P3E in Powerpoint
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Hi,
I’m sure that most of you, or at least most of your bosses, at some time or another must have to present a schedule in meetings. In order to do this I have been trying to get something reasonable out of P3E/c that can be put into powerpoint and subsequently shown on a slideshow on a projector. Does anybody have a good way of doing this? So far I have tried PDF’s, but it seems difficult to get a clear image without a sort of blurring effect.
Thanks
I’m sure that most of you, or at least most of your bosses, at some time or another must have to present a schedule in meetings. In order to do this I have been trying to get something reasonable out of P3E/c that can be put into powerpoint and subsequently shown on a slideshow on a projector. Does anybody have a good way of doing this? So far I have tried PDF’s, but it seems difficult to get a clear image without a sort of blurring effect.
Thanks
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Oldest first- 0Forum Guest ·We’ve had the same problem with P3 getting reasonable graphics to insert into powerpoint.
PDF’s with a high dpi, then extracting images work, but are a lot of work and the quality is questionable. Metafile just don’t work well enough, and they are never precisely the same as the normal print-out (they are bill-gated?).
We finally found an application that works VERY well, Peernet E-Pro. Their site is www.peernet.com, and they have a freebie demo available, the cost is pretty reasonable, about 130 for 5 copies.
This software "emulates" a color printer but converts the output to one of many graphic formats.
I like to use 8-bit color .png format at 300 dpi. This gives me a great overhead projection quality. But you can go to 24 bit 1400 dpi if you want. We also use this a lot for those Excel tables that get cut off when you cut and paste to Powerpoint.
The only problem....a lot of resources are used, so with a big multipage output you need to get up and take a coffee break. One more tip, get the Powerpoint "Photo Album" plug in from Microsoft, it automatically inserts any number of graphics and resizes them to fit. Saves a ton of time.
- 0Bernard Ertl ·Hi folks, please start new topics related to P3e & P3e/c in the appropriate forum. This forum is for P3. Thank you for your cooperation.
Bernard Ertl
InterPlan Systems - eTaskMaker Project Planning Software
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