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
    2018-06-22T00:58:35+00:00

    Hi,

    We've just begun to experience major problems saving to PDF, printing to PDF or our laser printers. They seem involve some of the issues stated in this posts (arrows became enormous, outlines and rules enormous, and Calibri font which is the primary font in our branded PPT new business presentations is printed with odd spacing and kerning and the bold often doesn't show up. This is occurring on all the Macs in the office that I've tested.

    Is this related to the issues of you post?

    How soon will an update with fixes be issued -- we need it ASAP?

    Will your workaround of installing the older version really work -- this will be a burden since we have to reload the older software on at least 15 computers.

    Let me know.

    Shelley

    Hi All,

    Sorry for the inconvenience it caused. We will report this behavior to the related team. Summarizing the symptom here:

    Description

    Getting low quality images/texts when exporting to PDF using PowerPoint for Mac even with the highest quality PDF settings.

    Environment

    PowerPoint 2016 for Mac, version 16.14.1.

    Workaround

    Install Office 2016 for Mac version 16.13.1 which you can get here.

    More information

    We have the reproduce steps and will send to the related team for investigation. We will post updates here once we receive more information. You can subscribe to this thread to receive the latest updates. 

       

    Update

    A fix will be coming out soon in future releases.

    [Updated by Jim Liu MSFT,  03:43 AM, Jun 21 , 2018 (UTC)]

    In the meantime, about the "symbols change", since the behavior is different, we have set another primary thread to track that "Oversized arrows or other shape borders after save as PDF" issue. Please monitor this thread to get the latest update: Oversized arrows when printing in PowerPoint.

    Best Regards,

    Jim 

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-21T23:33:43+00:00

    YES!  Thank you.  This worked!!!  Nice find

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-21T21:37:48+00:00

    I had the same problem today, and found a solution in the Community support forum. Use Microsoft AutoUpdater to install version 16.15. You may have to join the Office Insider program (check box in Updater window) to get this update.

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