Putting Pictures in .RTF Help File

[daneb]

Hi.

I'm currently creating the Help system of my app. I'm using MS Word 97 in typing my .RTF file. Sometimes, it's necessary to put pictures to describe more fully the app's operations, so I capture screen shots from my app. Sometimes, after pasting the picture on my document, I still have to edit it by removing unwanted portions. I do this through a process called "cropping" by using Word's cropping tool. I noticed that my .RTF file grew in size considerably after putting just four pictures. My problem is this: When I saved my .RTF and recompiled my .HPJ, the cropped pictures did not show, instead the uncropped version appeared. For those uncropped pictures, there's no problem. Why does this happen? Is it because the document is not in .DOC format?

Thanks for the info in advance!

[Cakkie]

Straight on, croppin gpictures is something word does for us, and is only possible in word documents, not rtf. I would advice you to paste the picture to paint, crop it there, and then paste it to word. This way, no cropping is done by word, the picture is smaller, resulting in a smaller file.

Tom Cannaerts
slisse@planetinternet.be

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning -- Rich Cook

[daneb]

Thanks for your suggestion. You're right. The size of my .RTF file decreased. This is what I will do for the rest of the pictures in my file. But I have a follow-up question, though. I also put text boxes and arrows from Word's Drawing menu to complete some of my illustrations. But these do not show also in the compiled .HPJ file. Is this also due to the fact that my file is an .RTF file? Do you suggest that I put these text boxes and arrows in Paint first then paste them in Word? Please advice.