converting to Windows metafile weirdness

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Tracy

Hi.

I've noticed that graphics I get that are PowerPoint
originally, which have been imported into Word as .wmf are
woefully whacked out. Specifically vertically set text is
set horizontally. Transparencies disappear. etc. What I do
is go into the original PP file and save as GIF and
reimport into Word.

Why doesn't the wmf conversion work though? I think the
author is cutting and pasting and that converts it to wmf
too - but really this is a common fuction. Why does it
whack out? Is this a version issue? We're on Windows 2000
using Office Suite 2000.

Thanks for any enlightenment.

Tracy
 
I've noticed that graphics I get that are PowerPoint
originally, which have been imported into Word as .wmf are
woefully whacked out. Specifically vertically set text is
set horizontally. Transparencies disappear. etc. What I do
is go into the original PP file and save as GIF and
reimport into Word.

Why doesn't the wmf conversion work though? I think the
author is cutting and pasting and that converts it to wmf
too - but really this is a common fuction. Why does it
whack out? Is this a version issue? We're on Windows 2000
using Office Suite 2000.
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Woefully Whacked ... I need a t-shirt that says that on the front.

WMF is a fairly primitive graphics format that was pretty well finalized way
back in the Windows 3 days (or maybe even earlier). Graphics programs
didn't do a fraction of what they do now. WMF really isn't up to handling
all the stuff programs can do nowadays.

Rather than saving as GIF, I'd save as PNG, myself. Or select the slide in
Sorter view, copy it, then Paste into Word.

One of the two should do it for you, I think.
 
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