On 16/07/2005, at 1:02 PM, James Devenish wrote:
Hi,
I've decided to give Microsoft PowerPoint a go, even though I would
normally avoid it like the plague. Having done all the text for my
presentation, I am now inserting the graphics. And there is a problem.
All my standard images are (and have for years been) in PDF. However,
Microsoft software (unlike every other piece of software on the
planet)
has never liked using PDF. For instance, when I place my graphics into
PowerPoint, all the PDFs are displayed with a (false) white
background.
The background of the PDF images should be displayed empty (i.e. the
underlying objects should show through). Does anyone know what I
can do
to fix this? I have already checked that 'Fill' is set to 'No Fill' in
PowerPoint. Transparency is not the answer either.
Hi James,
This might be of interest to you. I found it at this link: <http://
www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00054.htm>
If you have PowerPoint X on your Mac
In PowerPoint X, you can simply click the Insert Picture From File
button on the Drawing toolbar (or select Insert, Picture, From File
from the main menu bar). Then choose your PDF and click OK.
Open your PDF in Reader.
If you have Reader 5 or earlier
Choose the Graphics Select Tool from the toolbar (click and hold the
toolbar button to the right of the zoom tool; when the flyout menu
appears, click the rightmost button on it).
Use the Graphics Select Tool to drag a rectangle surrounding the area
of the page you'd like to use in your PowerPoint presentation.
Choose Edit, Copy or press Ctrl+C, then switch to PowerPoint and
choose Edit, Paste or press Ctrl+V to paste a copy of the selected
area of the PDF file into your presentation.
If the result is too low-rez, switch back to Reader and without
changing anything else, type a higher zoom percentage into the zoom
text box at the lower left of the Reader window, then re-do the copy
and paste into PowerPoint.
If you have Reader 6
Use the snapshot tool (a camera icon with a dotted line around it on
the Basic toolbar), drag the crosshairs to draw a box around area you
want to copy. The snapshot tool automatically copies the selected
area to the clipboard; you can then paste it into PowerPoint. If you
want higher resolution, zoom in on the image while it's still
selected, then rightclick it and choose "Copy Selected Graphic"
Don't get too frisky with the zoom trick. If you zoom in too close,
you can put so much data on the clipboard that it brings your system
to its knees. Start at a fairly low zoom setting like 200% and work
your way up to a value that works well for you.
Cheers,
Ronni
When Microsoft asks you, "Where do you want to go today?" Tell them,
"Apple!"
