Powerpoint 16.15 (180530) Save as PDF - images are blurry

Anonymous
2018-06-04T22:02:56+00:00

Even when PDF export quality is set to high - the images on the PPT are blurry when using PDF export.  The images are fine in the PPT itself.

Microsoft 365 Insider | PowerPoint | MacOS
Microsoft 365 Insider | PowerPoint | MacOS

A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.

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John Korchok 235.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2018-07-10T13:03:06+00:00

Choose Help>Check for Updates and in that dialog, check Join the Office Insider program to get early access to new releases. Then choose Office Insider Slow for fairly well-tested code or Office Insider Fast for advanced features with more bugs. Don't choose the latter on a computer you use to get work done.

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Anonymous
2018-07-07T06:25:42+00:00

We sincerely apologize for the experience you had, due to the recent regression! 

This issue has been fixed in Insider Slow channel since build 16.15 (180701) and in Insider Fast channel since build 16.16 (180702), and it should reach the rest of our users soon. Please update your builds and let us know if the problem is not fully resolved.

Again, thank you for helping us improve our product!

Thanks!

Lishan

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-03-08T08:16:43+00:00

    Thanks Yoga,

    and it's true: the bug/feature is still there in the latest build.

    I don't what was fixed with the latest release but this "problem" still persists.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-03-08T08:15:25+00:00

    Hello Gordon,

    I'm sorry to say but Yoga did just that.

    He was stating that the reason for Powerpoint to dramatically increase the file size was to make sure the quality of the PDF is excellent in terms of resolution. He said it was an active choice by the developer team.

    And that's why I was asking why then on a PC there is no such "automatic quality enhancement function". The quality on a PC is perfect but about 5% the size of the PDF generated on the Mac.

    To me it seems like it was more of an attitude: we want people to migrate to PC's so let's decrease functionality and increase frustration so people will blame the Mac and migrate to a Windows system and keep buying Microsoft products. You might think this a "conspiracy against Mac users" theory but there are numerous features in PC versions of Office 2016 products that are not available on the Mac version or only for Office 365 customers in conjunction with Mac Office 2016.

    You might not share my opinion and you don't have to.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-03-08T07:11:46+00:00

    Hi Charlie,

    I could totally understand you frustration about encountering the issue.

    We are keep improving our product and would like all users to get better user experience all long. When a new update is released, most users are satisfied with creative feature and improved experience, while others think the product can be better in some scenarios. We are always trying our best to make progress on our products to meet customers’ variety needs.

    At the meantime, we value each member's reply and feedback. We welcome and encourage you to share your ideas through User Voice. The related team will check and fix it correspondingly. Your providing feedback is the best way to perfect our products and services. We appreciate your valuable insights.

    Besides, if you have any other questions, please feel free to post a new thread in this forum, we are more than willing to help you separately.

    Meanwhile, we have been aware of the situation and will fix it in later release. I will post back when this issue is fixed in new release. We appreciate your patience for waiting the further update fix.

    @ Jim,

    Thanks for your information. While based on my test, it is still not fixed in Version 16.11. Could you please share your test result at your convenient?

    Regards,

    Yoga

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