Re: Yucky graphics

If the graph looks good on your speadsheet program, why don't you use 
a screen capture program.  Or if you are using Windows, simply do a 
print screen and paste onto your graphics program.

-Collin



>From: Adrian Balch <abalch(at)hal-pc.org>
>Reply-To: abalch(at)hal-pc.org
>To: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
>Subject: Yucky graphics
>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:44:52 -0500
>
>Would someone please give me some hints on how to improve my website
>graphics.
>
>Usually, I cut-and-paste a bar graph (created in Lotus 1-2-3) to MS
>Paint.  Then I save it as a gif, and it turns out fairly well.  An
>example is at:
>
>http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/pedi/infect/dvl/nws02_99.htm
>
>Lately, this has not been working.  The result is grainy, miniscule,
>absolutely useless.
>
>So, I tried cut and pasting from Lotus 1-2-3 to Paint Shop Pro and 
get
>the following result at:
>
>http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/pedi/infect/dvl/nws04_99.htm
>
>Can someone tell me why the text in the bar graphs is so "messy"?  
How
>can I improve on this?  I used Arial thin.
>
>I do NOT like the colors in the third graph.  Yellow just does not go
>with the rest of the page.  I just "pooped out" by then!  :)
>
>Many thanks for your suggestions.  I welcome any constructive 
comments.
>
>Adrian Balch
>
>

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