I am using windows 10, ms word version 2008 build 13127.21064. Just for your reference and might save some time for others. I've been bothered by this for years, somehow having a PDF file that looks exactly the same as your word file, just the postfix is different, is so hard.īelow are the methods I tried and the problems with each method. Question: How can I preserve the image quality when exporting to PDF?

Exporting to XPS format has the same characteristics.

(After all I thought that 'document resolution' means that no resampling takes place and the full resolution is used.)

When I use 'Printing (220ppi)' instead of 'document resolution' there is no discernible difference.

This points to a resampling going on when the pdf is created.

The problem gets worse, when the image is further reduced within word.

Until now I am just reluctant of redoing it all in LaTeX.

This is a reduced problem, so please don't suggest GIMP.

The option 'do not compress images in file' is enabled.

I tried to encode normal 96 ppi within the PNG and resize the image in word.

I tried a different PDF viewer - same image quality.

I tried the same thing on a diffewrent computer with Word 2013, but no luck.

When I am in the save dialog and I go again to Tools > Compress Images, the selected option is reverted to 'E-Mail (96 dpi)'.

Reality: The Image is much worse than the PNG. Then, I hit save.Įxpected: The image in the PDF (viewed in Adobe Reader) should have a similar quality as the PNG. From Tool > Compress Images (right next to the save button) I select 'use document resolution'. Now I click File > Save as and select PDF from the Dropdown.

I can't zoom in more than 500% but at that zoom level all lines are smooth, as expected. When I paste this into a new Word document, it looks good.

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