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
    2018-06-26T14:10:42+00:00

    This is nothing short of atrocious. I wasted a couple hours yesterday trying to identify and fix this problem while my manager was waiting for me to send him a PDF of a presentation I was working on. Given the severity of this, and how impossible it is to miss, it's mind boggling that Microsoft allowed this to happen, and how slow they are to fix it. Version 16.14 should be pulled completely to avoid the spread of this any further than it already has.

    I can't remember the last time I saw an update break a program this badly. Microsoft should be ashamed of this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-26T14:53:46+00:00

    Hi Olivier,

    We apologize for the inconvenience it caused. Recently we have received some reports about it.

    For the low texts & image quality issue, we also set a primary thread:

    PowerPoint export to PDF has tons of formatting issues

    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.

    Best Regards,

    Tisky

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  3. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP
    2018-06-26T15:48:53+00:00

    Others have reported that this problem is fixed in version 16.15, which is available for Insider Fast. This version will soon be Insider Slow and by the middle of next month a future build of 16.15 will become the general release build.

    It would be helpful if you (or anyone else affected) want to test this version right now and reply with your experience - is it really fixed?

    To get version 16.15 join Insider Fast

    What is Office Insider? - Office Support

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