Letter Graphics (optional)

Each Mortgage Quest letter contains two graphic files that can be linked to your photo and signature. In order for Mortgage Quest to print signatures and photos in letters, you must have graphic files that conform to a specific standard. These images must be bitmap images and have the extension .BMP. They must also be a certain size otherwise they will not print correctly.

Signature Graphic – It is not required to have a signature graphic image. The signature graphic file can be created using a scanner and photo-imaging software. The size of the image must be 250 pixels wide by 134 pixels high and it must be a bitmap image. The width of the graphic can be larger than 250 pixels. But the height of the image should be 134 pixels.  Appendix A contains a template to assist you with scanning signatures.

Photo Graphic – It is not required to have a photo image. You can choose to print only the signature graphic. If you want to print photo images, have your picture taken and save it as a digitized image. You may also need photo-imaging software to resize the image. The digitized image should be 75 pixels wide by 113 pixels high and it must be a bitmap image (.BMP)

Registering graphics in Mortgage Quest

In order to use graphics in Mortgage Quest, you must register them. If you have a Multi-User Enterprise system, you can register photo and signature images for each registered user.

To register graphics:

1.  Click the Register  icon.

2.  Click Get Signature File and then select the appropriate bitmap file.

3.  Click Get Photo File and the select the appropriate bitmap file.

4.  Repeat for each registered user on the system.

Editing Letters with Graphic Images

All Mortgage Quest letters have graphic images links that can be edited.

To edit a letter with graphics:

1.  First register the graphic files for each user.

2.  Click Letter Manager.

3.  For Multi-User Enterprise system users, click Graphics and select a loan officer. This user’s graphics will appear in the edited letter.

4.  Select a letter and click Edit.

5.  If you registered a photo image, it will appear to the right of the merge fields for the name and address. Click next to the <G_NAME1> merge field and notice that this area of the letter has two columns.

To reposition the photo image:

1.  Edit a letter.

2.  Click on the photo image.

3.  At the top of the screen, you’ll see the Word ruler and left indent marker. It is positioned at the 5-inch mark. Click on the marker, hold the mouse button down and slide the photo left or right as desired.

Note: If you want to reposition the photo image for all letters, you must edit each letter.

To resize the signature image:

1.  Edit a letter.

2.  Click the signature image at the bottom of the letter and it will be surrounded by a rectangle.

3.  Position the cursor over one of the black rectangles, hold the left mouse button down and drag up or down to resize the image.

Note: If you want to resize the signature image for all letters, you must edit each letter and make the change. You may copy and paste the signature image into other letters to save time.