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
    2018-06-18T03:25:24+00:00

    Hi Jorrit,

    As for the low resolution issue, recently we have received some reports from multiple users regarding this issue. 

    We have set up a primary thread to provide updates to the situation:

    Primary thread: PowerPoint export to PDF has tons of formatting issues.

    In addition, there is another issue about oversized arrow with this update, please also pay attention to the primary thread we have set up:

    Primary thread: Oversized arrows when printing in PowerPoint.

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

    Appreciate your understanding and we apologize for the inconvenience it caused.

    Best Regards,

    Gloria

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-18T03:18:05+00:00

    Hi All,

    I would like to let you know that we have reported this issue to our related team, and I'd like to post a summary of the issue here so that other community members can easily see the information.

    Issue description:

    Arrow size changes and shapes get thick borders when printing in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

    Environment:

    Version 16.14.0 (Build 18061000).

    Additional information:

    We have reported the issue to the related team for further investigation.

    At the meantime, if you are getting low quality images/texts when exporting to PDF using PowerPoint for Mac, since the behavior is different, we have set another primary thread to track the issue. You can monitor this thread to get the latest update: PowerPoint export to PDF has tons of formatting issues

    Regards,

    Yoga

    [Updated by Yoga Yao MSFT, 2:02 AM, Jun 19, 2018 (UTC)]

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-18T03:15:49+00:00

    Hi All,

    Recently we have received some reports regarding this issue. We apologize for the inconvenience it caused.

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

    Oversized arrows when printing in PowerPoint.

    For the low texts/image quality issue, since it's actually a different 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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