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
    2018-06-16T14:44:43+00:00

    Just uninstall the software and install the latest V15.xx which you can find here: https://support.office.com/en-

    Worked fine for me.

    Cheers,

    Dieter

    This ABSOLUTELY SOLVED IT. Was looking for 2 hours, tried all kinds of things. Bug in v.16 release of MicroSoft. Works perfect for Mac. THANKS!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-16T10:01:56+00:00

    Amazing that this should be necessary but the easiest solution is to open your PowerPoint in Keynote and print PDF from Keynote. No problems there.

    I think i may just switch to keynote and be done with it! 😂

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-16T10:00:26+00:00

    Hi there

    Does the downgrade resolve the blurry images in a mac? I’ve wasted so much time on this issue now.

    We are in the middle of a pitch and i’ve ended up having to replace all the client logos in Acrobat, which is ridiculous.

    another thing that is happening is that line widths on boxes and underlines on hyperlinks are 4-5 times the width they should be.

    I understand problems happen during updates but its not like PowerPoint is a new piece of software, people can’t afford to lose this kind of time on jobs.

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