Microsoft KB Archive/157212

= PPT97: Large Images Import Blank =

Article ID: 157212

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157212



SYMPTOMS
If you try to import a large .bmp, .pcx, .tif, or .tga picture into a PowerPoint slide, it may import as a very large white rectangle.



CAUSE
PowerPoint's graphic import filters convert these picture formats to generic Windows Metafile data. The import filters then pass this generic data to PowerPoint. This conversion removes any data compression the picture may have. For example, a compressed 24-bit color .tga file that is 4,000 pixels wide by 3,000 pixels tall may fit on a single 1.44 MB disk, but it converts into more than 30 MB of Windows Metafile data.

If you do not have enough memory or disk space to handle this conversion, the picture imports as a blank rectangle into PowerPoint.



RESOLUTION
If you must import a large image into PowerPoint, try saving it as a JPEG (.jpg) file. PowerPoint 97 handles JPEG files directly (it does not have to convert them), so PowerPoint can handle JPEG files which contain more data than other image formats.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 97 8.00 ppt8 big targa tiff bitmap publisher's paintbrush zsoft

Keywords: kbinterop kbgraphic KB157212

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