Imported graphic files don't display on different machine

[Guest]

I've checked out the FAQ, and tried the online help to no avail, so I'm hoping someone here can help me.
A recent presentation included a number of graphic images that I captured, principally from Acrobat files (using Acrobat 6's Copy Image function) and then pasted onto the Powerpoint presentation. Two unusual things happened
1. When first pasted, they were extremely small - as small as they could possibly be. No big deal, I just resized them, and we were cooking with gas
2. When I played the presentation back on another computer (in front of an audience of course) all of these graphics had been resized smaller, so the page layout was entirely wrong, particularly when I had overlayed things like autoshapes and the like. I suspected it might be a resolution difference issue between the two machines, but I now think it might have something to do with not saving the images locally before pasting them in. I have no real valid reason for thinking this though and would like some help as I don't have access to a second machine to test the presentations before I do it again in a few days
Thanks in advance
Rod Whitele
P.S. If you wanted to email a response, use Rod_Whiteley=AT=hotmail.com, replacing the '=AT=' with '@' of course

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Ahhh, the curse of the cut and paste strikes.

Rod, I'm sorry you are having problems. I'd guess they are a result of the
technique you used to get the pictures into PowerPoint. I'd recommend
saving the pictures to the hard drive, then inserting them via Insert |
Picture from file... instead of C&P.

By the way, excellent work in checking the FAQ first.


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I've checked out the FAQ, and tried the online help to no avail, so I'm

hoping someone here can help me.

A recent presentation included a number of graphic images that I captured,

principally from Acrobat files (using Acrobat 6's Copy Image function) and
then pasted onto the Powerpoint presentation. Two unusual things happened:

1. When first pasted, they were extremely small - as small as they could

possibly be. No big deal, I just resized them, and we were cooking with gas.

2. When I played the presentation back on another computer (in front of an

audience of course) all of these graphics had been resized smaller, so the
page layout was entirely wrong, particularly when I had overlayed things
like autoshapes and the like. I suspected it might be a resolution
difference issue between the two machines, but I now think it might have
something to do with not saving the images locally before pasting them in. I
have no real valid reason for thinking this though and would like some help
as I don't have access to a second machine to test the presentations before
I do it again in a few days.

Thanks in advance,
Rod Whiteley
P.S. If you wanted to email a response, use Rod_Whiteley=AT=hotmail.com,

replacing the '=AT=' with '@' of course.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

A recent presentation included a number of graphic images that I captured,
principally from Acrobat files (using Acrobat 6's Copy Image function)

Where on the menus do you find that? I'm using Tools, Basic, SnapShot tool to
select and put graphics on the clipboard.

That lets me copy the image into PPT and I get an embedded image, the same as I'd
get by using Insert, Picture, From File. And they come into PPT2003 at reasonble
sizes.

It sounds as though the method you're using is setting up an OLE link to the
original, which might well be the problem.


and then pasted onto the Powerpoint presentation. Two unusual things happened:

1. When first pasted, they were extremely small - as small as they could

possibly be. No big deal, I just resized them, and we were cooking with gas.

2. When I played the presentation back on another computer (in front of an

audience of course) all of these graphics had been resized smaller, so the page
layout was entirely wrong, particularly when I had overlayed things like
autoshapes and the like. I suspected it might be a resolution difference issue
between the two machines, but I now think it might have something to do with not
saving the images locally before pasting them in. I have no real valid reason for
thinking this though and would like some help as I don't have access to a second
machine to test the presentations before I do it again in a few days.

Thanks in advance,
Rod Whiteley
P.S. If you wanted to email a response, use Rod_Whiteley=AT=hotmail.com,

replacing the '=AT=' with '@' of course.