PPT2002: When You Print an Edited Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Picture on a PostScript Printer, the Changes Do Not Print (815000)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002

SYMPTOMS

When you print a slide that contains an edited Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) graphic on a PostScript printer, the changes to the graphic do not print.

CAUSE

When you change an EPS graphic, you change a preview image but not the actual EPS file. When PowerPoint prints an EPS graphic, the EPS file data is sent to the printer. The changes that you make to the preview image on the slide are ignored.

WORKAROUND

To edit and make changes to an EPS graphic and have those changes print, convert the graphic to an Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image. To do so, follow these steps:
  1. Click the EPS graphic.
  2. Click Edit, and then click Cut.
  3. Click Edit, and then click Paste Special.
  4. Click Picture (Enhanced Metafile), and then click OK.
If you want to make substantial changes to the graphic, paste the image as an Office Drawing Object instead. By doing so, you can ungroup the drawing and make changes to each individual component. To ungroup the drawing, right-click the drawing object, point to Group, and then click Ungroup.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:3/24/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB815000
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