[thelist] PowerPoint slides to images look different amongmachines

Ken Schaefer ken at adOpenStatic.com
Thu Jun 24 23:23:20 CDT 2004


My suggestion is to check:
a) versions of Powerpoint being used (are they the same or different)
b) the powerpoint file formats being saved in (when you save you have a
choice of options - are you saving in different formats?)
c) any other settings differences between the two machines?

Thanks

I am not a Powerpoint expert by any means, but I can forward this info (plus
any samples that you might have) to some people who are.

Cheers
Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Soini" <dianesoini at earthlink.net>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [thelist] PowerPoint slides to images look different
amongmachines


: Thanks for the info. I'll take a look at all these factors. I'm not
: sure when my co-worker with the "good" computer will be in next, but if
: I find any tip-worthy solution, I'll respond again.
: Diane
: On Thursday, June 24, 2004, at 01:29 PM,
: thelist-request at lists.evolt.org wrote:
:
: > Subject: Re: [thelist] PowerPoint slides to images look different
: > among machines
: > Reply-To: g1notami at zoominternet.net, "thelist at lists.evolt.org"
: > <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
: >
: >
: > Have you tried a full screen grab in SlideShow mode?
: > It's often been the simplest solution for me.
: >
: > If you need something more, here's a tip from:
: > PowerPoint FAQ List - The Full FAQ
: > http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FULLFAQ.htm
: >
: > Get the same image OUT of PowerPoint as went in originally
: > Problem
: > You have an image in PowerPoint and need to use it elsewhere. When you
: > copy and paste the image to other programs, you get a low resolution
: > image.
: > Solution
: > MS PhotoEdit to the rescue. It's included in Office 97 onward, so if
: > it's not
: > already installed, run Setup and install it.
: > Click the image in PowerPoint to select it, then choose Edit, Copy or
: > press Ctrl
: > +C.
: > Start PhotoEdit and choose Edit, Paste.
: > Save the image from PhotoEdit to the format of your choice.
: > Background
: > When you copy and paste images from PowerPoint to most other programs,
: > you get the image as it's currently displayed in PowerPoint, not at
: > its original
: > resolution.
: > For example, if you have a 1024x768 pixel screen capture that you've
: > imported
: > into PowerPoint and reduced to 1/4 screen size and you're working on a
: > system
: > running at 800x600, when you copy and paste, you'll get 400x300
: > pixels, not the
: > original 1024x768 image.
: > Apparently, PowerPoint also puts the full original image on the
: > clipboard, but in
: > a format that most other apps don't understand, so they can't paste
: > it. MS
: > PhotoEdit evidently understands the format, so you get the full
: > original image
: > resolution.
: >
: > bruce
: > g1notami at zoominternet.net
: >
: > James Denholm-Price said the following:
: >> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:01:44 -0700, Diane Soini
: >> <dianesoini at earthlink.net> wrote:
: >>> It seems that you get better quality images saving PowerPoint slides
: >>> as
: >>> images on some machines than on other machines.
: >>> ...
: >>> We can't find a setting that affects this. Gif or jpg or the size of
: >>> the images makes no difference. As far as I know, everybody has XP
: >>> Pro.
: >>> Is there a secret setting for getting good images from PowerPoint
: >>> slides?
: >> On PPT XP2002 there is a Tools menu in the Save dialog that has a few
: >> relevant settings including Compress Pictures. ... perhaps that's it?!
: >> If not, do they all have the same screen size? Colour depths? What
: >> version of PPT are you using?
: >> James
: >>



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