Illustrator vector file

[Lynn]

Hi,
First of all, I am clueless on any Microsoft product. How can you get an
Illustrator file into Mac Powerpoint X and keep transparency and crisp type?
Basically, I am trying to insert a company logo created in Illustrator into
Powerpoint. Can't insert an eps file. I have even dragged into Powerpoint but
it is fuzzy.


Thanks for any help

Lynn

 

[JPenSuisse]

HI Lynn,

I'm not expert but can maybe share what I have noticed:

1.) After a certain size, Powerpoint seems to import things as some
kind of a bitmap like picture. I.e., the vectors get "lost".

2.) What I do, and it works only some times, I export the file from
Illustrator (I use CS) as a -.wmf file. Then import it. Once in a
while it looks okay, but when I print the slide the printed version
may not look right.

3.) IN this process there is one thing I don't understand. I need an
import filter to import the -.wmf file which is included in Powerpoint
2004. Why do I need an import filter if -.wmf is a "Microsoft"
format? And I assume using "-.wmf" will create a file more compatible
with PC machines.

Cheers, John

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

3.) IN this process there is one thing I don't understand. I need an

import filter to import the -.wmf file which is included in Powerpoint
2004. Why do I need an import filter if -.wmf is a "Microsoft"
format? And I assume using "-.wmf" will create a file more compatible
with PC machines.

WMF is a very Windows-specific format (in some respects, WMF is to Windows as
PICT is to Mac) so a native Mac version of PPT isn't necessarily able to
support it directly.

As far as compatibility, yes. If you can represent the graphic in WMF, PPT can
generally handle it nicely, on either platform. Better yet, import it, ungroup
it, check for problems, then regroup. That turns it into PPT-native shapes,
which should travel back and forth perfectly.

One other trick: WMF doesn't support gradients. When you export to WMF, the
app has to turn gradients into bazillions of individual shapes, which makes
editing them later in PPT a horror. If you expect to do any editing in PPT,
fill shapes with flat color then apply gradients later in PPT.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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[conejoe]

I'm having a similar problem. If you find a solution, please post it.
Good luck!