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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / July 2008Save As Picture - right click
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? 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. On 7/28/08 10:40 AM, in article 59b555f1.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Does that feature exist in the MAC version?  SignatureMickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) Office & Mac Resources: <http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/> 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. On 7/28/08 10:40 AM, in article 59b555f1.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "markB@officeformac.com" wrote: > 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 (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) Office & Mac Resources: > 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 SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are independent experts who are not affiliated with Microsoft. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Visit my blog http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-i7JMeio7cqvhotIUwCzaJWq9 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. ;-) > > 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. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > -Jim ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > Presets? Resolution choices? In 2007? > Where? Near's I can tell, it's WYGIWYG. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > 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 >>> 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, [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ 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 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 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. > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > Yo Jim, > [quoted text clipped - 76 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ 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 SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are independent experts who are not affiliated with Microsoft. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Visit my blog http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-i7JMeio7cqvhotIUwCzaJWq9 > 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. ;-) ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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