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
    2018-07-03T12:00:25+00:00

    There is a bug in the latest Powerpoint build. As you noted 16.13 does not have the problem. Subsequent builds have the problem printing to anything including PDFs.

    The problem is easily solved by reverting back to the previous version of Powerpoint until someone at Microsoft decides to fix the problem.

    The link below shows how to go back to the previous powerpoint version. Basically delete Powerpoint from the Applications folder (MAC), and follow the instructions below to only install the previous version of Powerpoint. Note not to allow automatic updates, else you will be right back where you started.

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/how-to-go-back-to-office-2016-for-mac-15-xx-versions-from-16-xx-e88ed6c8-6fb4-40a1-9540-529000d3d20f

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-03T10:05:38+00:00

    Hi there.

    I am building some business one-pagers for my company in PPT for ease of edit universally.

    The images are all set to High Definition (300ppi) and look crisp on ppt, even when zoomed in to the max.

    However, when i export or save as to a PDF the images are terrible. I've read so many Q&A's but nothing seems to help.

    There doesn't seem to be an option when saving to PDF to keep the resolution of images, and instead it shrinks them to it's own accord. i can't determine whether the fault is PPT end or Acrobat end. 

    Microsoft PPT version is 16.14.1, 2018.

    I've never had this issue before, so I'm a little confused as to why this is happening.

    Any help would be appreciated as these can only be shared externally in PDF form.

    Thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-07-03T09:59:30+00:00

    Hi Ancantara,

    Thanks for sharing your feedback here and apologize for the inconvenience caused by the issues "Arrow size changes and shapes get thick borders when printing in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac" & "Low quality images/texts issue when exporting to PDF using PowerPoint 2016 for Mac".

    As I mentioned above, the issue will be fixed soon in future releases, you can wait for the update later. If you are eager to use it in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac, I would like to share with you the information that it seems to be fixed in latest version of Insider Fast Channel (Version 16.16). You can enroll to the Insider Program via following article and check if it works on you: What is Office Insider?

    To let other community members easily see the updated information, we will lock this thread from further posting. Once the fix has been deployed to the Production build, we will let you know.

    Regards,

    Yoga

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