Re: [libreoffice-users] LO pptx-file cannot be opened in MS-Office

Thanks. One of the pictures is in wmf format (whatever that is!). All
the others are either png or jpg. I have converted the wmf to png, but
now I have to wait for my colleague to be free enough to test it.

Cheers
Harvey


On Tue, 2024-04-30 at 10:20 +0200, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> Check the pictures, I am sure there is one which creates the issue.
>
> On 30/04/24 10:13, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
> > Hallo Italo,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your offer. Unfortunately, the slides
> > contain
> > personal data, that I cannot really share.
> >
> > For your information, I am obliged to use a given format for each
> > slide
> > that contains a photo and text box with information, with further
> > text
> > boxes for flexible usage.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Harvey
> >
> > On Tue, 2024-04-30 at 10:03 +0200, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> > > In my experience, in the extremely rare cases where this happens,
> > > the
> > > problem lies in one or more graphic elements in the master or in
> > > one
> > > or
> > > more slides.
> > >
> > > Usually, these are non-standard EPS images - the ones that cause
> > > the
> > > most problems are those generated by the latest Adobe software -
> > > which
> > > make the file unreadable by MS PowerPoint.
> > >
> > > In these cases, the EPS image should be opened with Inkscape,
> > > saved
> > > as
> > > PNG and replaced in the slide(s).
> > >
> > > To provide a more precise opinion, though, I should see the file.
> > >
> > > If you can send it to my address as attachment (the list doesn't
> > > accept
> > > attachments) I can double check.
> > >
> > > On 30/04/24 09:34, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
> > > > Each month I have to prepare a contribution to a presentation.
> > > > I write my contribution in LO-Impress as .odp, save it and send
> > > > it
> > > > as
> > > > .pptx for a colleague to integrate it using MS-Office with
> > > > other
> > > > pptx.
> > > > presentations.
> > > >
> > > > This usually works well, but last month the colleague who does
> > > > the
> > > > pptx
> > > > integration could not open my file. Until last month the above
> > > > procedure worked well and failed in the last week of March.
> > > >
> > > > Is anyone able to put their finger on a possible
> > > > cause/solution?
> > > >
> > > > I am using OpenSUSE Linux 15.5 with LO
> > > > Version: 24.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
> > > > Build ID: 420(Build:2)
> > > > CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
> > > > Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
> > > > Calc: threaded
> > > >
> > > > I expect an input from the colleague about his Office/Windows
> > > > versions.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > > Harvey Nimmo
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