Exporting/Saving/Printing to PDF from Word compresses TIFF images

Hello Steven Schroeder,

Welcome to the Microsoft Community, it's an honour to help you.

I understand that you are experiencing problems with Word compressing TIFF files, and understand very well how you feel.If my understanding is wrong, you are welcome to let me know at any time.Based on your description, it seems that you have tried other options, which are very much in favour of your solution.

In addition, it is recommended that you also try the following option:

Click File -> Save As -> Browse -> change the file to the format shown below, select the standard -> select the options on the right -> in the PDF options to uncheck the inability to embed fonts in the case of the display of text bitmap -> click OK:

Or if you are convenient, you can share your image file with us by private message, we will help you test this issue.

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Isabella-MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

It appears that unchecking "show text bitmap" did not resolve the issue.

Hello Steven Schroeder,

Thank you very much for your reply, it is important to explain that the TIFF image format was initially limited to print publications before it was extended to digital content.Aldus was later purchased by Adobe, so Adobe has been responsible for the copyright of the file format ever since.There will be some incompatibility issues between Word and the TIFF format. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

You can refer to the question about copyright:What are TIFF files and how do you open them? | Adobe

To prevent the hassle of losing image quality, your best bet is to use Adobe tools that are easy to use and ensure you get the highest quality conversions. You can find all the tools you need to convert a wide range of file types. These tools help you share, collaborate, and edit PDFs.

For more information on how to do this you can refer to the following article:

Convert Word to PDF without losing image quality | Adobe Acrobat

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Hope this helps, thank you for your understanding and support.

Best regards

Isabella-MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist