YOU JUST GOT FONTERIZED*
* when the text in a PowerPoint presentation becomes replaced with the worst possible fonts since the
selected (awesome) fonts are not installed on the device that is playing the presentation.
THE SOLUTION
SAVE ALL YOUR SLIDES AS IMAGES (File / Save As / JPEG Format)
Then insert the image for each slide, and you will have a presentation that
will look the same no matter where you play it.
When saving the slides as images, you lose quality in both text and visuals and your slides will not
look as good as before.
THE PROBLEM
FOLLOW THESE 5 STEPS to reconfigure your PowerPoint settings to
always save your slides as high resolution images.
(You just have to do this one time on your computer)
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Open the Start menu and type ”regedit” in the search box and hit Enter to open
the registry editor.
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827745
1
Navigate to this folder: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
\Office\14.0\PowerPoint\Options
*the numbered folder above depends on the version of PowerPoint you are using
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827745
2
With the Options folder selected, point to New on the Edit menu and then click DWORD Value.
Name the newly created DWORD
as ExportBitmapResolution.
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827745
3
With ExportBitmapResolution selected, click Modify on
the Edit menu.
Select the Decimal option, type the resolution value 300 in the Value data
box, and then click OK.
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827745
4
Click Exit on the File menu. You are done!
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827745
5
How to export a PowerPoint slide as an image file
1) Start PowerPoint, and open your presentation
2) On the File menu, click Save As
3) In the Save as type box, select “JPEG File Interchange Format”, and then click Save
A popup box will ask if you want to save all the slides or
the current slide only. Make your choice and your slides will be saved as high resolution images!
Save your slides as images before uploading to Slideshare to be sure that your content shows
correctly and with the highest quality.
Bonus tip:
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