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Another approach to this problem is to look at your Snapshot tool, which I
assume is the UNIX tool that comes with CDE. I had problems with screen
captures
using this tool. I used xv to convert the raster files it generated into
gif, and the images turned a horrid pink mess when I imported them into
Framemaker.
I recaptured the images as gif using xv, and they imported perfectly. I
would suspect Snapshot. Try xv instead. (xv is X shareware that you can
find doing a web search.)
Susan Self
QUALCOMM Incorporated
>Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 03:14:55 +0530
>From: Sudhin U Bhobe <sudhin -at- ICODEINDIA -dot- SOFT -dot- NET>
>Subject: IMAGES/SCREENS
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----
>=_NextPart_000_01BD8DD4.9E9092E0"
>
>I am having a very strange problem with the images and screen shots that
>I have saved and embedded into my Word Document. I captured the screens
>using SNAPSHOT and converted them to gif using ADOBE'S PHOTOSHOP.
>Finally I used the INSERT/PICTURE/FROM FILE option provided with Word.
>
>The screens have huge red cross marks all across them. The running text
>is intact. Only the pictures seem to go awry and have these strange red
>cross marks. Any ideas. I am at my wits end. Is it because Word cannot
>handle a huge file size?
