Copy from Powerpoint 2003 in Greyscale/Grayscale format

[Guest]

Help ! In PowerPoint 97 it was possible, when in slide sorter view, to
change to greyscale/grayscale and copy a slide. When this slide was then
pasted into Word or Publisher it would appear in Grayscale.

I've tried doing this with PowerPoint 2003 and it converts the slide back to
colour. Any clues ?? Many thanks.

 

[Shyam Pillai]

David,
You are out of luck. This feature was a 'bug' according to Microsoft and was
regressed in later versions. So that doesn't work anymore.

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Shyam Pillai

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[Guest]

Shyam

Thanks for such a prompt response. That's just typical ! You wait until I
get my hands on that Bill Gates . . .

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Shyam

Thanks for such a prompt response. That's just typical ! You wait until I
get my hands on that Bill Gates . . .

Lots of folk ahead of you in THAT line. <g>

Bring a laptop and try this while you wait ...

Depending on your presentation, you might be able to get at least partway there
by choosing a new color scheme then editing the scheme to black/white/grey
values.

 

[Guest]

David, I too found this frustrating. However there is a small fix. Once you
have copied and pasted the slide into Word 2003, right click on the "picture"
and select Format Picture, click on the Picture Tab if it isn't already
selected. Under Image Control there is a drop down box for Color. It defaults
to automatic. You can choose between grayscale, black and white or washout.
IF the background color of the slide is darken than the letters, such as
medium blue back ground with yellow or white letters, the background will be
gray or black. If your presentation background is light and the letters
darker you can get the white box with black letters that PowerPoint will do
automatically when printing from PowerPoint. I wish I could find out a way to
make it automatically convert to white background and black letters into
Word, but so far it's a no go. Hope this helps.