reformating JPEG images for PowerPoint.

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How can I convert/reformat JPEG images for a PowerPoint Slide show? I am
not a computer genius!
 
..JPG images do not need any conversion for use in PowerPoint. Just use Insert |
Picture | From file... and navigate to your jpg image.

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How can I convert/reformat JPEG images for a PowerPoint Slide show? I am
not a computer genius!
 
Squirrel,

1st question back to you.... why would you want to convert / reformat JPEG
images for a powerpoint slideshow. i.e. Why do you ask?

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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TAJ Simmons said:
Squirrel,

1st question back to you.... why would you want to convert / reformat JPEG
images for a powerpoint slideshow. i.e. Why do you ask?

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com



!. My grand-daughter wants to have a PowerPoint slide show of our holiday.
2. Having started to try to do it I have become obstinate!
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If you open PowerPoint and start a new presentation, then you go to Insert >
Picture > Picture from File, you can then browse to the location of your JPGs
and select one. It will be inserted on the slide. Is this not working for you?

Please tell us more about the problem that you are encountering.
 
I can think of one big problem. It does not seem possible to link to a jpg
file, so the ppt needs to be manually updated, whereas a bmp file can be
linked to and updates the ppt automatically. True?
 
I can think of one big problem. It does not seem possible to link to a jpg
file, so the ppt needs to be manually updated, whereas a bmp file can be
linked to and updates the ppt automatically. True?
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I don't think so.

Use Insert, Picture, From File.
Choose your picture.
Instead of clicking Insert, click the little arrowhead just to the right of Insert
and pick "Link to File" from the popup menu.
 
Reason for reformatting JPEG/JPG images into a powerpoint could simply be to
move one powerpoint presentation from a secret network onto a Non-secret
network. When doing this, we have to use a process that only converts
JPEG/JPG file formats and NOT .ppt formats, therefore when we put the
document back together, is there a way to convert the JPEG/JPG file into a
slide that can be text edited?
 
Reason for reformatting JPEG/JPG images into a powerpoint could simply be to
move one powerpoint presentation from a secret network onto a Non-secret
network. When doing this, we have to use a process that only converts
JPEG/JPG file formats and NOT .ppt formats, therefore when we put the
document back together, is there a way to convert the JPEG/JPG file into a
slide that can be text edited?
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Beef + Veggies + Potatos --> Stew

That's easy.

Stew --> Beef + Veggies + Potatos

Not easy.

And with jpgs, you have a picture of stew, not even the real thing.

A JPG is just a collection of colored dots arranged to look like text or whatever else is in
the picture. There's no text there.

That said, OCR (optical character recognition) software's pretty good at some types of
picture to text conversion. You could then paste the OCR'd text into PPT slides.

Still messy, manual ... lots of work.

If you're converting PPTs to JPGS and need to go back, honestly, I'd reconsider the
workflow, because this is a non-starter.
 
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