Instructions & Ideas
General Notes
All the full-size certificate images are in compressed "JPEG"
format. This is a standard Internet graphics format which can be
displayed by all current browsers; although some basic graphics
programs (e.g. simple Windows utilities such as "Paint",
which generally use the "BMP" format), may not recognize
them. However, this should not prevent you from being able to save
and print them with high quality results.
Printing Directly from Your Browser
Certificate 1 (provided courtesy of Ottawa's Monday Night
"Courage to Change" A.C.A. Group), will most likely take
up about one-half of the printed page (about
6½" w x 5" h),
if printed directly from Netscape or Internet Explorer.
Certificate 1 (sideways) This version of Certificate 1 is provided
so that you can print a larger-size certificate without a graphics
program that allows you to rotate and stretch images to fill the page.
If printed directly from your browser, this certificate will probably
take up about two-thirds of the printed page (about 7¼" w [as
measured along the top of the certificate] x 5½" h.
Certificate 2 (provided courtesy of Ottawa's Wednesday Night
"Search for Serenity" A.C.A. Group), will most likely take
up about one-half of the printed page
(about 6 ½ w x 5" h), if printed
directly from your browser.
Will the Background Print too?
Usually, no. The default setting for most browsers prints only the
text and "foreground" images. If the background prints
and you want to remove this, change your browser’s print options.
Printing Larger Images
All 3 image files have been optimized to produce as large an image
(without re-sizing) as can comfortably be printed by most printers
(allowing for the printer margins (unprintable areas) at the top,
bottom and sides of an 8 ½" x 11" sheet. To do
this, you first need to save the image apart from the Web page on
which it appears. To do this, simply display the page in your
browser and, from Internet Explorer or Netscape, right-click on the
image and select Save Picture/Image as... Select an appropriate
folder, and save the file.
Printing Larger Images from A Graphics Program
If you have a graphics program that accepts JPEG images, simply
opening the file you have saved and printing it should produce good
results. If you are printing Certificate 1 (not the sideways version)
or Certificate 2, you may get a message such as "Image orientation
does not match page. Adjust automatically?" If so,
say "Yes" and your graphics program will automatically
rotate the image it sends to the printer. If the image printed for
either of these certificates is wider than the page and you cannot
rotate it, look for a print option such as "Fit to page"
or re-size the image within your graphics program before printing
(typically, click on the image to select it and then grab one of the
corner sizing "handles" (squares) that appears and drag it
in towards the center of the image; avoid any handles that appear
along the sides as these will size the image disproportionately).
Printing Larger Images without A Graphics Program
If you don’t have a usable graphics program, but you do have a recent
version of Internet Explorer or Netscape, you can still print a larger
image. Both these programs usually come bundled with simple Web page
editors (Microsoft supplies "Front Page Express" and Netscape
provides "Composer". If you have either of these programs
on your Start Menu (usually, they appear where on the same sub-menu
as your browser), open the program and create a new page (if prompted
for information such as a page title, etc., be creative). Next, look
for a menu command such as Insert/ Picture to display the image file
on your page. The file will normally appear smaller than the full
size of the page; however, you can then click on it to re-size it (see
above), as you would with a graphics program. When you have it the
size you want, simply print your page (if you want to save your page
first, in Outlook Express you will need to specify Save as
file…).
About The Image Files
Certificate 1
File: "crt1x.jpg" (appears on page
"re_crt1a.html")
When opened in a graphics program, the true size of this
image
is 9 ¾" x 7 ½"
(703 x 540 pixels at 72dpi).
Certificate 1 (sideways)
File: "crt1sx.jpg" (appears on page
"re_crt1b.html")
The true size of this image (when opened in a graphics
program),
is 9 ¾" x 7 ½"
(704 x 540 pixels at 72dpi).
Certificate 2
File: "crt2x.jpg" (appears on page
"re_crt2.html")
The true size of this image (when opened in a graphics
program),
is 10" x 7 ½"
(or 720 x 540 pixels at 72dpi).
Adding Text to The Certificates
If you want to get more creative than simply writing in the name of
the recipient, etc. on the certificate, you can use a graphics program
to add the desired text before printing. Knowing how to do this is
mainly up to you, but matching the fonts is advisable for best results.
Font Matching
On Certificate 1 (both versions), the text is 28 pt Kids (a Corel
font). If you don’t have this, 28 pt Comic Sans MS Bold is a very
close match.
On Certificate 2, the Group name is in Times New Roman 28 pt Bold
Italics and the smaller text is the same font, but 20 pt.
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