Visio flowchart in PowerPoint prints solid black

[BMac]

Imported flowcharts, one color and one B&W. Both display solid black blobs
which are unreadable.

 

[Ute Simon]

Which version of PowerPoint and which version of Visio are you using?

How did you import them? If via copy and paste, try Paste special as WMF or
EMF.

Do they show black on-screen or only in print? If the latter, try printing
grayscale, never pure b/w.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[BMac]

Ute:

Using version 2003 of both.

Used copy and paste so that the original Visio files can be opened and
edited from within PowerPoint.

They show black in both on-screen view and in print. Have changed the
settings to grayscale and color (never used black and white), to no avail.

 

[Ute Simon]

How often do you need to edit the Visio files? I would suggest to try to
insert an image instead (and insert a new image if there are any changes).

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Brian Reilly, MVP]

BMac, Is your default Printer a B&W only printer?
PPT uses the Printer driver settings to show stuff on screen. You
don't actually need a color printer, just to install a color printer
and set that as the default printer for PPT and that will likely fix
you up Same behavior happens in Excel when PPT doesn't use a color
printer driver.

Let us know if this works.

Brian Reilly, MVP

 

[BMac]

Brian:

I'll try that when I return to the office. What threw me here is the fact
that we do these presentations all the time, using the same equipment, and
have never encountered this problem. However, because I didn't control all
aspects of this particular presentation, I won't ignore that fact that
someone else may have done something to cause this problem to happen. If I
find out any differently in my post-mortem next week, I'll let you know.

Thanks for ther esponse!

 

[BMac]

Ute:

Multiple edits are required, right up to the point of presentation. If
PowerPoint has a problem with a sister program's files, then perhaps MS needs
to revisit how such files are handled. I would expect a Visio file to perform
flawlessly in PowerPoint.

Anyway, thanks for the response.

 

[Ute Simon]

Multiple edits are required, right up to the point of presentation. If

PowerPoint has a problem with a sister program's files, then perhaps MS
needs
to revisit how such files are handled. I would expect a Visio file to
perform
flawlessly in PowerPoint.

I did not want to say, that PowerPoint regularly has problems with sister
programs. I myself have used Visio files in PowerPoint, and they indeed
worked flawlessly. I just wanted to offer a workaround to handle the
presentation as long as we did not find the reason. And a reason I cannot
think of, in the moment.

If we do not find a solution here, it might be helpful to post your question
to the Visio newsgroup, too. And tell them what we excluded as a reason.

Best regards,
Ute