[AccessD] Weird problem - ugly logo in reports

I should mention that a Word Template allows you
to use the Send To: option and neatly embeds the report
into an Outlook email ...

Michael R Mattys
Business Process Developers
www.mattysconsulting.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Weird problem - ugly logo in reports


> Yes,
> And also in Access you have THREE options on how to view the image.
> Try each one in turn from the properties dialog.
> It can  be CLIP, STRETCH or ZOOM and each one will display differently.
>
> Also, open it in an editor, say MS Office Picture Manager and make sure 
> you
> have it exactly as you want it, sized etc.
>
> It needs to be a Bitmap
>
> Max
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mike Mattys
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:32 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Weird problem - ugly logo in reports
>
>
>
> Hi John,
>
> Since I can remember, Access has always converted all images to bitmap
> first,
> thereby bloating your database. I doubt this has changed in 2007.
>
> After that,  Access places the bitmap into your report at the width and
> height you specify,
> often removing scanlines and pixelating in the process of making it fit.
>
> Long ago, we decided to export to either bookmarked dot or rtf templates
> and they come out spectacularly.
>
> Michael R Mattys
> Business Process Developers
> www.mattysconsulting.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Clark" <John.Clark at niagaracounty.com>
> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:51 AM
> 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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