Image size for PDF documentation

Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
Tue Feb 16 12:32:51 EST 2016


Indeed it does. You'll be looking for
Image->Print Size...

Good luck!

Geert

On Tuesday 16 February 2016 17:03:14 Pedro Albuquerque wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'll try to figure it out. GIMP will surely  have that feature.
> 
> Thank you,
> Pedro.
> 
> Ter, 2016-02-16 às 16:31 +0100, Geert Janssens escreveu:
> > On Tuesday 16 February 2016 15:21:15 Pedro Albuquerque wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I build all the documentation for GC guide but the PDF images are
> > > 
> > > awfully big (please see attachment), while all the others are
> > 
> > normal.
> > 
> > > I used the regular tools, autogen, configure --with-mobi and then
> > 
> > make
> > 
> > > pdf. Did I forget something?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thank you in advance,
> > > 
> > > Pedro.
> > 
> > This usually means your images are saved in the wrong resolution
> > (typically the default resolution of 72 dpi). This is fine for the
> > html version of the documentation.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The printable documentation however requires your images to have
> > physical dimension information encapsulated. Most image manipulation
> > programs allow you to alter this, either by directly specifying the
> > print size for the image, or indirectly by specifying a resolution
> > in
> > dpi (dots per inch).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The relation between pixel size, resolution and print size is this:
> > 
> > print_size (in inch) = pixel_size / resolution (in dpi)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Does this help ?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Geert



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