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 236K 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
    2018-06-17T23:19:41+00:00

    Split from this thread.

    With version 16.14.1 PowerPoint Mac to PDF export is broken. Fonts, Lines are wrong and super low image quality. Before the update I was able to export high quality PDFs. 

    I have the same problem.  ¼ point line appears to be about a 3.00 point line.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-17T13:30:42+00:00

    Great find Paul. You saved me a lot of time. So many posts about this issue and Microsoft is still investigating the root of the problem...

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-17T12:58:36+00:00

    Concerning "Problem with PPT V16.14 for Mac (Printing-export to PDF)", I have the same problem with all the shapes, not just arrows. It occurred to me by chance that the problem is due to an inversion in the Preferences->General->Print Quality menu. When you choose "High" you get the low resolution in printing-to-PDF, and when you choose "Low" you get the high resolution

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