How to save as picture, preserving 100% quality?

[David F]

I use PowerPoint 2000 (+SP3).
When I try to "save as" .JPG or even .BMP, the outcome quality
is very bad compare to the text in the .PPT file.
I choose a very easy font (Ariel). The content is text only.
For JPG, I am not even given the choice of output quality
(something I have never seen before with any application).
And even BMP format is not really preserving the original quality
even though the file is huge and suppose to preserve 100%.

So what can be done?
Is PP 2003 doing a better job?
Any other tool to create a quality picture?

Thanks,
David

 

[Austin Myers]

The fact is, PPT is NOT an image editor, it's a presentation package meant
to IMPORT data to present, not export it for other uses. <g> If you want
to create images you should really use something better suited to the task.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[David F]

Thanks.
That's why my 3rd question is shopping for recommendation of an
alternative...

David

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

So what can be done?

Is PP 2003 doing a better job?
Any other tool to create a quality picture?

First off, you don't want to upgrade to 2002 or higher if exporting bitmaps is
important to you.

Next, have a look here:

Improve PowerPoint's GIF, BMP, PNG, JPG export resolution
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00052.htm

 

[David F]

I solved the problem as follows:
I have Adobe Acrobat. So from within any Office product, including PPT,
using Acrobat, I can produce and 'Save As' files, in a very high quality
and in a variety of formats, including of course .PDF and .JPG.
Then, with Adobe Photoshop, I can resize an .JPG file (again, as one of many
formats) preserving top (or any chosen compromise size<->quality) quality
file and use it were I want.

This totally solved the problem.

Thanks anyway,
David