Save As Picture - right click

[markB]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Power Point for the PC has a feature that allows you to highlight an object, right click and Save as a Picture in many formats (jpeg etc.).

Does that feature exist in the MAC version?

 

[Mickey Stevens]

Yes, you can save as picture by Control-clicking (or right-clicking, if
available) on objects in PowerPoint for Mac. I believe you can save as GIF,
JPG, BMP, PICT, and PNG.

 

[Mark]

Yes but do you save the object as a picture (as you do with the PC command) or do you save the slide? I am interested in saving the object.

Yes, you can save as picture by Control-clicking (or right-clicking, if
available) on objects in PowerPoint for Mac. I believe you can save as
GIF, JPG, BMP, PICT, and PNG.

Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) > Processor:

Intel > > Power Point for the PC has a feature that allows you to highlight
an object, > right click and Save as a Picture in many formats (jpeg etc.).




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[Jim Gordon MVP]

Yes but do you save the object as a picture (as you do with the PC command) or do you save the slide? I am interested in saving the object.

Hi,

On Mac PowerPoint you can do either or both.

Use File > Save As and choose what file format you want to save the
current slide or the entire presentation as a series of pictures. This
is the same as Windows.

Right-click on an object, such as a picture, graph, or drawing object.

As for choosing the resolution of the resulting picture, the kinks still
haven't been completely worked out. Mac PowerPoint introduced the
capability of choosing resolution in v.X (that was 2001). Seven years
later this capability was ported as a "new" feature for Windows
PowerPoint users in PowerPoint 2007.

Even if you have the latest Windows version you're still bested by Mac
PowerPoint, which lets you save at higher resolution than Windows
(critical for publication quality - particularly graphs). Mac PowerPoint
lets you pick any resolution within a given range (instead of just 4 or
so presets on Windows PowerPoint). There are some bugs, though, and I
suspect the Windows team is waiting for Microsoft's MacBU to fix them
before porting the whole shebang over to Windows.

-Jim

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[Steve Rindsberg]

Presets? Resolution choices? In 2007?
Where? Near's I can tell, it's WYGIWYG.
You get what it decides to give you.

OTOH, with Windows PPT & VBA you can choose pretty much any resolution you want.
(and get some really *ugly* images of text unless you stick with PPT 2000, go figure)

I fear you're giving the Windows version too much credit in this department, sir. ;-)

Hi,

On Mac PowerPoint you can do either or both.

Use File > Save As and choose what file format you want to save the
current slide or the entire presentation as a series of pictures. This
is the same as Windows.

Right-click on an object, such as a picture, graph, or drawing object.

As for choosing the resolution of the resulting picture, the kinks still
haven't been completely worked out. Mac PowerPoint introduced the
capability of choosing resolution in v.X (that was 2001). Seven years
later this capability was ported as a "new" feature for Windows
PowerPoint users in PowerPoint 2007.

Even if you have the latest Windows version you're still bested by Mac
PowerPoint, which lets you save at higher resolution than Windows
(critical for publication quality - particularly graphs). Mac PowerPoint
lets you pick any resolution within a given range (instead of just 4 or
so presets on Windows PowerPoint). There are some bugs, though, and I
suspect the Windows team is waiting for Microsoft's MacBU to fix them
before porting the whole shebang over to Windows.

-Jim

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[Jim Gordon MVP]

Presets? Resolution choices? In 2007?
Where? Near's I can tell, it's WYGIWYG.
You get what it decides to give you.

OTOH, with Windows PPT & VBA you can choose pretty much any resolution you want.
(and get some really *ugly* images of text unless you stick with PPT 2000, go figure)

I fear you're giving the Windows version too much credit in this department, sir. ;-)

Hi Steve,

In Windows PPT 2007, on the Pictures tab if you choose Compression, the
settings there affect the size of the output. Set compression to 96 dpi
and then right-click on a picture, save it as a picture and viola! you
get a 96 dpi picture.

Change the compression setting to 220 and repeat the save process.
Viola! You get a picture that's 150 dpi.

I didn't try the 150 dpi setting to see what that does.

There are only 3 choices in the compression dialog. I didn't save a
picture without compressing it first to see what that does.

Well, I know it's not perfect, but it does seem to work in Win PPT after
a fashion.

-Jim

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Yo Jim,

In Windows PPT 2007, on the Pictures tab if you choose Compression, the
settings there affect the size of the output. Set compression to 96 dpi
and then right-click on a picture, save it as a picture and viola! you
get a 96 dpi picture.

Change the compression setting to 220 and repeat the save process.
Viola! You get a picture that's 150 dpi.

This needs a bit more testing, I think. I'm getting different results.

I think what might be going on is along these lines:

When you apply compression to a given image, it may or may not be changed.
If it's a rather large image but you've made it small in the PPT file, the change is immediate
and obvious when you apply compression, especially if you then enlarge the image.

But if you choose a high DPI compression level on an image that's not too big (in pixels) but is
large on screen, it won't be compressed. For example, if you set 220 dpi compresssion on a
1024x768 screen capture, it probably won't do anything to the image if it's over 4.65 inches wide
(1024 / 220).

The compression takes place immediately. Or not (as above). I figure the compression setting
does affect the Save As Picture quality, but indirectly; it's already changed the image in PPT,
so of course the exported image is different.

Also, I don't find that it's reversible ... that is, take that same 1024x768 screenshot, reduce
it to an inch wide or so, set compression to 96dpi. Now enlarge it to fill the slide. Fuzzy, as
you might expect. Now try to get the lost resolution back. Other than via Undo, no can do. ;-)

I didn't try the 150 dpi setting to see what that does.

There are only 3 choices in the compression dialog. I didn't save a
picture without compressing it first to see what that does.

Well, I know it's not perfect, but it does seem to work in Win PPT after
a fashion.

-Jim

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

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Yo Jim,


This needs a bit more testing, I think. I'm getting different results.

I think what might be going on is along these lines:

When you apply compression to a given image, it may or may not be changed.
If it's a rather large image but you've made it small in the PPT file, the change is immediate
and obvious when you apply compression, especially if you then enlarge the image.

But if you choose a high DPI compression level on an image that's not too big (in pixels) but is
large on screen, it won't be compressed. For example, if you set 220 dpi compresssion on a
1024x768 screen capture, it probably won't do anything to the image if it's over 4.65 inches wide
(1024 / 220).

The compression takes place immediately. Or not (as above). I figure the compression setting
does affect the Save As Picture quality, but indirectly; it's already changed the image in PPT,
so of course the exported image is different.

Also, I don't find that it's reversible ... that is, take that same 1024x768 screenshot, reduce
it to an inch wide or so, set compression to 96dpi. Now enlarge it to fill the slide. Fuzzy, as
you might expect. Now try to get the lost resolution back. Other than via Undo, no can do. ;-)





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Hopefully no one will get any more bright ideas like "new drawing
engine" this time around. Maybe some of these rough edges can be smoothed.

-Jim

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Mac MVP

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[Steve Rindsberg]

Hopefully no one will get any more bright ideas like "new drawing
engine" this time around. Maybe some of these rough edges can be smoothed.

AMEN!

I think we can count on that. One major round of growing pains per decade is enough
for anyone. I look forward to a couple versions of consolidation. ;-)

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