Microsoft KB Archive/188917

= PPT98: How to Import EPS Graphics Using Clipping Paths =

Article ID: 188917

Article Last Modified on 7/20/2007

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 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q188917





SUMMARY
When you import an EPS graphic created in a Paint-type graphics program into PowerPoint, the graphic appears with a rectangular background. Using certain graphics programs, however, you can define a clipping path so that you can import the EPS graphic with an irregular background.

The procedure that follows is not necessary if the graphic was created in a Draw-type program. Vector-based (or Draw-type) graphics are not pixel-maps and can be shaped irregularly without having a clipping path.



MORE INFORMATION
In many graphics programs, when you save an EPS graphic, you have the option to save it with a clipping path so that you can import it into other programs with the background masked out. The following example uses the commands in Adobe PhotoShop 3.0, although any high-end graphics program should have similar commands.

Within PhotoShop, create a clipping path by following these steps:
 * 1) Select the graphic you want to import by using a freeform selection tool such as the lasso.
 * 2) On the menu in the Paths palette, click Make Path.
 * 3) On the menu in the Paths palette, click Save Path, and save the path as Path 1.
 * 4) On the File menu, click Save As, select EPS, and then click Save. Note that the EPS Format dialog box appears.
 * 5) Under Path, select Path 1, and then click OK.
 * 6) Switch to PowerPoint 98. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.
 * 7) Select the saved EPS file and click Insert. Note that this brings the image into PowerPoint with the background masked out.

PhotoShop is manufactured by Adobe Systems, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

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