Microsoft KB Archive/238525

= PPT2000: Cannot Create EPS File Using Windows NT PostScript Driver =

Article ID: 238525

Article Last Modified on 9/7/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q238525



SYMPTOMS
You cannot create encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files from Microsoft PowerPoint if you are using a Microsoft Windows NT Workstation PostScript printer driver. In contrast, if you run PowerPoint on Microsoft Windows 95, you can create EPS files using the Windows PostScript printer driver.



CAUSE
The Windows NT PostScript printer drivers send the output directly to the PostScript printer. You cannot configure them to print to EPS files. This functionality is different from the Windows 95 PostScript printer driver, which you can configure to print to EPS files instead of directly to the PostScript printer.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, create a PostScript print file (also called a PostScript dump or PS file) from Windows NT. In many cases, you can use a PostScript print file instead of an EPS file. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu, click Print.
 * 2) Click to select the Print to file check box.
 * 3) Click OK.

You can also convert PowerPoint slides to Windows Metafile (.wmf), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), or Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) files. If you have a graphics program that can create EPS files, you can export your slides from PowerPoint using one of these formats, and import them into that graphics program to create EPS files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, version 4.0.



MORE INFORMATION
PostScript is a page description language that a large number of printers use, including most image-setters and large format color printers.

A PostScript file is a file that contains a collection of PostScript commands necessary to print one or more pages to a device that uses the PostScript page description language. To use a PostScript file, you simply copy the file to the device. PostScript files are not designed to be placed or imported into other programs.

An EPS file, on the other hand, contains additional information. You can open EPS files in a graphics program or load them into a word-processing or desktop publishing program, and print them from there. Unlike a PostScript file, an EPS file can only contain the information needed to print a single page. To use a PostScript file, insert it into a document created in another program and print it from that program. EPS files are not designed to be copied directly to a PostScript device.

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