Drawings saved in Encapsulated PostScript format.

[Guest]

Will I be able to use drawings that have been saved in EPS format as a
PowerPoint presentation? If so, what are the special steps I have to take and
what kind of printer do I have to print the drawings.

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

EPS should be fine for viewing, but they do not always print properly. My
preference, though is to convert to png raster format.

EPS graphics don't print or don't print correctly
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00525.htm

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Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
www.powerpointworkbench.com

Australia

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[Steve Rindsberg]

Will I be able to use drawings that have been saved in EPS format as a
PowerPoint presentation? If so, what are the special steps I have to take and
what kind of printer do I have to print the drawings.

You can use Insert, Picture, From File to add EPS graphics to a slide in your
PowerPoint presentations.

The results will depend on several things:

EPS graphics contain PostScript (a kind of programming language); the "graphic"
is actually a program that tells a PostScript-enabled printer how to draw the
graphic. EPS can also contain a preview image in TIFF or WMF format.

- What sort of preview image the EPS has, if any

When you import an EPS, programs generally show you the preview image that's
part of the EPS, or a gray or white box the size of the EPS if there's no
preview image.

- Whether your printer is PostScript or not

If it's PostScript, the program sends the PS part of the EPS to the printer.
If it's a non-PS printer, the program sends the preview image (if any) to the
printer. If no preview image, you get the gray box.

- What version of PowerPoint you use

PowerPoint 2003 (and 2002 maybe?) broke the usual rules. PPT's EPS import
filter includes a kind of PS interpreter. It can convert the PS in an EPS to a
bitmap image, so even if there's no preview image in the EPS, PPT can make one.

It sends that to non-PS printers if necesary.

Various versions of PPT have various bugs in handling EPS also.

There. More than you ever wanted to know.

And in the end, it all comes down to "Try it. If it works, it works."

 

[Keith Ratner]

I use PowerPoint 2000. My experience has been that EPS files can be
inserted, but for some reason which I haven't had time to investigate much,
colors tend to get altered. I've achieved the best results by copying the
EPS graphic in the graphics application (i.e., Illustrator) and pasting it
as an Enhanced Metafile into PowerPoint using Paste Special. This converts
the graphic to line segments, so I generally enlarge the graphic before
copying it, then shrink it down after pasting so that the segments are less
noticeable.

This can also be done by first exporting the graphic to a Windows Metafile
(.WMF) format, then inserting the picture from the resulting file.

The results look great in print- however, they don't always look that great
on screen. One workaround I've found is this: once the graphic is in
PowerPoint, cut it and paste it back in as a .PNG file using Paste Special.
This tends to eliminate the jagged edges when viewing the slide show.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I use PowerPoint 2000. My experience has been that EPS files can be
inserted, but for some reason which I haven't had time to investigate much,
colors tend to get altered.

Relative to what you see in Illustrator? Probably so, especially if you're
using CMYK colors and color management is on.

Turn CM off, use RGB colors and you'll get a better idea what'll happen in PPT.

 

[KR]

Will do. Any suggestions regarding the jagged edge problem?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Will do. Any suggestions regarding the jagged edge problem?

a) Don't use EPS except when you need high quality printed results, will print
only to PostScript printers and don't care too much what the screen version
looks like

b) If the screen version is important, EPS isn't a good choice. Export to some
other format from Illustrator as you've done. I don't have a current version
of Illo, but in the past, found that the larger you make your artwork in
Illustrator, the better the results when you export to WMF/EMF and various
bitmap format. Give that a try. Let us know how it works out.