best method to add pictures

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What the best method to add pictures in Power Point to get good on-screen
viewing and quality printing of slide shows.
 
If high quality printing is of great concern, then make sure all your
graphics are 300 dpi (or at least 150 dpi) -- then insert them in PowerPoint.

If you are using PowerPoint 2007, it may perform automatic compression to
keep file sizes low -- to prevent that, look at this article:

http://www.scrapbookpresentations.com/ideas/disableimagecompression.html

On a related note, all the graphics you can download for free from the above
site are 300 dpi.

Finally, do remember that most users find the concept of using high-res 300
dpi graphics in PowerPoint a useless bloat since PowerPoint won't show those
extra pixels while shown onscreen or projected. So unless you really need
that high quality print output, you can get away with using 72 dpi or 96 dpi
as well.
 
cayce

for on-screen work aim for the same pixel count as the screen you are using
(or the projector)

eg. if your screen/projector is set to 1024x768 pixels, then aim for the
same pixels/resolution for your images.
Ignore any talk about dpi - when working with on-screen images

There's a tutorial on this (for on-screen use) at
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointgraphics.htm


For printing aim for tripe that!

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
Microsoft Powerpoint MVP

http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
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Ok..I understand the resolution concept discussed here. What I also want to
understand is the best process to use to add pictures (copy/paste vs insert>
picture> from file). Here's why I ask.

I expected that if you just copy/paste an image from a Power Point file to
another slide show or into Word, you would be getting a screen low-resolution
version of the copied/pasted image. Instead, what I found was that when I
copied from PP 2007 into Word 2007, the pasted image, besides retaining its
displayed size from the slideshow, also retained the ability to grow 76%
larger, which was its original size when first placed in the PP slide. In
Word, when I chose reset picture, it did grow 76% larger.

So, does Power Point treat images files differently than Word 2007? I've
learned from the Word forum that Word uses import filters when you choose
insert> picture> from file, I believe to give the best result for the file
type. Further, if you simply copy/paste, you are getting a screen
low-resolution version of the original picture. Perhaps using insert picture
is not as critical to PP and a simple copy/paste will work.

I'm trying to gain a better understanding of how PP treats images.

Thanks for furthering my education!
 
Steve...thanks for the update. An OLE object is exactly what I get when I
choose insert> object into a MS application...right? I get how that can
bloat the file.

Can you please expand on what the "other effects you might not want"
involve? I ask because I would like to give examples to the people I support
about the "so what" of NOT using copy/paste. They are more receptive when you
can give them details. Further, does PP use import filters as does Word?

thanks again.

Peace
 
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