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
    2018-06-14T13:24:24+00:00

    I got the same problem. It is easy to reproduce: Open a new presentation, draw a line with an arrowhead, print it or show it in Preview: The line is much too thick and the arrowhead is huge.

    This is PowerPoint 16.14.1 (180613) on macOS 10.13.5 on iMac 27" and MacBook Pro Retina. PowerPoint 16.13.1 on MacBook Air does not have this problem.

    I am using a German system.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-14T13:23:03+00:00

    Hi,

    Wednesday there was an Office update.  Myself, and my coworkers also running the same computers with the same software have since had an issue with Power Point.  This morning there was another update, and after we ran that one the same problem persists. 

    When we print directly from the file, or export to PDF it's coming out as low quality even though the settings are set to high quality.  Any lines, arrows, boxes or circles with border edges that are thin (2pt or lower) in the file print out or export as very thick (10pt).  Attached is an example.  This isn't just an issue with my system.  As I said, others in my office are running macintosh with the same Office Suite's and running the same system software and are having the same exact issue as I am.  When will this be rectified?  90% of our company marketing that we use and update daily is in Power Point.

    Below is an example on the left of what it's supposed to look like, vs. what it looks like when we try to print or convert to PDF.  We have the professional adobe acrobat PDF software that we are using to open the files as well.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-14T13:16:58+00:00

    I got the same problem. It is easy to reproduce: Open a new presentation, draw a line with an arrowhead, print it or show it in Preview: The line is much too thick and the arrowhead is huge.

    This is PowerPoint 16.14.1 (180613) on macOS 10.13.5 on iMac 27" and MacBook Pro Retina. PowerPoint 16.13.1 on MacBook Air does not have this problem.

    I can also only print once on my Konica Minolta bizhub C227 since the 16.14 update of Office 2016. If I want to print a second time I have to close and reopen Word.

    The printing system seems to be really screwed in this update.

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