thank you, guys...I will try your suggestions, Sylvester and let you know what happens. I did try our IT services, who suggested that i copy them onto powerpoint and save it as tiff files from there...i am having another go with them today, i have an appointment in the afternoon...and 404...the original charts are in excel, so i can increase their physical dimensions, right? just by enlarging them? anyways, currently, they are 18.45 cm x 9.18 cm (640 X 480 resolution) and when converted into tiff, 697 x 347 (96 dpi)

Hi everyone! This is a great piece of advice i heard from someone and thought that i could share it with you...He said that PhD is not the end of the life, just a degree that you are studying for and the thesis is just something that you submit to convince your external examiner that you are worthy of getting a PhD ...so, striving to be perfect is not worth it, as it sometimes holds you back from the bigger picture...

I have a supervisor who just wouldnt give the time of day to help me with anything. I am quite new to the field and she was extremely unfriendly and rude whenever i asked her for help...i ended up befrieding another lecturer who taught me all the basics and when i went back to my lab to continue my work, my supervisor was like 'hello,stranger, what are you doing here?, i thought you were working with X'...anyways now i have learned to ignore her, both of us pretend that the other doesnt exist...not a big problem bcos she is not my main supervisor....so, i guess you should be lucky that you have someone who is willing to spend their time for you...supervisors come in all types, i guess we need to take them as an additional challenge in the challenging world of PhD...and ofcourse, it always helps when you have someone to listen to you rant about them :)

Hi! I am writing my first paper (have been writing for ages now) but finally am ready to submit it. The journal we have chosen to submit the article requires images as tiff images of 300 dpi. I tried using paint to magnify and save the excel chart as tiff, but the resolution was too poor...only 96 dpi. I was advised to use powerpoint, which increased the resolution to max 150 dpi. Then someone else suggested photoshop, which was great in increasing resolution, however when i uploaded the images, they all have a black background in pdf. I checked by inserting the pics in word, and they appear allright, but are ark in paint. Can ayone please tell me how to convert excel charts or powerpoint drawn images to tiff files of 300 dpi? I am really desperate...:-(

Your query is too general...you need to look at recently published work in the area you are interested in and find out the major players...once you select two or three prospective supervisors you need to find out the particular University/country requirements and obviously find out if the person is willing to supervise you and if he/she has any current projects available for you.