Inserting white logo without a background

[Guest]

I have a white illustrator logo that I need to insert into powerpoint (2001 for mac but needs to be used on pc XP also) so that it looks white on the black background, but prints black on a white background (printing hadouts in pure black and white). Any form of eps seems to bitmap, although it comes in without a background. As a jpg, I get a white box. I have tried saving is as a png and tiff through photoshop (7.0), but get a white background. I also saved it as an alpha channel, no luck. Copying directly from psd, gives a good quality, without a background, but doesn't print in B/w mode. HELP!!! I am puling my hair out.

 

[Echo S]

Try the PNG again, and then in PPT, go to View/Black and White. Right-click
the image, choose B/W Settings, and see if something like "inverse
grayscale" will work.

 

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I have a white illustrator logo that I need to insert into powerpoint

(2001 for mac but needs to be used on pc XP also) so that it looks white on
the black background, but prints black on a white background (printing
hadouts in pure black and white). Any form of eps seems to bitmap, although
it comes in without a background. As a jpg, I get a white box. I have tried
saving is as a png and tiff through photoshop (7.0), but get a white
background. I also saved it as an alpha channel, no luck. Copying directly
from psd, gives a good quality, without a background, but doesn't print in
B/w mode. HELP!!! I am puling my hair out.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, however, although the png does come in without a background, however it is very ragged and bitmapped. The other problem is I need it to appear as white without a background in ppt, but print reversed (i.e., black logo) when printing handouts. How do I get the png edges smooth and get it to reverse only for printing? (I going to see if there are more options on the pc XP version.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Patti,

Did you know you can set how powerpoint will print bitmaps on black and white printers?

Do a "view" menu > "black and white"

Then you can right click any object and choose "black and white" from the pop up menu. You can then set how this object
will print...e.g. inverted...reversed....black...white...or not a all.

Also see
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointtransparency.htm

for details on removing the white box on bitmaps

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
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[Ute Simon]

I have a white illustrator logo that I need to insert into powerpoint

(2001 for mac but needs to be used on pc XP also) so that it looks white on
the black background, but prints black on a white background (printing
hadouts in pure black and white). Any form of eps seems to bitmap, although
it comes in without a background. As a jpg, I get a white box. I have tried
saving is as a png and tiff through photoshop (7.0), but get a white
background. I also saved it as an alpha channel, no luck. Copying directly
from psd, gives a good quality, without a background, but doesn't print in
B/w mode. HELP!!! I am puling my hair out.

Hi Patti,

this is the way to insert Illustrator images I prefer: Copy & Paste directly
from Illustrator into PowerPoint. In PowerPoint right click on the image and
from the context menu choose "Save as image". (I know you don't have a
"right click" on a Mac - either find out where this option is located there
or use a PC with PowerPoint XP or 2003 for this step.) Choose WMF file
format to save the image. Delete the image originally copied in from
illustrator and insert the WMF image using "Insert - Image - From file". WMF
is Windows Meta File format, which combines, if necessary, vector and bitmap
parts of an image, it will be scalable like any other vector image - but
it's not very wide spread in the Mac world.

For your printing problem, I'd also advise toggling with the b/w settings,
maybe using a PC for this step, too, if your presentation is going to be
displayed on a PC.

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[Guest]

Thanks All! I think my problem is solved!! It gets confusing going back and forth from mac to pc because ppt works differently. The png files which looked crappy on the mac are fine on the pc. And, adjusting the print settings according to Taj's suggestions, gave me the inverse print I need. I will try Ute's suggestion as well, but I don't have illustrator on the pc and need to find the save as image command on a mac. Thanks again
Patti

 

[Ute Simon]

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Thanks All! I think my problem is solved!! It gets confusing going back

and forth from mac to pc because ppt works differently. The png files which
looked crappy on the mac are fine on the pc. And, adjusting the print
settings according to Taj's suggestions, gave me the inverse print I need. I
will try Ute's suggestion as well, but I don't have illustrator on the pc
and need to find the save as image command on a mac. Thanks again!

 

[Ute Simon]

Hi Patti,

I will try Ute's suggestion as well, but I don't have illustrator on the

pc and need to find the save as image command on a mac.

No, vice versa: copy from Illustrator on Mac and save image on PC!

Another possibility, if it's vector graphic: Export to EMF (Enhanced
Meta-File format) in Illustrator in Mac. Insert EMF-file into PowerPoint on
PC, then ungroup, delete white background if necessary, regroup, "Save image
as" on PC, use EMF or WMF. (Be warned, but don't care: EMF looks jagged in
PPT on Mac, if you try to insert it there.)

Kind regards,
Ute