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
    2018-06-15T05:30:32+00:00

    It is btw also affecting the fonts :/

    Yes. This is WordArt (outline) on the slide:

    And this is the result printed and shown in Preview:

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-15T04:02:12+00:00

    Hi  Rachel,

    I tested here, the images, text and the arrows, this issue occurs in latest version of Office 2016 for Mac, include insider slow and insider fast, we still need time to do further investigation, will keep you updated as soon as we have something.

    As for the arrow issue, we have received reports from multiple users regarding this issue. We have set up a primary thread to provide updates to the situation. To help other members to easily see the information in this thread, we will be locking this thread from further posting.

    Primary thread:  Oversized arrows when printing in PowerPoint.

    Meanwhile, as I tested, the version 16.13.1 still works fine. if it is ok for you, you may install that version as a workaround. You could get the package from here: Update history for Office for Mac.

    Appreciate your understanding and apologize for the inconvenience it makes.

    Regards,

    Alex

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-15T01:20:02+00:00

    Try uninstalling and install the previous version:

    Here are the Release history of Office for MAC

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/update...

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