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Girlwithaspergers
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28 Jul 2014, 9:19 am

I signed up for Fiverr to try and make some money off graphics design after I quit my job (smart, I know :D) and I just got my first order for a book cover, which would normally be fine but the person provided their own art and wants me to make a template for the cover in MS word, which is NOT what I signed up for. I have something in word that looks okay, but when I change the zoom or export to pdf, it looks like s**t. I literally have 3 days to make this thing and get a measly 5 bucks and so far it is sooo not worth it. Maybe I should just delete my account after this. IDK. Can anyone help me?


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28 Jul 2014, 11:05 am

Depending on what software you are using the export to PDF you should be able to change the resolution of the embedded image... somewhere. Don't ask me where I just remember coming across the setting a few years ago when I had a similar problem with poor quality graphics appearing in the PDF document. I might have been using Adobe at the time, but nowadays I don't let that crap on my machine.


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28 Jul 2014, 11:39 am

LOL....I'm not the best with certain software, but why would someone want a book cover in MS word? I guess there are reasons, but...LOL...

http://www.selfpub.info/templates/book- ... -word.html
http://diybookcovers.com/
http://www.selfpublishing.com/design/pr ... s/ms-word/
http://www.msofficeforums.com/word/1611 ... oblem.html
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/offi ... ab811ce74c
http://answers.acrobatusers.com/Resolut ... 93195.aspx
http://wordtopdfimage.blogspot.com/2012 ... -from.html

I hope these help. The last one is specifically about preserving image qualify when saving from Word to PDF.



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28 Jul 2014, 11:41 am

thank you omg


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28 Jul 2014, 11:43 am

bleh12345 wrote:
LOL....I'm not the best with certain software, but why would someone want a book cover in MS word? I guess there are reasons, but...LOL...

http://www.selfpub.info/templates/book- ... -word.html
http://diybookcovers.com/
http://www.selfpublishing.com/design/pr ... s/ms-word/

I hope these help.


I just asked the lady what size she wants. Phew!


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28 Jul 2014, 11:46 am

Girlwithaspergers wrote:
bleh12345 wrote:
LOL....I'm not the best with certain software, but why would someone want a book cover in MS word? I guess there are reasons, but...LOL...

http://www.selfpub.info/templates/book- ... -word.html
http://diybookcovers.com/
http://www.selfpublishing.com/design/pr ... s/ms-word/

I hope these help.


I just asked the lady what size she wants. Phew!


I added some more links, and specifically the last one might be the most helpful. :]



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28 Jul 2014, 11:50 am

thanks again :D


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28 Jul 2014, 12:13 pm

No problem :]