# PowerPoint/ Macintosh query **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 5, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-macintosh-query/278248 "2004-12-05T18:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-macintosh-query/278248/1 "2004-12-05T18:52:44Z")
I have a CD with some PowePoint presentations on them. I need to somehow copy the raw images out of the presentations. 2 of them have folders that have the raw images ( jpg, bitmap, etc. ). The other 4 do not. I tried dragging a slide image out, and I get a very low-res image entitled " picture clipping". I cannot safe these images as a .jpg or any other useable format. I cannot drag the image into iPhoto, because iPhoto does not recognize the picture clipping as a recognizable format. Any idea how I can make use of the images within the PowerPoint presentation, and save them as raw media files, a la .jpg or bitmap? Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-macintosh-query/278248/2 "2004-12-05T19:17:08Z")
I’ve never really used Powerpoint, so this is just a stab in the dark, but have you tried selecting the image in the PP presentation, copying it, then pasting it into another graphics program? Then you can save it in any format you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-macintosh-query/278248/3 "2004-12-05T19:39:11Z")
OpenOffice (available for free) has several export options, to PDF and apparently to various graphic formats (though I don’t know if it will do exactly what you want). Can’t you also just do a screen dump? ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-macintosh-query/278248/4 "2004-12-05T19:40:24Z")
Forgot to add: OpenOffice is available for Mac, although you also have to install X-Windows for it. Furthermore it will easily import PowerPoint presentations. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-macintosh-query/278248/5 "2004-12-05T20:39:56Z")
I did a copy and pasted it into a new Word doc. Could not save it at all, or manipulate it. It just sat there like a lump on a log. It’d be about 40 screen dumps. That’s a lot. There must be a clean way to extract it… ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-macintosh-query/278248/6 "2004-12-06T03:47:58Z")
PowerPoint can save each slide as a jpeg. However, you will get the entire slide and I’m not sure the image would be at the full resolution. The best way to do this is to get and install a copy of [Graphic Converter](http://www.graphic-converter.net/). You can then select the graphic in PowerPoint, copy it, paste it into a new new image in Graphic Converter, and then save the image as a jpeg. You can also use Graphic Converter to adjust the image – crop, adjust color, change resolution, etc. Graphic Converter is a great application. It is shareware, but does cost $20. ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-macintosh-query/278248/7 "2004-12-06T03:52:59Z")
My link to Grapic Converter was not the correct Graphic Converter. Try [this one](http://www.lemkesoft.com/en/graphcon.htm). Also, it’s $35, not $20.