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
    2018-06-26T21:36:23+00:00

    Just noticed this problem after I updated PowerPoint to the latest. Will try what others have suggested, but how would I know when 16.14 has been updated to fix this issue if I go back to 16.12?

    Thanks.

    -Ian

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-26T19:06:55+00:00

    Hi NickD_,

    For the issue about the low image quality when exporting to PDF using PowerPoint for Mac, recently we have received some reports regarding the issue. Sorry for the inconvenience it caused.

    We have set a primary thread as below to provide updates to the situation:

    PowerPoint export to PDF has tons of formatting issues

    We suggest you monitor that thread via clicking the ellipsis(…)>Subscribe to get the latest updates. We will share any updated information in the thread once we receive more information.

    To help other members to easily see the information in this thread, we will be locking this thread from further posting. Thanks for your understanding.

    Regards,

    Tina

    [Updated by Tina Chen MSFT, June 27th, 10:30 PM (UTC)]

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-26T18:40:27+00:00

    Yes, I did, and that helped a bit but the images still weren't spectacular. I'll use Illustrator next time. Thanks for your help everyone!

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