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
    2018-06-14T08:54:32+00:00

    Hi, sorry, don't get what your reply is about nor how it relates to my question. I just got an other PPT update today, but no fix for the problem.

    Here are some screenshots from PPT and how the charts are designed:

    and

    Here are the screenshots from the generated PDF. As you can see, the line-width is screwed up and the circles are distorted:

    and

    This is a really annoying problem. Any idea how to fix it?

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-14T07:27:13+00:00

    Hi

    I've been using powerpoint to create plans for the past 6 months and have been printing and saving files as PDF without any problems. Now all of a sudden, all shapes, lines and arrows print around 10 times thicker than they should. All the text remains as it should be. I had a Microsoft up date just before the problem started. It's now on version 16.14. Any help please

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-14T00:14:22+00:00

    I am having the same issue. I have not had this issue before.   Unfortunately, the Keynote work around did not work for me.  While the presentation looks fine in PowerPoint for Mac Version 16.14 when I open it in Keynote it replaces two of the fonts and the formatting is all off.  Any suggestions?

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