Exporting PP XP to a .gif image - dots on slides

[Katie]

I know there is a known issue when saving a PP XP file as a .gif (the background is all polka dots). Other than switching to .jpg, does anyone have a workaround? Thanks!

 

[Sonia]

The GIF format has only 256 colors. Some things can't be represented with
so few colors. Save the slides as PNG to get a good non-lossy image.
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Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
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I know there is a known issue when saving a PP XP file as a .gif (the

background is all polka dots). Other than switching to .jpg, does anyone
have a workaround? Thanks!

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Katie,

The polka dot effect is probably because, as Sonia has said...gifs only
allow 256 colors.....so powerpoint has to decide what 256 colors to use. So
occasionally powerpoint will make up a color from 2 colors e.g. alternate
red and yellow dots make orange.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
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