I typeset a journal for my son's school (using Quark). Most of the contributors supply text and photos. But one has started pasting his photos into Word, and then claims I don't need the actual image files. I've told him I do, but am I right?

I could copy the image from Word, make a new file in Photoshop to the required resolution and colour space and paste it in, then save as a tiff or whatever and import into Quark. Or I could just copy from Word and paste into Quark, which surely would be a bad Thing?

Even if I can manage without the image files, surely the printers will want them He says all the information needed is there, but he will, reluctantly, try and find the photos and send them.

What techie arguments should I be using?

I've worked for a newspaper where all too often reporters would submit artwork which was buried in the Word document.

In any case saving that file out from Photoshop gives us an "original" file which we then import and manipulate.

So, simply—cut 'n paste!

Thanksfor the help!

Trouble is, give a teacher a digital camera and a copy of Word and he thinks he's a publisher. I don't think they believe I actually have to do anything to the files at all! :roll: