Inversing screenshots in PPT to Word

[Guest]

On a regular basis, I need to inverse my screenshots from a blue color to a grayscale to print on handouts. In PPT 2000, I used to change my view to black and white (which would change the screenshot to grayscale), then export to Word and print from Word with the layout that we use. In PPT 2003, when I export to Word, it changes the color from grayscale back to the original screenshot color of "blue." Anybody have any suggestions on how to force PPT to export into Word the grayscale color? Is it even a PPT issue or a Word issue? HELP!!!

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

You only changed the PowerPoint "view" to grayscale. You did not actually
make the screenshots grayscale.

To make the screenshots grayscale in PowerPoint, do the following for each
one:

1) Select screen shot
2) Click on the "Color" tool in the "Picture Toolbar" and choose
"Grayscale" from the menu of choices.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions for how to
make this easier to do in PowerPoint, don't forget to send your feedback
(in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
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[Guest]

Never mind. find the post from "embedding grayscale slides" and that answered my question!

 

[Martin Conradi]

We have tried to do this in all sorts of different ways and investigated it
pretty thoroughly - but concluded that it cannot be done even
programmatically.

Martin Conradi
www.ShowcaseSolutions.net

On a regular basis, I need to inverse my screenshots from a blue color to

a grayscale to print on handouts. In PPT 2000, I used to change my view to
black and white (which would change the screenshot to grayscale), then
export to Word and print from Word with the layout that we use. In PPT
2003, when I export to Word, it changes the color from grayscale back to the
original screenshot color of "blue." Anybody have any suggestions on how to
force PPT to export into Word the grayscale color? Is it even a PPT issue
or a Word issue? HELP!!!

 

[Guest]

Is there a more current link to contact microsoft with product suggestions?
The "contact" page (which the link below now points to) doesn't seem to
include a suggestion option.
Thanks.

 

[Sonia]

The website that you are using to post this message gives you the option to post
a message here. That is now the preferred method and the only way for your
suggestion to be seen by Microsoft.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

Is there a more current link to contact microsoft with product suggestions?
The "contact" page (which the link below now points to) doesn't seem to
include a suggestion option.
Thanks.

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]
[TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PowerPoint
that you just created (you can save, but not open)? -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820]

Hello,

You only changed the PowerPoint "view" to grayscale. You did not actually
make the screenshots grayscale.

To make the screenshots grayscale in PowerPoint, do the following for each
one:

1) Select screen shot
2) Click on the "Color" tool in the "Picture Toolbar" and choose
"Grayscale" from the menu of choices.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions for how to
make this easier to do in PowerPoint, don't forget to send your feedback
(in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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[Guest]

It is unbelievable that no one else has responded to this problem since 2004
with a solution or to at least commiserate. It has been driving my training
group nuts.

While running two versions of PowerPoint (current and 97) is a work around,
it is not a solution. It is time consuming and inefficient, not that we have
come up with anything better.

However, surely, someone else has come up with a solution, a macro or
something.

This problem is immensely annoying. You can view the slides in black and
white, but forget about exporting. You can not even copy and paste the B&W
slide you are viewing. Well you can copy, but it will paste in color. Why
would Microsoft do this?

Somebody, anybody... step in here and fix this problem.

There has got to be a way to do this. We are not asking for miracles, we
are talking about functionality that existed at one time. I feel like we are
trying to rediscover the wheel, we know what it looks like, but it is in
impenetrable case that cannot be accessed.

Maybe you wonder, why does anyone need this functionality? I’ll tell you.
We create instructors guides, which frequently reference PowerPoint slides
that the presenter should have on the screen while speaking. It is cost
prohibitive to print the materials in color and when you print in gray scale,
many of the elements in the slides are lost in the mass duplication effort.

Some might say, get better copiers… good point, we could do that. We could
also suck up the cost of color printing or even better MS could give us back
the functionality that we used on a regular basis.

Well that's my four cents. Any thoughts or ideas?

 

[Echo S]

I've commiserated about this quite frequently -- in fact, it's one of my pet
peeves, and believe me, the PPT guys at Microsoft know it.

Don't expect it to be any better in PPT 2007, though.

 

[Ute Simon]

Some might say, get better copiers. good point, we could do that. We
could

also suck up the cost of color printing or even better MS could give us back
the functionality that we used on a regular basis.

Well that's my four cents. Any thoughts or ideas?

Use Save As - PNG or JPG. Get an image editing program which can do batch
processing, even the free IrfanView can handle this. And use batch
conversion to grayscale. That's only some minutes, and gives you good
quality grayscale images.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Use Save As - PNG or JPG. Get an image editing program which can do batch
processing, even the free IrfanView can handle this. And use batch
conversion to grayscale. That's only some minutes, and gives you good
quality grayscale images.

The problem with that is that the results don't match what you'd get from PPT
when printing to a b/w printer (black text, background removed/white, and in
general, respecting your b/w settings).