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
    2018-06-18T08:33:45+00:00

    Hi All,

    We apologize for the inconvenience it caused. Recently we have received some reports about it.

    For the lines get oversized issue,  We have set up a primary thread to provide summary and share updates:

    Oversized arrows when printing in PowerPoint. 

    For the low texts & image quality issue, we also set a primary thread:

    PowerPoint export to PDF has tons of formatting issues 

    To help other members to easily see the information in this thread, we will be locking this thread from further posting. Thanks for your understanding.

    Best Regards,

    Jim

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-18T07:26:08+00:00

    Hi All,

    Sorry for the inconvenience it caused. We will report this behavior to the related team. Summarizing the symptom here:

    Description

    Getting low quality images/texts when exporting to PDF using PowerPoint for Mac even with the highest quality PDF settings.

    Environment

    PowerPoint 2016 for Mac, version 16.14.1.

    Workaround

    Install Office 2016 for Mac version 16.13.1 which you can get here.

    More information

    We have the reproduce steps and will send to the related team for investigation. We will post updates here once we receive more information. You can subscribe to this thread to receive the latest updates. 

    Update

    A fix will be coming out soon in future releases.

    An update to the Insider Fast channel version 16.16 (180625) has fixed the issue. This fix will slowly trickle down to other channels (Insider Slow as well as Production).

    If you would like to get this release early, you can join the Insider Fast program by referring to the article below:

    Office Insider - Mac

    [Updated by Sheen V. Ali MSFT,  1.49 PM, Jun 28 , 2018 (UTC)]

    In the meantime, about the "symbols change", since the behavior is different, we have set another primary thread to track that "Oversized arrows or other shape borders after save as PDF" issue. Please monitor this thread to get the latest update: Oversized arrows when printing in PowerPoint.

    Best Regards,

    Jim

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-18T04:18:59+00:00

    I am having the same problem. please help!

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