Can't see old photo in PPT

[RickGreg]

I'm using Powerpoint 2004, latest build on a MB Pro 2.ghz with 4 GB ram.
(but the problem has existed on previous mac systems too)

One of my clients has been using a ppt presentation (they are 100% Windows)
that features a series of large, older photographs. Nobody there seems to
know where the photos originated, how they were digitized, and of course the
originals are MIA.

When I open the file on my mac (or any mac), I can see all but one of the
images. There is just an outline and blank space where the "invisible"
photo is supposed to sit. (I think the photo was grouped with a drawn
rectangle frame and text caption.)

I have tried to PDF the slide, tried to Save as Picture, ungrouped the
grouing... Nothing seems to work.

Meanwhile, if I delete everything in the file except the "image", the file
is 10.2 MB, so clearly there is some data hidden in there. If I delete the
"image", the file size shrinks to where it should be.

I need to access the image to (a) reduce the file size and (b) adjust how it
appears in the presentation.

Any thoughts on what might be happening here?

Thanks!

 

[CyberTaz]

Just a guess, Rick, but I'm thinking that the image is of a type that simply
isn't Mac-supported. One possibility is that it's an old EPS file with a
PC-encoded preview that doesn't provide a display on the Mac. Have you tried
printing the slide to see if the image shows up on paper?

I doubt there's anything you can do in the Mac version of PPt. If it
displays in PPt 2007 someone can right-click it & use Save as Picture to
save a new copy in a bona fide image format, then delete the current image &
insert the new one. That should also reduce the size.

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

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

One of my clients has been using a ppt presentation (they are 100% Windows)
that features a series of large, older photographs. Nobody there seems to
know where the photos originated, how they were digitized, and of course the
originals are MIA.

If you can, have them save the presentation from the Windows version as a web
page (make sure they choose the HTML rather than Single-File/MHM option).
That will create a folder full of support files; among them will be the
original images you're after.


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