Exporting slides as Black and White metafiles

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David Cox

In PowerPoint 2000 I could open a presentation then select View/Master/Title
Master then select View/Black and White then select File/Save As/*.wmf and
it would turn all the slides into black and white metafiles which fit out
business needs. Now when opening the same presentation in PowerPoint2003
there is no Title Master option in the View/Master menu. If I choose Slide
Master then select Insert/New Title Master is grayed out. If I just view the
Slide Master in Black and White it still exports the *.wmf as color slides.
 
In PowerPoint 2000 I could open a presentation then select View/Master/Title
Master then select View/Black and White then select File/Save As/*.wmf and
it would turn all the slides into black and white metafiles which fit out
business needs.
Click to expand...

You didn't really need to change views. Just do View, Black and White from
normal or other view.

This useful feature was actually a bug, or at least something that wasn't
according to design in PPT. So MS fixed it. It will no longer export images
in B/W even if you're viewing the slides in B/W.

I'd visit this link and let MS know that you'd like this feat ... bug ... er
... design anomaly ... back. Pronto. And explain why you need it, how you
used to use it and the likely cost since there's no easy workaround.

Contact Microsoft: Use MSWish to request features, report problems, etc.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00545.htm

If you can use PNGs rather than WMFs, a workaround is to export PNGs then run
them through a batch converter like IrfanView (free! www.irfanview.com) to turn
them into b/w images.

If you absolutely need WMFs I don't know of any simple way to get there.
Now when opening the same presentation in PowerPoint2003
there is no Title Master option in the View/Master menu. If I choose Slide
Master then select Insert/New Title Master is grayed out.
Click to expand...

That works a little differently. If Insert, New Title Master is grayed out, it
means that there's already a Title Master. In the pane to the left of the
slide master view, you should see at least one thumbnail with a line connecting
it to another thumbnail. That's the SlideMaster and TitleMaster. They sort of
travel as an umbilically connected set.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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