Stop automatic compression of pictures in PowerPoint 2007

A reader wrote me the following:

I import graphics from InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. I say import, but sometimes I do copy/paste out of indesign…a NO-NO i’m sure. Anyway, the deck looks great. I send it out to everyone — they make any last minute changes and sometimes send back for me to approve. [...]

August 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Images | %COMMENTS('Leave a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')%

Resizing Your Presentation

Often, resizing your presentation presents no problem. Choose File > Page Setup and choose the new size. But sometimes, especially between 35mm and other settings, your graphics get distorted and misplaced. Here’s how to solve the problem.

If you’ve already changed the page size, change the size back to its original setting. Choose File [...]

November 21st, 2001 | Tags: , , , | Category: Images | %COMMENTS('Leave a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')%

Managing Graphics to Reduce Size

If you have a presentation with many images, you may find that it gets too large to e-mail and may even freeze when you try to deliver. Two causes of this problem are:

BMP image files (which are very large) or JPG photos taken at very high resolution Images on backgrounds or the slide [...]

November 7th, 2001 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Images | %COMMENTS('Leave a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')%