Text blur around objects

Problem: text wrapped around an inserted object blurs, especially if the object has a shade. Increasing the Extra Space around the object reduces the blur, but does not get rid of it. And trying to achieve a wrap tighter than the default 12 points makes the blur very noticeable. The blur, though less visible, appears when Reflection, the jolly new feature in Pages 2, is used to go over text underneath an object.
This problem is particularly troublesome when producing professional print PDFs.
To see what I am talking about open the first page of the Smith Family Newsletter template and have a look at the characters to the right of the house photo in the centre of the page.
Has anyone dealt with this successfully? Would be very obliged if you could point me to a solution.
Alex,
Normandy
iMac, iBook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Hello sashura,
this happens when exporting to minor quality PDFs, because of the conversion of the shadow and reflection effects into images. Lower quality PDFs are stored with lower resolutions for bitmap images. If you need 1A PDF quality, use the ColorSync app for PDF saving. To do so, follow these steps:
1) Open the print requester in Pages and choose the item "ColorSync" in the 3rd pop-up menu.
2) There choose the last entry (for adding filter) of the pull-down menu "Quarz-Filter". Your document will be open in the ColorSync app.
3) Click on the button with the three filters in the tool bar of the window and a new window opens.
4) Create a new filter and name it for a PDF/X-3 filter.
5) Over the menu triangle button at the right of the filter name bar you can add filter content. Choose the component for PDF submenu and there the PDF/X-3 item.
6) Now you can see the filter attributes. In the row before the last one you can insert the resolution. This is important for shadows and fonts above and inside of shadowed shapes, too. With the attributes you have control over trim- and bleed boxes as well.
7) When you are ready with your settings, close the filter window and choose the just created filter with the pop-up menu at the bottom of the ColorSync window. Than press the accept button and save the PDF document.
With this you have the best control for PDF print options.
I hope this solves your problem, because since I use this I have no display quality problems for printing.

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