Getting Vectors into PowerPoint ?

[Phil]

Is there any way, other then via a font, to get vector
work into PowerPoint so it can be used as a shape?

Some way to get an Adobe Illustrator file in would be
ideal.

Thanks!

- PM

 

[Austin Myers]

How about a WMF (windows meta file)?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[Phil]

How about a WMF (windows meta file)?

What vector art or design programs output a WMF? The Adobe
and Autodesk programs don't seem to.

Or is there another conversion program that will convert
a .AI or .DXF or .EPS into a WMF?

- PM

 

[Echo S]

Can't remember, but doesn't Illo have an Export option? Try that instead
of a plain ol' Save As. (I think Save As only gives you AI or EPS as
options.)

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

What vector art or design programs output a WMF? The Adobe

and Autodesk programs don't seem to.

Both do. I can't recall whether Illustrator wants you to Save As or to
Export, but it'll make WMFs. I worked with a guy to convert bazillions of
CAD drawings into linked PDF files; one step along the way was exporting
somehow to WMF and bringing that into Corel Draw for editing and re-export.

Corel Draw, by the way, will do EMF, WMF and many other formats.

 

[Austin Myers]

Adobe I am uncertain of but AutoCad does it nicely.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[Phil]

Thanks for the help everyone, but I'm still not having any
luck -

Illustrator exports to EMF (not WMF) but that comes into
PPT as a bitmap. AutoCAD exports to WMF but that only
comes in as a bitmap as well.

I don't have CorelDraw, but can someone please confirm
that you can export some format forom Corel that comes
into PPT as a SHAPE - where it's vertices can be edited in
PPT?

A bitmap\picture\pixels isn't of any use in my case.

Thanks!

- Phil

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Illustrator exports to EMF (not WMF) but that comes into

PPT as a bitmap.

What's in the Illustrator file to begin with? If you start with bitmap
graphics, they'll stay that way.

How've you determined that it's a bitmap in PowerPoint?
Tried ungrouping it? It sounds as though that's your problem here and with
AutoCAD.

When you first import a graphic of any sort, it comes in as a single picture
shape.
Until you ungroup it (which converts it into individual PPT shapes) you
can't edit the individual components. Once you ungroup it (you might have
to do this several times) you can.

AutoCAD exports to WMF but that only
comes in as a bitmap as well.

I don't have CorelDraw, but can someone please confirm
that you can export some format forom Corel that comes
into PPT as a SHAPE - where it's vertices can be edited in
PPT?

As above. EMF/WMF exported from Draw will come in as a picture that must be
ungrouped before you can edit it.

 

[Austin Myers]

Thanks for the help everyone, but I'm still not having any
luck -

Illustrator exports to EMF (not WMF) but that comes into
PPT as a bitmap. AutoCAD exports to WMF but that only
comes in as a bitmap as well.

Hmm, what version of AutoCAD are you using. I have Release 13 and above and
they all do it.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[Bob Levine]

Thanks for the help everyone, but I'm still not having any
luck -

Illustrator exports to EMF (not WMF) but that comes into
PPT as a bitmap. AutoCAD exports to WMF but that only
comes in as a bitmap as well.

I don't have CorelDraw, but can someone please confirm
that you can export some format forom Corel that comes
into PPT as a SHAPE - where it's vertices can be edited in
PPT?

A bitmap\picture\pixels isn't of any use in my case.

Thanks!

- Phil

Copy and paste from Corel Draw and then ungroup in PowerPoint. This
doesn't work from Illustrator.

Bob

 

[TonyRamos]

Hi Phil,

I use Illustrator 9.0 and PPT 2002 on WinXP. In Illustrator, I export
to EMF, import the EMF into PPT, and select Draw | Ungroup | Yes.

Depending on the vector image, I might ungroup once again, but I get
node-editable PPT shapes consistently when I follow this method.

The key here, I think, is that this method depends entirely upon on
what version of PPT you are using. (Over time, PPT has become much
better at handling imported graphics. Back in the day, EPS in PPT made
me shudder...)

HTH,
Tony

Tony Ramos
Specialist in PowerPoint Presentation Design
http://tonyramos.com