RE: Images in PowerPoint

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From: John Langhans [MSFT] (johnlan_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/20/04


Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:12:52 GMT


[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]
[TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PPT 2003
that you just created in PPT 2003? -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820]

Hello,

If you know at what resolution you presentation will be shown, you can
adjust the size of any raster image or movie for best viewing by doing the
following for eadh image/movie in a presentation:

1) Select image/movie
2) Format -> Picture
3) Switch to the "Size" tab or the dialog
4) Select the option to scale "Best scale for slide show" andthen
5) Choose the target resolution from the drop-down list that becomes
available, and
6) Click OK
7) If the image/movie changed size, you might have to readjust it's
position (not size) relative to everything else on the slide to accomodate
the change.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions for how to
make this easier to do in PowerPoint (without having to resort to VBA or
add-ins), don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to
Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

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