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Subject:Re: Graphics for both PC and Mac From:Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:53:52 -0800
We would like to be able to use the same graphic in a document, regardless
of whether we were working on Macintosh or PC.
Will the .TIF, .GIF, or .JPG work the same way in Word? Frame?
Marilynne
At 3:21 PM -0800 3/26/98, Walter Hanig wrote:
>At 03:11 PM 3/26/98 -0800, Marilynne Smith wrote:
>>My department uses both Maintosh and PC. We find that our graphics are not
>>sharable between the two types of computer. Is there a standard or method
>>that would give us good graphics from the same file in both Mac and PC?
>>
>>Marilynne
>
>depending on the application that's going to use the graphic and the type
>of graphic (screenshot? photo? line drawing?), TIF, GIF, and JPG can be
>good cross-platform formats.
>
>walter
>
>Walter Hanig
>
>NetManage, Inc.
>12651 High Bluff Drive
>San Diego, CA 92130, USA
>
>Phone: 619-793-3173 FAX: 619-755-3998
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