Inserting images in PP

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Using PP2002. Have never had the following problem before.

When I insert (by dragging file from Explorer) a JPG file into an open
frame in PowerPoint the colours all go crazy. Sometimes the image
appears in gray scale, some in wild colours, sometimes the image is OK
but the thumbnail is crazy, sometimes the opposite.

Help needed. Many thanks. DaveC
 
The same thing happens. I suspect my installation is corrupt somehow.
I have been having problems with it lately.

Should I uninstall my 2002 version before installing 2003?

Thanks, DaveC
 
First, make sure that your computer's display settings haven't been kicked into
256-color mode for some reason.

Next, try opening the file in Paint and resaving it to a new filename, then use
Insert, Picture, From File to bring that into PPT. Same problem?
 
Steve, I think you hit the jackpot. I reset the video display to 32
bit and the problem seems to have disappeared. By the way the JPGs
were not that large and the strange colour activity was just plain
wierd.

Thanks for your help, much appreciated. Now back to my slide show
presentation.

DaveC
 
Steve, I think you hit the jackpot. I reset the video display to 32
bit and the problem seems to have disappeared. By the way the JPGs
were not that large and the strange colour activity was just plain
wierd.
Click to expand...

The number of colors and the size of the JPGs are two different animals.
But if the JPG contains more than the available 256 colors the display permits,
Windows will "map" the extra colors in the image to the ones it does have
available. Sometimes they're not TOO far off, which gives a kind of
posterized/blocky color effect. Sometimes they're not even close and it looks like
the "trip" scene from a bad psychedelic movie.

Anyhow, glad that's got it fixed.
 
Just to close off this posting;

The solution was only temporary. The wild colors began to happen again
and the display was still 32 bit.

I tried the actual presentation on another computer and it worked
perfectly.

So I deleted the whole Office shebang and installed a new 2003
version. I think there were corruption problems of some kind. I don't
know enough to know!

Thanks, DaveC
 
Just to close off this posting;

The solution was only temporary. The wild colors began to happen again
and the display was still 32 bit.

I tried the actual presentation on another computer and it worked
perfectly.

So I deleted the whole Office shebang and installed a new 2003
version. I think there were corruption problems of some kind. I don't
know enough to know!
Click to expand...


Weird indeed. Fingers crossed that it stays fixed for you.
 
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