Changing Slide Size for Export

[Guest]

I'm importing Powerpoint presentations into Macromedia Captivate to turn them
into .swf files. My problem is with the size of the presentations. Captivate
has to resize the presentation to fit within the size I've set up for my .swf
files, and the result is rather blurry.

Is there a way to resize a presentation, or better yet to specify a size for
the finished product that would match what I need for my .swfs? I've tried
Page Setup, but all that gives me is a smaller "surface" with dead space
around it.

Thanks!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I'm importing Powerpoint presentations into Macromedia Captivate to turn them
into .swf files. My problem is with the size of the presentations. Captivate
has to resize the presentation to fit within the size I've set up for my .swf
files, and the result is rather blurry.

Is there a way to resize a presentation, or better yet to specify a size for
the finished product that would match what I need for my .swfs?

Since most of what's in a typical PPT presentation is vector rather than raster
graphics, size shouldn't be an issue; I'm assuming Captivate is converting the
slides to images, though. Is that correct? If so, it'd be up to Captivate to
give you more choices.

If you can use a series of images instead, there are a couple ways of getting
them out of PPT at pretty much any reasonable resolution you want.

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

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response, Steve. Actually, Captivate preserves the animation
as well as the image; I guess I'm going to have to do more research on that
side of things RE: the fuzziness. Thanks again!

 

[Guest]

I'm not sure if this will make a difference, but it's worth checking:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827745&Product=ppt2003

How to change the resolution of a slide that you export as a picture in
PowerPoint 2003

Bruce