Garbage in, Gorgeous out

Designed for those who face the dilemma of document conversions on a daily basis. Taking the mystery out of file translation, this book gives a comparative overview of text and graphics file formats; details on commercial and shareware conversion utilities and import/export shortcuts for popular applications. The guide covers many different aspects of text and graphics conversion, including disk translation; translation using DOS Mounter, File Exchange, Word-for-Word, HiJaak, MacLinkPlus and other programs; graphics extraction and translation, including PostScript, bit-mapped, TIF, TIFF and vector images; proper use of printers, scanners and FAX machines in translation; conversion tips for Word, WordPerfect, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, CorelDraw, Freehand, Illustrator and PhotoShop files and last ditch text and graphics translation techniques.