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      Using PaintShop Pro to convert your bitmaps into grey scale maps:
       
      1st method:
      Edit the file containing your map in PaintShop Pro 
      Transform a colored map into a 16 colors (4 bits depth) or 2 colors (1 bit 
      depth) bit map as you wish - select the menu "Color" "Gray Scale". Then,
              Select the menu "Color" "Decrease color depth" "16 colors (4 
              bits)" for gray scale bit maps (Palm III or equivalent only) or,
              Select the menu "Color" "Decrease color depth" "2 colors (1 bit)" 
              for black and white bit maps.
              In the dialog window, choose the option "Palette" "Windows".
              Save the picture - use the "File" "Save As..." option and choose 
              the "Windows Bit map (.bmp)" format.

         
      2nd method (Thanks to Donald McLennan)
      When importing the map image from the clipboard, the image resolution will 
      be set to your current Windows desktop configuration. PaintShop Pro or 
      other graphics utilities provide powerful tools to convert these high 
      resolution, multiple colors to the black and white or greyscale images 
      supported by the Pilot. We’ve found that a 2 step reduction allows us to 
      maintain the proper level of information. Depending on the mapping 
      software, the colors for streets, highways, etc., are red, grey, blue, 
      black, etc. When reducing the colors, it is likely that the red and blue 
      values will be converted to white. We recommend the following procedure:
            First reduce the image colors to 16. This reduces the color palette 
            to a managable set of colors. From the PaintShop Pro Menu, ‘Colors’, 
            ‘Decrease Color Depth to 16’. 
            Once the number of colors have been reduced to 16, then it is often 
            necessary to convert the grey, light blue, white or red color values 
            to black. To do this, edit the color palette. From the Paintshop Pro 
            menu, ‘Colors’, ‘Edit Palette’. 
            Double clicking the selected color, allows you to change the image 
            color. We’ve found that changing the greys, light blues, and red 
            values to black provides an excellent quality map image. 
            Once the colors have been converted to mostly black and white, then 
            simply reduce the image colors to 2. From the PaintShop Pro Menu, 
            ‘Colors’, ‘Decrease Color Depth to 2’.
       
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