HT1044 Low resolution warning in iPhoto 09 but on screen looks great

Hi:
I'm working with Snow Leopard and iPhoto 09. I'm building a book and have added photos. Some of the photos show a low resolution warning.
I'd like to keep them at the size shown in the book. I've increased the zoom on the pages and the photos look crisp and clean. Should I be concerned
about the low res icon then?
OR where do I find dpi info and how do I increase it?
Thanks everyone!
Terri
Here's a sample of the pic:
file://localhost/Users/terrimcreynolds/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library/Originals/2008/ R.%20Back%20to%20Venice/R_623.bmp

1 - yes you should be concerned - that is why there is a warning
2 - screens display images at 72 DPI - printing requires at least 150 DPI and 300 API is better
3 - you can not "increase DPI" since it is a mathmatical caculation - Dots Per Inch - Dots (pixels) divided by inches
4 - the solution is to use another photo or to reduce the "zoom" so that the photo does not have a warning
5 -
Before ordering your book preview it using this method - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040 - and save the resulting PDF for reference - the delivered book will match it.
LN

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"Clancy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
wrote:
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>>> 2. Dreamweaver (8) design view is quite buggy.
If you nest tables about
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others), the display is
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>>Baloney. Show me an example of this, please.
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