Low-resolution image import from pdf files

[vgolf]

Hello to all,

I prepare presentations in Powerpoint:mac 2004 for viewing through a
Windows laptop. So, when I want to insert a picture from a pdf file
(usually a table) I select it with the graphics select tool in Preview,
I paste it in Word:mac 2004, I save it as picture, and I insert the
file into a Powerpoint slide. All this works, but the resolution of the
imported picture in unacceptable. Is there a way to insert
higher-resolution pictures from pdfs?

Thanks.

(OS X 10.3.9, iMac G4)

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hello to all,

I prepare presentations in Powerpoint:mac 2004 for viewing through a
Windows laptop. So, when I want to insert a picture from a pdf file
(usually a table) I select it with the graphics select tool in Preview,
I paste it in Word:mac 2004, I save it as picture, and I insert the
file into a Powerpoint slide. All this works, but the resolution of the
imported picture in unacceptable. Is there a way to insert
higher-resolution pictures from pdfs?

Yes indeed:

Import PDF content into PowerPoint
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00054.htm

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[vgolf]

Sure, I checked on that. The problem is that if I copy/paste a graphic
into Powerpoint then it will not show on PC (the known QuickTime
compression incompatibility). And if I copy the graphic into Word:mac
2004 in order to save it as picture, then I get horrible resolution. I
have found no other way to save a graphic from a pdf as a picture (I
obviously do not own the full Acrobat professional software). Is there
another way to do it?

Ï/Ç Steve Rindsberg Ýãñáøå:

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Sure, I checked on that. The problem is that if I copy/paste a graphic
into Powerpoint then it will not show on PC (the known QuickTime
compression incompatibility).

Aha, thanks. I didn't know that.

Do you have any sort of image editing program? Try pasting into that and
saving as PNG.


And if I copy the graphic into Word:mac

2004 in order to save it as picture, then I get horrible resolution. I
have found no other way to save a graphic from a pdf as a picture (I
obviously do not own the full Acrobat professional software). Is there
another way to do it?

Ï/Ç Steve Rindsberg Ýãñáøå:

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[CyberTaz]

I'm not certain that it will resolve your problem, but there is a utility
that comes with OS X by the name of Grab. Try using it to capture screen
shots from the PDFs which then get saved as TIFF images. Use Insert>Picture
rather than copy/paste. I think you'll get a better result, although it
still may not be as good as you need.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[vgolf]

Thank you all for the replies.

Actually no, nothing worked quite as it should. I had to borrow a
Windows laptop yesterday to prepare today's presentation. Well, there
is a moto to it: you should choose your platform according to the
programs you use, not the other way around ((c) me).

Ï/Ç CyberTaz Ýãñáøå:

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I'm not certain that it will resolve your problem, but there is a utility
that comes with OS X by the name of Grab. Try using it to capture screen
shots from the PDFs which then get saved as TIFF images. Use Insert>Picture
rather than copy/paste. I think you'll get a better result, although it
still may not be as good as you need.

Good point. It won't give the higher resolution that Acrobat's own Copy to
clipboard will give you, but at least you'll end up with a file that PPT/Win
might be able to read. Um. Unless QT gets its paws on the TIFF you save from
Grab?

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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[CyberTaz]

I don't know of any screen capture s/w that doles out more than 72 ppi, but
there is another nice freeware utility by the name of Capture Me - fewer
features than Grab but it saves in several different formats (PNG, JPEG,
JPEG 2000, Tiff & GIF0) - all at 72 ppi.

I'm pretty certain that the QT issue isn't involved. I've put images in Mac
PPt & opened the files in PC PPt with no apparent degradation. I think QT
most often becomes a problem when stuff is pasted in rather than being
Inserted, but I honestly am not sure.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I don't know of any screen capture s/w that doles out more than 72 ppi,

Same here. And wouldn't really expect it ... capturing the screen after all is
capturing the screen. What it is, it is. ;-)

The thing about the Acrobat trick is that you effectively get a screen shot of
just the selected area from a virtual screen whose size is your screen size TIMES
the current zoom; in effect, you multiply PPI by zoom level. And zoom can go up
to 1600% or so. That's a BIG honkin' screen.

I'm pretty certain that the QT issue isn't involved. I've put images in Mac
PPt & opened the files in PC PPt with no apparent degradation.

In that case, QT's not applying compression. It's not so much that the images are
degraded, it's that if they're QT compressed you can't even SEE 'em on the PC.
Well. Invisibility is a kind of degradation, but ... aw, you know what I mean.


I think QT

most often becomes a problem when stuff is pasted in rather than being
Inserted, but I honestly am not sure.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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[CyberTaz]

... aw, you know what I mean

No, Steve, please elaborate ;>)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

No, Steve, please elaborate ;>)

In the clear light of morning, let me reprase it.

Invisibility = 100% Degradation

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