Why does scanned signature image have black border?

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Beemer
Dec 13, 2004
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I scanned in my signature into Photoshop 7, cropped it and saved it as TIF with Adobe RGB 1998 profile.

When I embed the image in a MS Word doc the signature is visible and the signature background blends invisibly with the word doc background.

However, if I convert the word doc to a pdf using Adobe Acrobat the signature image is outlined in the page with a 1 or 2 pixel black rectangular border. The image properties in word shows "no border"

I have checked that Photoshop and Acrobat are using Adobe RGB 1998 by default and when documents are opened

What might be causing this and what can I try to remove the border which makes it so obvious that I have not personnally signed the pdf?

Beemer
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RSD99
Dec 13, 2004
I’ve seen that before … and it’s always turned out to be a problem caused by Word.

The only "solution" I know is to crop the signature graphic just slightly on all four sides … OR … use a better word processing program.

"Beemer" wrote in message
I scanned in my signature into Photoshop 7, cropped it and saved it as TIF with Adobe RGB 1998 profile.

When I embed the image in a MS Word doc the signature is visible and the signature background blends invisibly with the word doc background.
However, if I convert the word doc to a pdf using Adobe Acrobat the signature image is outlined in the page with a 1 or 2 pixel black rectangular border. The image properties in word shows "no border"
I have checked that Photoshop and Acrobat are using Adobe RGB 1998 by default and when documents are opened

What might be causing this and what can I try to remove the border which makes it so obvious that I have not personnally signed the pdf?
Beemer
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Markeau
Dec 19, 2004
Maybe try saving the image as an EPS first

"Beemer" wrote in message
I scanned in my signature into Photoshop 7, cropped it and saved it as
TIF with Adobe RGB 1998 profile.

When I embed the image in a MS Word doc the signature is visible and the
signature background blends invisibly with the word doc background.
However, if I convert the word doc to a pdf using Adobe Acrobat the signature image is outlined in the page with a 1 or 2 pixel black rectangular border. The image properties in word shows "no border"
I have checked that Photoshop and Acrobat are using Adobe RGB 1998 by
default and when documents are opened

What might be causing this and what can I try to remove the border which
makes it so obvious that I have not personnally signed the pdf?
Beemer

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