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. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP
    2018-06-18T14:53:38+00:00

    This is a known issue.

    You can use Time Machine to revert to a previous build of PowerPoint temporarily.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-18T14:45:56+00:00

    Jim,

    This is terrible! Like someone said, this is really serious.

    I am losing a lot of time trying to deal with this issue. I am having the "Oversized Arrows" as well.

    Need to print presentations and save as PDF to send to clients. There is no way to deliver the materials in the way that they are (messy).

    Please, I need to know when the issues will be resolved.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-18T14:40:18+00:00

    Hi,

    I have a Mac running Powerpoint for Mac (16.14.1) and a PC running Powerpoint 365 from work. When I print a common file from both to the same printer I get very different results. The Mac print has the following problems: lines are printed very thick, underline of text is very thick, if only one letter in a word is underlined, it shows as a box underneath. It already shows this with PrintPreview and also has the same issues if exported or printed to pdf. No issues if printed from the PC, from the exact same file to the exact same printer. On screen everything looks fine on both.

    Any thoughts?

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