PNGs vanish from slides when printing

[nhaims]

Whenever I print PPT slides (to a real printer or to PDF writer), the
imported PNGs on my slides disappear and do not show up in the print.
Has anyone ever experienced this? Is there a setting in PPT for this?

 

[PPTMagician]

Hi,

What version of PowerPoint? Have you applied all service packs?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00079.htm

Glenna

 

[nhaims]

I am running PPT 2003 and have not installed the last 2 service packs:
they have been causing problems on other computers in my company and I
have no issues that they would ostensibly fix--except maybe this one?

The PNGs were created on a Mac (Photoshop) and inserted the correct
way. The other PNG issue I had previously was when a color profile was
associated with the PNG, it would appear with a black or white box
around it on CERTAIN PCs, although not mine. This was a major snafu
that we discovered in a crisis moment when a presentation was moved
to another computer for playback. I've written up a whole issue paper
on this one if anyone is interested. (The solution is to make sure
that "Don't color manage this document" is set when creating the PNG
on the Mac.)

 

[Sonia]

Service Packs for Windows and Office are different matters. If you are running
PowerPoint 2003 and haven't applied Service Pack 1 for Office (there is only
one), you can expect to have problems like disappearing images. Go to Help >
Check for Updates and follow the links to Check for Updates.