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Stijl

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Aug 28, 2007, 2:58:01 PM8/28/07
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I have not been able to resolve this problem and its making me insane... I
had inserted many PNG files of images with transparent backgrounds in my
PowerPoint presentation -they looked beautiful.

When I transfer the PPT file to another computer, those PNG images now
display with either black or white boxes around them. Does anyone know the
cause of this? What should I do? It is affecting dozens and dozens of
images.

Sandy

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Aug 28, 2007, 3:22:01 PM8/28/07
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Is the computer to which you transferred the presentation a Mac or does it
use an older version of PPT? Did you compress the PPT at any point?
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Sandy Johnson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)

Stijl

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Aug 28, 2007, 3:24:02 PM8/28/07
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I am using PCs. I am not sure what version my coworker had on his computer,
but in my case, I just had my hard drive replaced and have Office 2003
reloaded, same as before.

Stijl

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Aug 28, 2007, 3:26:02 PM8/28/07
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I'm sorry, I didn't answer the other question. No... nothing was compressed
to my knowledge. I just transferred my saved files onto the new hard drive.

Ute Simon

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Aug 28, 2007, 4:44:05 PM8/28/07
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Try playing with the hardware acceleration of the video card. And make sure,
there are no settings for handicapped people activated in the Operating
System (in German they are called "Eingabehilfen" and have the symbol of a
wheelchair).

Best regards,
Ute

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Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Team
Das PowerPoint-Event des Jahres: Die PowerPoint-Anwendertage,
14. - 16.10.2007 in Fulda, http://powerpoint.anwendertage.de

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Stijl

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Aug 29, 2007, 9:08:05 AM8/29/07
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I will try this. The strange thing is, this is an intermittent problem.
From what I can tell, images that started out as rasterized JPEG or tiff
photographs and turned into PNGs don't have the problem. It's PNG files that
were originally vector images (like logos) that were created in Illustrator,
then imported into Photoshop. They are now displaying as a color logo with a
black box around them instead of transparent background. Also, if I reinsert
the image as new it has the same black box problem.

If its the video card, or a setting, why is it happening to some images and
not others?

mtho...@gmail.com

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Aug 29, 2007, 10:03:07 AM8/29/07
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Try this
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00627.htm

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Echo S

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Aug 29, 2007, 10:09:58 AM8/29/07
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Turn color management off.

Transparent areas of graphics turn black
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00627.htm

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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


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Stijl

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Aug 29, 2007, 11:42:05 AM8/29/07
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We tried this and it did work! Unfortunately, it doesn't help me with the
existing embedded images... but I am happy to say we did solve the problem.
Are you ready for this head-slapper? I had to download the Office
Servicepack 3 --fixed everything. Many thanks.

qasem salameh

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May 9, 2011, 1:33:36 PM5/9/11
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Hi

I am having the same issue u ran into in the powerpoint, that shows black boxes instead of the images, I am running Office2007, and I still have this issue, is it possible if you help how did u get it resolved, I really appreciate that.

Thank you in Advance.

> On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:58 PM Stij wrote:

> I have not been able to resolve this problem and its making me insane... I
> had inserted many PNG files of images with transparent backgrounds in my
> PowerPoint presentation -they looked beautiful.
>
> When I transfer the PPT file to another computer, those PNG images now
> display with either black or white boxes around them. Does anyone know the
> cause of this? What should I do? It is affecting dozens and dozens of
> images.


>> On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:22 PM Sand wrote:

>> Is the computer to which you transferred the presentation a Mac or does it
>> use an older version of PPT? Did you compress the PPT at any point?
>> --
>> Sandy Johnson
>> Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)
>>
>>
>> "Stijl" wrote:


>>> On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:24 PM Stij wrote:

>>> I am using PCs. I am not sure what version my coworker had on his computer,
>>> but in my case, I just had my hard drive replaced and have Office 2003
>>> reloaded, same as before.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Sandy" wrote:


>>>> On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:26 PM Stij wrote:

>>>> I am sorry, I did not answer the other question. No... nothing was compressed


>>>> to my knowledge. I just transferred my saved files onto the new hard drive.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Sandy" wrote:


>>>>> On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:44 PM Ute Simon wrote:

>>>>> Try playing with the hardware acceleration of the video card. And make sure,
>>>>> there are no settings for handicapped people activated in the Operating
>>>>> System (in German they are called "Eingabehilfen" and have the symbol of a
>>>>> wheelchair).
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Ute
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ute Simon
>>>>> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Team
>>>>> Das PowerPoint-Event des Jahres: Die PowerPoint-Anwendertage,
>>>>> 14. - 16.10.2007 in Fulda, http://powerpoint.anwendertage.de
>>>>>

>>>>> "Stijl" <St...@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>>>> news:8212E988-1E47-4540...@microsoft.com...


>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:08 AM Stij wrote:

>>>>>> I will try this. The strange thing is, this is an intermittent problem.
>>>>>> From what I can tell, images that started out as rasterized JPEG or tiff
>>>>>> photographs and turned into PNGs don't have the problem. It's PNG files that
>>>>>> were originally vector images (like logos) that were created in Illustrator,
>>>>>> then imported into Photoshop. They are now displaying as a color logo with a
>>>>>> black box around them instead of transparent background. Also, if I reinsert
>>>>>> the image as new it has the same black box problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If its the video card, or a setting, why is it happening to some images and
>>>>>> not others?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ute Simon" wrote:


>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:03 AM mthorpe9 wrote:

>>>>>>> Try this
>>>>>>> http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00627.htm


>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:09 AM Echo S wrote:

>>>>>>>> Turn color management off.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Transparent areas of graphics turn black
>>>>>>>> http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00627.htm
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --

>>>>>>>> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
>>>>>>>> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
>>>>>>>> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Stijl" <St...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:4DEBE65C-3B69-4E59...@microsoft.com...

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