Importing .wmf

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Tony Tyner

Hi all,
Really enjoyed PowerPoint LIVE!!!
Don't know if this is a powerpoint problem but here goes...

We are changing are company logo and the agency creating
it is using Adobe Illustrator. I've asked them to provide
us with the standard eps for print and wmf for windows
applications. The problem is with the wmf. The export
function of illustrator turns the curves the letters c and
O in our name (Nalco) to many small straight lines connect
by 10's of dots. While it prints fine it looks like crap
in PowerPoint.

Has anyone had experience with this? Perhaps we need to
use only the jpg version? Does Illustrator have the
ability to export with more segments to smooth out the
curves?

Thanks.

Tony
 
Tony Tyner said:
it is using Adobe Illustrator. I've asked them to provide
us with the standard eps for print and wmf for windows
applications.
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Get them to provide you with a transparent .gif. That will allow you to
use it on any background with out that annoying white rectangle behind it.
My second choice would be the .jpg. I've found .wmf to work okay for
importing things like CAD drawings, but I'd expect it to be short of the
mark for a logo.

Joe F.
 
but I'd expect it to be short of the
mark for a logo.
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That little color-limitation thing, right?


"eps for print and wmf for windows"

So, how do you print? :-) Seriously, .eps is great in Windows, I use our
eps logo all the time. But I never use wmf, they kinda stink.

What I have done is create a couple different-sized tiffs, a little jpg for
web and Powerpoint, and a couple transparent (alpha-channel) tiffs for Ppt
opening screens.

Then I have all white versions and all black versions for use on multicolor
backgrounds.

For most regular office staff, a small tif works.

John O
 
Transparent PNGs may offer you greater flexibility than trasnparent GIFs
since GIF don't hold resolution info and are limited in colors.

In your bit-map or vector application (if your create your own transparent
bimaps) you may also want to created transparenct files which are
antialiased to a background color or gradient fill that is identical to that
used in your presentation. This may help in reducing any "haloing" around
the edges of your transparent PNGs or GIFs.
 
Hi Tony,

Tony Tyner said:
Hi all,
Really enjoyed PowerPoint LIVE!!!
Don't know if this is a powerpoint problem but here goes...

We are changing are company logo and the agency creating
it is using Adobe Illustrator. I've asked them to provide
us with the standard eps for print and wmf for windows
applications. The problem is with the wmf. The export
function of illustrator turns the curves the letters c and
O in our name (Nalco) to many small straight lines connect
by 10's of dots. While it prints fine it looks like crap
in PowerPoint.

Has anyone had experience with this? Perhaps we need to
use only the jpg version? Does Illustrator have the
ability to export with more segments to smooth out the
curves?

Thanks.

Tony
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I assume that the agency uses Macs while you are working with Windows PCs.
WMF files are a Microsoft Windows file format, Macs don't handle them very
well.

If they have PowerPoint installed on their Macs, there might be another
possibility: Copy/paste the (large) logo from Illustrator directly to
PowerPoint and save the PowerPoint file. On your Windows computer open the
PowerPoint file, right click on the image and choose "Save as image". Then
save it as a WMF file.

I would always prefer saving a logo in a vector file format like WMF instead
of bitmap file like GIF, JPG or PNG, because WMF is scalable and often of
smaller file size.

We used the copy/paste method for a map and circular text recently and it
worked well. Text has to be "vectorized" to transform it to an image,
because Mac and PC fonts are different.

Kind regards,
Ute
 
I'm not an Illustrator user other than by force, and don't have the latest
version in any case.
But this business of text becoming a series of straight lines is due to the
text in the Illo drawing getting converted to curves either by the Illo user
deliberately or during the WMF export.

See if Illo has the option not to do this. If it doesn't, then it might be
possible to get the same drawing into Corel Draw, which does let you choose
whether text is converted to curves or left as text.

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