antialiasing

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I compose my slides in CorelDraw. When I import the graphics into PowerPoint
from CorelDraw (or any other file format) the graphics and text are not
anti-aliased and look quite horrible. If I ungroup the imported objects
PowerPoint asks me if I want to convert the objects to Microsoft Draw
objects. If I say yes, then everything becomes antialiased. However, the
positions of various objects will get shifted and some text formatting will
get lost. Since I make series of slides with static elements and new
elements appearing as the sequence progresses, when positions of objects get
shifted, it will cause the objects to jitter around as the sequence
progresses.

Is there any way to get PowerPoint to antialias an imported object without
me having to deal with the fallout of converting it to Draw objects?

Thanks.
 
I compose my slides in CorelDraw. When I import the graphics into PowerPoint
from CorelDraw (or any other file format) the graphics and text are not
anti-aliased and look quite horrible. If I ungroup the imported objects
PowerPoint asks me if I want to convert the objects to Microsoft Draw
objects. If I say yes, then everything becomes antialiased. However, the
positions of various objects will get shifted and some text formatting will
get lost. Since I make series of slides with static elements and new
elements appearing as the sequence progresses, when positions of objects get
shifted, it will cause the objects to jitter around as the sequence
progresses.

Is there any way to get PowerPoint to antialias an imported object without
me having to deal with the fallout of converting it to Draw objects?
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You could export to e.g. PNG from CorelDraw for one.

Or export from Draw to EMF or WMF (try both to see which works best) and import
that to PPT, ungrouping and regrouping later if need be.

When you ungroup and things jump around a bit, consider it a warning sign
that'll save you trouble later. If it ungroups badly, it's almost always a
sign that it'll print or export badly later.

Ungrouping lets you fix it now rather than let it bite you later.
 
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