Microsoft KB Archive/138642

PPT: Recolored TIFF Images Printed Incorrectly

PSS ID Number: Q138642 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

MACINTOSH:3.0,3.0b,4.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOM =

If you import a TIFF image into a Microsoft PowerPoint slide, and you then recolor it so that black and white images are some other color, the image may be printed as though none of the color changes have been made.

NOTE: You cannot recolor bitmaps in the Power Macintosh version of PowerPoint 4 or PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition.

= CAUSE =

PowerPoint doesn’t actually change the colors in the image; it filters them externally. That is, PowerPoint alters the colors for output to the screen and to the printer. Some printer drivers cannot fully interpret what PowerPoint is doing, and, therefore, the graphic is printed incorrectly.

= RESOLUTION =

You can correct this problem by doing either of the following:

Method 1: Change the printer driver
Use version 8.3 of the LaserWriter printer driver. This driver corrects the problem.

Method 2: Recolor the TIFF
Recolor the TIFF image in a program that can directly edit bitmap images (for example, Mac Paint, Photoshop, or GraphicConverter). These programs will actually change the color of the TIFF image.

= Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 4.00 m_powerpt m_ppt powerpnt =

Keywords : kbgraphic kbprint Version : MACINTOSH:3.0,3.0b,4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.