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Date: 19 Oct 2015 22:18:11 GMT
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On 2015-10-19, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>> >>>> If you just want to collect images in a document, just use TextEdit. 
>> >>> 
>> >>> Isn't that same as using Word?
>> > 
>> >> No, because unlike Word, TextEdit doesn't reduce the quality of images
>> >> pasted into documents.
>> > 
>> > Interesting. I assume Word kept the quality since its file sizes were 
>> > huge and slow (scrolling). I know Word has a compress option when 
>> > saving, but that loses quality.
>
>> Doesn't really matter when it happens. Don't use Word for this purpose.
>
> OK, I tried the updated Mac OS X v10.10.5's TextEdit v1.10 (319). I 
> screen captured, copied, and pasted into a new Rich Text document. 
> Everything was fast and smooth in terms of scrolling. :)
>
> However, my save options were limited with "Rich Text Document with 
> Attachments" and "Web Archive Document" file formats. However, Word Mac 
> 2011 and Windows Word (2010) can't read them (e.g., *.rtfd) even on 
> Macs. Am I missing something? :/
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

Nope. If you want it to be portable to any platform, print/export it to
PDF, or better yet put it on a web page.

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