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

Hi Everyone!

EPS is a vector file format, so if you want to preserve the maths quality you have to save the EPS 
file as SVG de facto open vector file format (and container too), not the PNG one because is a 
bitmap file format!

Some suggestions follow.

If you are using Windows you have to install Ghostscript to enable Inkscape to import EPS file. 
However, this is not enough because the Ghostscript installer (at the moment for the 10.x version) 
only put in the search system path its "bin" subdirectory. So you have to edit the system wide PATH 
variable and also add (not change!) the full path to the "lib" Ghostscript subdirectory (it's 
similar to the bin, but with "lib" instead of "bin")..

If you are using PortableApps you have only to install Inkscape and Ghostscript to import EPS 
correctly, without setting any additional thing.

If you are using Linux you have only to install Inkscape and Ghostscript. If you are using flatpak 
may be the same with "vanilina"/native (apt, ...) Linux.

In any case in my experience with UN Italian Agenda 2030 sdg icon pack, LibreOffice doesn't import 
very well vector EPS files (they appear to be dotted and dirty) but perfectly import the Inkscape 
SVG exported ones at the top level vector quality!!!

Last but not least, I think UN have to use only open file formats also when he speaks about 
Sustainability!!!

Have all a nice day,

Carlo, from Venice


Il 30 aprile 2024 10:03:40 CEST, Italo Vignoli <italo@vignoli.org> ha scritto:
> 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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