PowerPoint: Only EPS Logo Prints from Translated Presentation
PSS ID Number: Q100423
Article last modified on 10-08-1993
PSS database name: W_PowerPt

3.00

WINDOWS


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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 3.0
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SUMMARY
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A presentation created with PowerPoint version 3.0 for the Macintosh
may print incorrectly when opened in PowerPoint for Windows if it has
an encapsulated PostScript (EPS) graphic on the slide master. This
will happen only when you print the presentation to a PostScript
printer.

When you print the slides, only the logo (and maybe part of the title
text) will print. The rest of the page will be blank. You may receive
an "undefined nametype" PostScript error after the first slide prints.

The presentation will print normally to a non-PostScript printer.

If you remove the EPS graphic, the presentation will also print
normally.

MORE INFORMATION
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When PowerPoint prints a file that contains EPS information to a
PostScript printer, the EPS code is added to the PostScript code
created by the Windows PostScript driver. EPS information inserted in
a PowerPoint for the Macintosh presentation is not changed when the
presentation is opened in PowerPoint for Windows. The information may
be in a format that will cause the print job to terminate after it is
printed on an MS-DOS/Windows-based system.

Note: If the EPS graphic is on a slide (not the slide master), only
that particular slide may fail to print.

If you open the EPS graphic in a PostScript editor such as Adobe
Illustrator and export it as a PC format EPS file, you will be able to
reimport the graphic into your PowerPoint presentation and print it
normally.

You can also try converting the EPS file to TIFF or PICT format and
reinsert it in the PowerPoint presentation. If you do not have
access to a graphics editing application that can do this, you can
print the presentation to a non-PostScript printer. The only problem
with this is that only the screen preview of the graphic will print;
the actual PostScript image will not print.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint version 3.0
for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.

Additional reference words: 3.00 power point powerpt encapsulated postscript

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.