Outputting rotated bitmaps to PDF

[Kevin]

I'm running PPT 2003 on XP.

I have a presentation where one bitmap graphic has been rotated. When I
try to output it to a PDF, using the Acrobat printer or outputing a
PostScript file and using Distiller, I get the same crappy results. It
looks like it was turned into a super-low res graphic and none of the
text in it is even close to readable.

I'm not sure if the original format of the graphic file. It's either a
GIF, JPEG, or was cut/pasted from another PPT file in which case who
knows. But, I think it's a GIF.

I've tried various settings in Acrobat for compression, etc.

I tried the trick where you cut the graphic and paste special in a
different format -- some of these improved it, but none fixed it.

Is this just a limitation or is there a solution other than rotating
the graphic in Photoshop?

thanks,
Kevin

 

[Kevin]

Has anything else been done to the graphic (ie, has it been made transparent?)

No. I learned the transparency lesson a while ago. Originally had a PPT
shadow, but turning that off didn't matter. I even rebuilt the graphic
as a PNG to see how a different format would fair, and not so good
either.

If you can spin out a file with just this slide in it, I'd be happy to have a
look. Email to steve atsign pptools dot com and include a reminder in the
body
of the email of what this is about; also let me know your Acrobat version.

I'll take you up on your offer, although I've already worked around it
by rotating it in Photoshop -- bigger graphic but it works.

Acrobat 5.

thanks,
Kevin

 

[Kevin]

Hi Kevin,


To fix:

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Ahhhhhhh..................

Gee, and it was so obvious. Why didn't I think of that.