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
    2018-06-27T10:59:38+00:00

    Hi Jim,

    Do you know where I can find Office 2016 for Mac version 16.13.1 in French as I have the same issue since yesterday with an auto-update :/ 

    The French Team was not able to help me - I found your answer which I hope will help me.

    I assume the link provide on that page you mentionned (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac) for the version of May 24, 2018  16.13.1 (18052304) is in English only?

    Could you help me and show me where to find the French link?

    Many thanks in advance!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-27T10:07:28+00:00

    Yoga, where can I find that smile button? Does it exist only for office365 or also for Powerpoint locally installed?

    BTW, for what its worth, this tip - for us customers telling the product team directly - is the single most useful piece of advice we've received from you so far. Maybe you have a policy from your bosses that makes it risky for you to do so. Nothing more powerful than letting us customers tell the business people directly how troublesome this problem is!

    And if you really want to be helpful, suggest a few third party apps that we can install and use locally to create small pdfs from powerpoint files. Not everyone has a Office365 subscription - and you also did not suggest that workaround, one of us did - and not everyone is always connected to the internet making web-apps not a useful workaround. 

    I think at the core we are struggling to feel a)heard and b)that you / MSFT cares. 

    Over the last 6 month you could have

    1. Tell us the work-around about Office365 on day one, acknowledging that it wont be helpful for everyone
    2. Tell us to use 3rd party online apps ("e.g. with a sentence like "searching for create small pdf in Bing often creates a list of useful services to try")
    3. Tell us to use 3rd party apps to install, with some similar true-fire way to locate ones that work without having to endorse anything specifically. 
    4. Tell us about how to provide ongoing feedback via the elusive Smile button.

    This would have resulted in thread with immediately useful information and a clear sense by us that MSFT cares about creating usable products. And my believe is it would have created more relevant feedback to the business people about how big a deal this is and it would have created a positive customer experience rather than one of neglect, disrespect, and a general feeling of customer support = press button a ("Your message is very important to us. We are currently experiencing higher than usual volume and will get back to you as soon as possible"), press button b ("We are very sorry for the inconvenience this issue is causing you. I have sent the information to the team in charge which is investigating the issue.") and be done. There are plenty of companies that do customer support right. I think it all depends on who you are as a person and which corporation you want to give your time, dependent on how it aligns with your values.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-27T09:54:30+00:00

    Hi, any good 3rd party apps that I can run locally on my Mac? when connected I use the smallpdf website which works well, but I'm often on the road. I've been looking for any good app that can create a small pdf from the powerpoint but no luck. even Adobe Pro cant do it - it needs to upload things, and it has lots of font conversion problems. 

    Any hint for a good app for my Mac would be much appreciated. 

    Thanks!

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