[AccessD] Weird problem - ugly logo in reports

...lots of questions...
...what do you mean by "terrible"? ...is it distorted, the edges jagged, 
poor quality ...what?
...did you embed it in an image control set to Clip mode and resize the 
control to fit?
...what resolution is it designed at?
...what graphics format is it in?
...Word has native graphics filters that Access does not unless you 
reference the Word or Office Object ...first thing I'd try
...Lebans.com has a graphics filter for Access that uses Intel's native 
graphics ...it works quite well
...if all else fails, use one of the graphics conversion programs to convert 
it to an emf format which Access can use regardless
...hth

William

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From: "John Clark" <John.Clark at niagaracounty.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:51 AM
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: [AccessD] Weird problem - ugly logo in reports

> I've got something to run by y'all, which seems even too strange to 
> ask...but, I've been looking into it for a bit now, and I'm not getting 
> anywhere.
>
> I recently inherited a program, which is used by a fellow county, to keep 
> track of something we do. The user department prints some reports, and one 
> of the items they need to print is a certificate. What this does currently 
> is open MS Word and print the cert, but it doesn't seem to be connected in 
> any way and just basically opens the last cert in Word, and they retype 
> the pertinent data, which is just about 4 things (i.e. Name, SSN, Address, 
> and maybe one or two more things).
>
> OK, here's the thing...obviously...to me anyhow...it doesn't seem very 
> "proper" to open up Word and have to type out anything...the data should 
> just "happen" automagically. So, I wanted to setup the document to be a 
> merge (I think). But, after gaining advice from many of you people, I 
> don't think that is worthy of "plan A" either, because this seems to be 
> version specific and I don't want to worry about that...believe me, in 
> this place, people don't plan things out and it WILL be a problem in the 
> future.
>
> So, I decided to go about this the same way I did w/my last program. 
> Again, guided by several on this list, I recreated the form I needed, w/in 
> Access, and just did it as an Access report. Everything brought together 
> at run-time and all self contained.
>
> But, here is why I am asking for input...
>
> This form has our letterhead w/in it...just a logo and address, pretty 
> much. No problem, I'll just add it to the report's design. But, it looks 
> terrible! The same seal that I have in word, looks awful in Access. I 
> tried many different versions of our county seal, and they all look 
> terrible in an Access report.
>
> Does anyone have any insight on why exactly this is the case?
>
> BTW, it is 2007 that I am using for this.
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment!
>
> J Clark
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