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SC0TT
01-14-2005, 10:20 PM
where I currently work there is a problem with people stretching our logo when they put it into word documents and power point files. does anyone know if there's a way i can lock the image files so that they can move them but not stretch them in any way?
Hi Scott, welcome to the forum.
As for your question, not that I know of. Then again the list of things I don't know is vast. /emoticons/cool.gif
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morea
01-14-2005, 10:40 PM
Aiya, Scott... welcome to GDF.
I'm not familiar with a way to do this either... if no one can help you, you may be able to find some info in the program's help files, or on the tech support website. Good luck!
I refuse to have a battle of wits with someone who is unarmed.
Yes I believe you have to save the files as .MPFF - Moron Proof File Format
Or you could just send out a nasty memo detailing the wonders of holding down the shift key when resizing :)
I wish I had something clever to put here.......
Broacher
01-15-2005, 07:49 AM
You can lock the aspect for corner scaling (Format/Size/um... somewhere in the back), but it doesn't stop someone from using a side handle and messing that up. Nah, this is just one of those PITA things that happens and you have to put up with it.
What's the alternative? Teach them all to be real graphic designers?
Well, most of them think they're practically there anyhow....
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Ulysses
01-15-2005, 09:12 PM
Scott ... you say people (morons?) are ill-placing the logo in Word documents ... have you tried creating a template for your company? That way, you could place the logo in a .doc template as a header/footer - most morons wouldn't know how to alter a header or footer in Word - from which your morons, and everyone else, could compose all their word documents from. This would be easy and possibly the ideal thing to do, assuming that the reason the logo is messing up, is because you're relying on no-design-savvy people to place the logo in their documents by hand, rather than provide them with a pre-logo'd template.
Post Edited (Ulysses) : 1/15/2005 5:17:11 PM GMT
D-Frag
01-16-2005, 12:38 AM
Yeah and if not a template, a specification sheet outlining the specifics of your logo. ie: must have 1/4' of space all the way around, must stay proportionate, if printed must use PMS colors....etc. you get the idea?
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Broacher
01-16-2005, 01:18 AM
Corporate graphic spec standards? For most places, that phrase is an oxymoron.
If you defy them, they will do it anyway. Often, the biggest offenders are the top cheesemakers. It's all about graphic authority--you can't force them into changing their behaviours without support from the top.
PrintDriver
01-16-2005, 02:36 AM
D-frag, designers don't read spec sheets.
How can you expect that of corporate morons?
PD is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing
beanz
01-16-2005, 02:28 PM
I hate Word... Word! :D
Is it just me or does everything made in Word look really tacky? It's a shame EVERYONE uses the damned program if you ask me...
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Ulysses
01-16-2005, 05:01 PM
Yeah ... I hate Word too. However, seems most people have Microsoft Windows systems with Office ... only designers or Linux users have the inlcination to use an alternative for creating letters and the like. It does do it's job, and with ease - and you can get some tight control over the design if you give it the time - but then again ... not everyone really cares, nor has the patience and skill, to create an aesthetically customed document using InDesign, let alone pay for such software.
At the end of the day ... people pay us to design the good-looking letter heads etc ... so ... can't really complain myself, beanz.
D-Frag
01-16-2005, 09:42 PM
PD said...
D-frag, designers don't read spec sheets.
How can you expect that of corporate morons?
true true, I think the only designers that read spec sheets are here on the GDF ......right guys.....right.....
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SC0TT
01-19-2005, 08:46 PM
Broacher said...
Corporate graphic spec standards? For most places, that phrase is an oxymoron.
If you defy them, they will do it anyway. Often, the biggest offenders are the top cheesemakers. It's all about graphic authority--you can't force them into changing their behaviours without support from the top.
Exactly.
I have given people templates before and that use it that once and then go back to their original way of doing things. We also send out memos of how and when to use the logo...nobody listens... /emoticons/shakehead.gif
Sooo that's my dilemna and why i would think the best thing in this situation would be to have a picture file that can't be resized at all, although i really have never heard of such a thing.