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Default PDF inserted into a Word doc is fuzzy/poor quality. Why?

It depends what the objective is. If this is as suggested a cover page -
then recreate the cover page in Word. If you are inserting PDF files with a
document for reference, then print the PDFs directly from Acrobat or Adobe
reader and attach them. Inserted PDF files are always going to be something
of a compromise. The whole point of PDF is that it is not an editable format
but a stand-alone graphical representation of a document.

Did you check the inserted size of the object?

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Heather C. wrote:
So you're saying that inserting a pdf into a document is not
recommended. What's the alternative?
Heather

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

PDF is a graphic format - unless you insert it at 100% size there
will be artefacts due to the shrinkage. Word will cause inserted
objects to shrink to the current margins.

Inserting PDF files *is* poor and unprofessional.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Heather C. wrote:
When I insert a pdf into a Word doc (the cover page, in this case),
it is not pretty. The quality looks poor and unprofessional.

Any ideas on how to overcome this?

Thank you.