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flatten images

Is there a way to flatten images so they are embedded in the document so they won't move when you export your document? I put flatten images in the help and nothing came up?

SF

iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jun 2, 2008 4:48 AM

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jun 2, 2008 5:00 AM in response to Pam.monson

It's simply because for Pages (like for me) flatten image means nothing.

May you explain what you want exactly.

I'm aware of two kinds of images in Pages:

inline ones
floating ones.

These two kinds are perfectly described in the Help.

If you problem is to group in a single object an image and the mask used to crop it, I don't remember to see such a feature.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 2 juin 2008 14:00:55)

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Pam.monson Author

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Jun 2, 2008 6:35 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

I got the term from a discussion group on Lulu. I assumed it meant to lock the images in place. Pages does have a lock feature but when I export to Word it changes the object so that it doesn't wrap around it. What I want to do is to have the images stay with the text but I have to use float to get them in the place I want them to stay.

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Walt K

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Jun 2, 2008 3:34 PM in response to Pam.monson

My familiarity with the term Flatten comes from Photoshop where it means to combine all the layers into one layer and individual elements can no longer be accessed. I don't think this can be done in Pages, but someone may know a way to accomplish it using other apps.

Walt

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Pam.monson Author

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Jun 3, 2008 1:30 AM in response to Walt K

Thanks, Walt,
Yes, I think you are right. I though perhaps "lock" would do the same trick and it would keep my illustrations where they belong. If I chose inline graphic instead of floating graphic should that do it?

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Pam.monson Author

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Jun 3, 2008 1:35 AM in response to Pam.monson

My last post should have read: I thought "lock" would do the same as flatten but I found out not. Should using an "inline object" keep an illustration with the text rather than a floating object? It sounds like it should but as I have experimented with it, it seems to not always keep it in the same place either.

SF

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jun 3, 2008 2:52 AM in response to Pam.monson

When a picture is "inline", it moves when the text changes.
The changes may be due to:
- changes in the raw text
- changes in the styles
- changes in the fonts

If these items doesn't change, the pict will not move.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 3 juin 2008 11:52:44)

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Jun 3, 2008 1:19 PM in response to Pam.monson

Is there a way to flatten images so they are embedded in the document so they won't move when you export your document?

There are two senses of flattening:

1. If you apply transparency to an image (raster object) or illustration (vector object), and

2. If you apply channels or layers to an image or illustration.

Flattening in the former sense has to do with transparency being supported in PDF and not in PostScript, so a flattening filter allows control.

Flattening is not necessary, if you do not have to convert from PDF to PostScript for printing. How did embedding and moving wind their way into this question?

Best,

Henrik

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