Microsoft KB Archive/814998

= Presentations with rotated graphics take longer to print in PowerPoint =

Article ID: 814998

Article Last Modified on 3/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to print a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, you may experience a long delay before the presentation begins to print. This delay may be longer if you are printing to a PostScript printer.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if your presentation contains several rotated graphics. The individual file size of the graphics may increase to forty times the original size. This creates a large spool file that takes longer to process and to print. The file size increases for two different reasons:
 * Raster or bitmap images are resampled by the printer driver before printing. This makes a graphic that is not rotated, although the image is. The resampling procedure decompresses the image, and this increases the size of the file.
 * Rotated vector-based images are rasterized before they are printed from a PostScript printer. This can increase the size of the graphic to forty times it original size.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, you can reduce the image size. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Select the rotated image.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Cut.

Note In PowerPoint 2007, click Cut in the Clipboard group on the Home tab.
 * 1) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.

Note In PowerPoint 2007, click Paste in the Clipboard group on the Home tab, and then click Paste Special.
 * 1) In the Paste Special dialog box, click Picture (PNG) for bitmaps, or click Picture for vector graphics, and then click OK.

After you finish this process, the images are no longer rotated. Additionally, this procedure creates a smaller printer spooler file when you print your presentation.

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