I'm looking curiously at NVU and Quicksilver now.
amych - Dec 20, 2005 4:05:19 am PST #6080 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Quicksilver very seriously rocks, in a change the whole way you work way.
NVU is a web editor much like any other (only, you know, free) -- I use it on the linux box, but I have no need on the Mac since I have dreamweaver.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2005 4:09:23 am PST #6081 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Speaking of Mac apps, there's this NY Times article about 'thinking tools'--I've never used one on any platform. Is anyone familiar with these? I'm very curious about how they may work in the real world.