Mac to PC

[Gatsby003]

Hi --

I currently have a client who needs .ppt for use on his PC as opposed to
the PDFs that we've been sending prior to presentation. There have been a
couple of errors in the translation:

Pictures that have been copied and pasted, even though I know they are
jpeg or gif, don't come through.

The bullet points used in my template are from Zapf Dingbats, and don't
appear correctly.

One of the members of our client team who is somewhat of a techie
recommended buying/downloading Post Scripts, but I'm not really sure what
this means.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Gatsby,

The first step is to determine what versions of PowerPoint are involved.
Next, make sure that you have updated your versions and that the PC
side has updated their versions.

It's hard to comment about fonts when the versions of PowerPoint are
unknown.

-Jim

 

[Gatsby003]

The Mac version is 2004. Not 100% sure what version is on the other end,
but most likely 2000 or 2003

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Pictures that have been copied and pasted, even though I know they are
jpeg or gif, don't come through.

They're not really jpeg or gif if they've been copy/pasted.
Use Insert, Picture, From File instead. That should prevent the problem.

The bullet points used in my template are from Zapf Dingbats, and don't
appear correctly.

Most computers don't have Zapf Dingbats installed. Try Wingdings instead;
it's more likely to be on both Macs with PPT and on most PCs.

One of the members of our client team who is somewhat of a techie
recommended buying/downloading Post Scripts, but I'm not really sure what
this means.

PostScript is a printer language. Certain types of fonts that are designed
specifically for use with PostScript (PS) printers are sometimes called
PostScript or Type1 fonts. Zapf Dingbats is one of these.

The PC user could purchase Zapf Dingbats (from adobe.com -- the online store
there is one place that sells PS fonts) and install them fairly easily if they
have Windows 2000 or XP. If they use an earlier version, it all gets much more
complex.

Again, if you use Wingdings instead, it should solve the problem with much less
trouble for all.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Gatsby003]

Thanks for the advice. This unfortunately brought on another problem...

When I imported a picture, which I had created in Adobe Illustrator, the
coloring became COMPLETELY different. Does anyone know why this happens,
and if so, how to fix it?

Thanks so much to everyone who has been helping -- this is a real life
saver!!!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

When I imported a picture, which I had created in Adobe Illustrator, the
coloring became COMPLETELY different. Does anyone know why this happens,
and if so, how to fix it?

Not w/o more details. What version of Illustrator, in what format was the file
saved and did you import it via Insert, Picture, From File?

Try saving from Illustrator as, say, PNG and using that.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Gatsby003]

The version of Illustrator is 10.0.3. The file was saved as a .jpeg. And
I did import via Insert, Picture, From File.

If I exported from Illustrator in PNG as you suggest, will this come
through ok on a PC?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The version of Illustrator is 10.0.3. The file was saved as a .jpeg. And
I did import via Insert, Picture, From File.

In that case, you're doing the right stuff.

Are the colors specified as PMS or CMYK in Illustrator by any chance?
They'll get converted to RGB either in the save to JPG or in importing to PPT.
That can have quite an effect on the colors.

If that's the problem, using PNG rather than JPG probably won't help.
Starting with RGB in Illustrator in the first place might be the ticket.

If I exported from Illustrator in PNG as you suggest, will this come
through ok on a PC?

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Gatsby003]

The colors were specified in Illustrator as CMYK, however, when I look at
the .jpeg in Apple Preview, it looks perfect. And when I do copy and
paste from preview, it also looks perfect.

Thanks for the help Steve (and anyone else who may add in later).

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The colors were specified in Illustrator as CMYK, however, when I look at
the .jpeg in Apple Preview, it looks perfect.

There may be color management software at work there, or ???

But PowerPoint doesn't do color management; you get a raw CMYK to RGB
conversion. It's always best to convert to RGB before letting PPT at it.


And when I do copy and

paste from preview, it also looks perfect.

Thanks for the help Steve (and anyone else who may add in later).

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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