OVERCOMING MICROSOFT WORD'S "PIXELATION" OF EMBEDDED IMAGES

Images are often embedded (either purposely or inadvertently) through the use of Microsoft Word. This happens either when using Word to create the signature HTML or when using Word to compose the email message itself.  Microsoft Word converts embedded images into compressed .JPG files, adding a great deal of "pixelation" to the images.  As a result, what may have begun as high-quality signature graphic is displayed poorly when received.  In many cases the message sender (you) may not even be aware of this because you will be seeing the original, high-quality, version of the graphic when composing your email messages.  The following two illustrations are close-ups of the same signature graphic, shown without and then with, the use of Signature-Switch.