I have a ppt deck that was sent to me which uses a particular custom
background. I need to reproduce the look-and-feel of this deck in custom
Excel dialogue boxes.

While I can open a blank slide and do a print screen to get the image, it's
not going to be as clean as the origional background image. Is there a way to
EXPORT the current background as a usable image file, i.e. JPG?

Unfortunately, this is an older background and noone seems to know where the
origional image is...

Thanks!
Ray

Are you using PPT 2007? Go to the View tab, then click on "Slide Master",
then right click on the slide you want and select "Save Background". You can
then save the background as a jpg file.

I don't think this is possible using earlier versions of PPT, but I could be
wrong on that.

"RayportingMonkey" wrote:

> I have a ppt deck that was sent to me which uses a particular custom
> background. I need to reproduce the look-and-feel of this deck in custom
> Excel dialogue boxes.
>
> While I can open a blank slide and do a print screen to get the image, it's
> not going to be as clean as the origional background image. Is there a way to
> EXPORT the current background as a usable image file, i.e. JPG?
>
> Unfortunately, this is an older background and noone seems to know where the
> origional image is...
>
> Thanks!
> Ray

You should be able to use Save As... and pick a graphic format. Once you
have done that and named the file, PPT should ask if you want to save all
slides or just the current one. It may still not be at the quality level you
want, but it should be tolerable.

Another option is to use TechSmith's SnagIt to snag the screen at a higher
resolution. Let us know if you want directions on how to do that....

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

"RayportingMonkey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:941B74D5-B722-4319-9CC4-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a ppt deck that was sent to me which uses a particular custom
> background. I need to reproduce the look-and-feel of this deck in custom
> Excel dialogue boxes.
>
> While I can open a blank slide and do a print screen to get the image,
> it's
> not going to be as clean as the origional background image. Is there a way
> to
> EXPORT the current background as a usable image file, i.e. JPG?
>
> Unfortunately, this is an older background and noone seems to know where
> the
> origional image is...
>
> Thanks!
> Ray

That's what I needed - THANKS!
--
"Trying to make reports so easy... even a monkey could run ''em!"


"frog2lite" wrote:

> Are you using PPT 2007? Go to the View tab, then click on "Slide Master",
> then right click on the slide you want and select "Save Background". You can
> then save the background as a jpg file.
>
> I don't think this is possible using earlier versions of PPT, but I could be
> wrong on that.
>
> "RayportingMonkey" wrote:
>
> > I have a ppt deck that was sent to me which uses a particular custom
> > background. I need to reproduce the look-and-feel of this deck in custom
> > Excel dialogue boxes.
> >
> > While I can open a blank slide and do a print screen to get the image, it's
> > not going to be as clean as the origional background image. Is there a way to
> > EXPORT the current background as a usable image file, i.e. JPG?
> >
> > Unfortunately, this is an older background and noone seems to know where the
> > origional image is...
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ray

I followed your instructions, but when I right click there is no option to
Save Background, only to format background. Am I doing something wrong?

"frog2lite" wrote:

> Are you using PPT 2007? Go to the View tab, then click on "Slide Master",
> then right click on the slide you want and select "Save Background". You can
> then save the background as a jpg file.
>
> I don't think this is possible using earlier versions of PPT, but I could be
> wrong on that.
>
> "RayportingMonkey" wrote:
>
> > I have a ppt deck that was sent to me which uses a particular custom
> > background. I need to reproduce the look-and-feel of this deck in custom
> > Excel dialogue boxes.
> >
> > While I can open a blank slide and do a print screen to get the image, it's
> > not going to be as clean as the origional background image. Is there a way to
> > EXPORT the current background as a usable image file, i.e. JPG?
> >
> > Unfortunately, this is an older background and noone seems to know where the
> > origional image is...
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ray

If all you want is an image file of you PowerPoint back ground. then create
a blank slide with just the back ground, then do a save as and in the Save
as type window, scroll down and select JPG image, then select Current slide.

If you want to have the original image from your background then save your
presentation as an html file, and PowerPoint will extract all the images and
put them into a folder for you.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Ray Wright" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:87380BB7-BABB-4E2B-AC10-(E-Mail Removed)...
I followed your instructions, but when I right click there is no option to
Save Background, only to format background. Am I doing something wrong?

"frog2lite" wrote:

> Are you using PPT 2007? Go to the View tab, then click on "Slide Master",
> then right click on the slide you want and select "Save Background". You
> can
> then save the background as a jpg file.
>
> I don't think this is possible using earlier versions of PPT, but I could
> be
> wrong on that.
>
> "RayportingMonkey" wrote:
>
> > I have a ppt deck that was sent to me which uses a particular custom
> > background. I need to reproduce the look-and-feel of this deck in custom
> > Excel dialogue boxes.
> >
> > While I can open a blank slide and do a print screen to get the image,
> > it's
> > not going to be as clean as the origional background image. Is there a
> > way to
> > EXPORT the current background as a usable image file, i.e. JPG?
> >
> > Unfortunately, this is an older background and noone seems to know where
> > the
> > origional image is...
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ray