>>>>Hi
>>>>I am trying to embed a big chunk of very small text from a Word file into a VFP report. I captured the image of all the text into a bmp and added it to my report.
>>>>When previewing/printing the report the quality is great.
>>>>When trying to fax it or converting to TIF document, the text gets really deteriorated to the point it's not readable. After some investigation, i noticed this is because of the bmp transfrom to 2 bits black and white. What puzzles me is there is no color whatsoever in the original bitmap, so why does it map the edges of the letters to other than black??
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>>>Your original bitmap does not have "no color whatsoever", it has some defined color depth and it's the conversion to 1-bit color (black or white) that's causing the degradation.
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>>>I'd try bypassing the image entirely - copy the text from Word, dump it into a Fox memo field, define a report field (w/stretch if required) with a small font, then print it natively. Don't have to mess around with an image at all.
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>>Hi Al
>>Thanks for your help. The reason i didn't use a Memo field in the first place is that the text has many formatted clauses in bold / underline etc...
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>You could use multiple report labels and/or text fields, each with their own styles.

That's how it's been working for years :-( The problem is it takes me hours every time there is text change. When entering labels, i can enter max. 2 lines at a time, and then the alignment is also a pain...
Jaime