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Mangled WORD doc
I was wondering what the experts on this would do in this case.=20
A friend of mine was hired to "do some light editing and oh, BTW fix the = TOC and Figures, and resize graphics for a 40 page doc " on a 24 hour=20 deadline. 4 or 5 people has contributed to the doc before he got it. = When=20 the doc came it was 140 pages - the TOC was pages numbers started at one = in places, some page numbers were clearly picking up a Header 9 Style, = the=20 Appdendices need Appendix page numbers, the list of figures disappeared=20 when the table was updated and listed two figures that weren't on the=20 origianl lists. There were multiple header styles in the doc. The effort = to=20 resize .bmp graphics by copying to another program, converting to .jpg = and=20 reinserting (oh but maybe he did paste!) the image caused the file to=20 increase in size...=20 I got involved in helping and consider myself an Intermediate user.=20 1. We fixed the TOC (section breaks were starting page number one)=20 2. I started working on understanding what was going on with the figures = and discovered the issue with the figures ..... when we stopped and said, can't do this in the time frame.=20 Is the correct thing to do under those circumstances to simply strip the = doc=20 of formatting and rebuild using a known template?=20 Did copying the graphics instead of reinserting cause the file to = increase in=20 size?=20 Thanks. I'd love to have been able to fix the file......: )=20 |
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Advice to sailors caught on a lee shore in a storm: rule 1. Do not let
yourself get caught in this situation. Clearing all formatting and starting again is often the best approach. When you've got a mess like this to deal, you have to make a full pass through the document, checking it page by page, paragraph by paragraph anyway. If you know more or less what the document is supposed to look like, it's easier simply to apply the correct formatting from scratch, rather than trying to correct the formatting that was originally there. If the original was the product of just one person, there is sometimes enough consistency to use automatic methods (eg, you can use Find and Replace to look for formatting features and convert to styles) but with 4 or 5 originators this usually won't work. Pasting graphics directly into documents is not a good idea. In some cases -- it depends on the graphics application -- what you get is not an embedded graphic but an embedded *object* -- eg, if you're using Corel, you get an embedded Corel object: double click the graphic in Word and it opens in Corel. Not surprisingly, this involves a LOT of data, in addition to the graphic itself, getting stored in the Word document. The best approach is to prepare the graphic in your graphics app -- set the finished size and resolution -- then save as GIF or JPG (depends on the graphic which is better). Then in Word use Insert Picture from File, either embedding or linking. Avoid making ANY change to the graphic once it is in Word. Has the added advantage that you have backups of the graphics, independent of the document. "Ria_Amp" wrote in message ... I was wondering what the experts on this would do in this case. A friend of mine was hired to "do some light editing and oh, BTW fix the TOC and Figures, and resize graphics for a 40 page doc " on a 24 hour deadline. 4 or 5 people has contributed to the doc before he got it. When the doc came it was 140 pages - the TOC was pages numbers started at one in places, some page numbers were clearly picking up a Header 9 Style, the Appdendices need Appendix page numbers, the list of figures disappeared when the table was updated and listed two figures that weren't on the origianl lists. There were multiple header styles in the doc. The effort to resize .bmp graphics by copying to another program, converting to .jpg and reinserting (oh but maybe he did paste!) the image caused the file to increase in size... I got involved in helping and consider myself an Intermediate user. 1. We fixed the TOC (section breaks were starting page number one) 2. I started working on understanding what was going on with the figures and discovered the issue with the figures ..... when we stopped and said, can't do this in the time frame. Is the correct thing to do under those circumstances to simply strip the doc of formatting and rebuild using a known template? Did copying the graphics instead of reinserting cause the file to increase in size? Thanks. I'd love to have been able to fix the file......: ) |
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That's what I thought. Thanks for confirming my instincts. =20
-----Original Message----- Advice to sailors caught on a lee shore in a storm: rule 1. Do not let=20 yourself get caught in this situation. Clearing all formatting and starting again is often the best approach. = When=20 you've got a mess like this to deal, you have to make a full pass = through=20 the document, checking it page by page, paragraph by paragraph anyway.=20 If=20 you know more or less what the document is supposed to look like, it's=20 easier simply to apply the correct formatting from scratch, rather than = trying to correct the formatting that was originally there. If the = original=20 was the product of just one person, there is sometimes enough=20 consistency to=20 use automatic methods (eg, you can use Find and Replace to look for=20 formatting features and convert to styles) but with 4 or 5 originators = this=20 usually won't work. Pasting graphics directly into documents is not a good idea. In some=20 cases -- it depends on the graphics application -- what you get is not = an=20 embedded graphic but an embedded *object* -- eg, if you're using Corel, = you=20 get an embedded Corel object: double click the graphic in Word and it=20 opens=20 in Corel. Not surprisingly, this involves a LOT of data, in addition to = the=20 graphic itself, getting stored in the Word document. The best approach is to prepare the graphic in your graphics app -- set = the=20 finished size and resolution -- then save as GIF or JPG (depends on the = graphic which is better). Then in Word use Insert Picture from File, = either=20 embedding or linking. Avoid making ANY change to the graphic once it is = in=20 Word. Has the added advantage that you have backups of the graphics,=20 independent of the document. "Ria_Amp" wrote in message=20 ... I was wondering what the experts on this would do in this case. A friend of mine was hired to "do some light editing and oh, BTW fix = the TOC and Figures, and resize graphics for a 40 page doc " on a 24 hour deadline. 4 or 5 people has contributed to the doc before he got it. = When the doc came it was 140 pages - the TOC was pages numbers started at=20 one in places, some page numbers were clearly picking up a Header 9 Style,=20 the Appdendices need Appendix page numbers, the list of figures disappeared when the table was updated and listed two figures that weren't on the origianl lists. There were multiple header styles in the doc. The = effort to resize .bmp graphics by copying to another program, converting to .jpg=20 and reinserting (oh but maybe he did paste!) the image caused the file to increase in size... I got involved in helping and consider myself an Intermediate user. 1. We fixed the TOC (section breaks were starting page number one) 2. I started working on understanding what was going on with the = figures and discovered the issue with the figures ..... when we stopped and said, can't do this in the time frame. Is the correct thing to do under those circumstances to simply strip = the=20 doc of formatting and rebuild using a known template? Did copying the graphics instead of reinserting cause the file to = increase=20 in size? Thanks. I'd love to have been able to fix the file......: ) . |
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