I am trying to crop a PDF to text that I want to enlarge on the slide. In
2003 it was very simple. However, I cannot find any available crop functions
in the 2007 format/drawing tools tab to complete these function. I want to
try to do it without converting it to another format if possible. Any
thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Re: Can I crop a PDF in PP2007 without converting it to another format by Steve

Steve
Thu Jul 24 09:45:56 CDT 2008

In article <A4C37E2A-C51C-48D0-9EA7-3E2D3F11A166@microsoft.com>, Stacey wrote:
> I am trying to crop a PDF to text that I want to enlarge on the slide. In
> 2003 it was very simple. However, I cannot find any available crop functions
> in the 2007 format/drawing tools tab to complete these function. I want to
> try to do it without converting it to another format if possible. Any
> thoughts? Thanks in advance.

How did you get the PDF into PPT in the first place? Same technique in both
2003 and 2007?



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Re: Can I crop a PDF in PP2007 without converting it to another fo by Stacey

Stacey
Thu Jul 24 10:17:02 CDT 2008

I do one of two methods to get PDFs into PP (same in 2003 and 2007)
the first orthodox way is to go to "insert object" and choose adobe acrobat
document. The second unorthodox way, but really simple, is to copy the
thumbnail of a pdf page to the clipboard in adobe and then paste it to a
slide. It keeps the integrity of the link to the PDF intact. This method I
haven't seen written about anywhere, so I guess it's not suggested, but it
works.


"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <A4C37E2A-C51C-48D0-9EA7-3E2D3F11A166@microsoft.com>, Stacey wrote:
> > I am trying to crop a PDF to text that I want to enlarge on the slide. In
> > 2003 it was very simple. However, I cannot find any available crop functions
> > in the 2007 format/drawing tools tab to complete these function. I want to
> > try to do it without converting it to another format if possible. Any
> > thoughts? Thanks in advance.
>
> How did you get the PDF into PPT in the first place? Same technique in both
> 2003 and 2007?
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
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Re: Can I crop a PDF in PP2007 without converting it to another fo by Steve

Steve
Thu Jul 24 16:08:16 CDT 2008

In article <4259F391-EBAF-4697-BFFC-9C305ED0E0B6@microsoft.com>, Stacey wrote:
> I do one of two methods to get PDFs into PP (same in 2003 and 2007)
> the first orthodox way is to go to "insert object" and choose adobe acrobat
> document. The second unorthodox way, but really simple, is to copy the
> thumbnail of a pdf page to the clipboard in adobe and then paste it to a
> slide. It keeps the integrity of the link to the PDF intact. This method I
> haven't seen written about anywhere, so I guess it's not suggested, but it
> works.
>
> > > I am trying to crop a PDF to text that I want to enlarge on the slide. In
> > > 2003 it was very simple. However, I cannot find any available crop functions
> > > in the 2007 format/drawing tools tab to complete these function. I want to
> > > try to do it without converting it to another format if possible. Any
> > > thoughts?

OK, I can duplicate the problem. I'm not sure if it was a bug in earlier versions
that allowed you to crop the picture that represented the OLE object, or a bug in
2007 that doesn't. Or whether the change is by design for some reason.

If you copy the PDF object then Edit, Paste Special as PNG, you'll get a croppable
PNG image, though not one that links to the original PDF any longer.

Thanks in advance.
> >
> > How did you get the PDF into PPT in the first place? Same technique in both
> > 2003 and 2007?
> >
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > ================================================
> > Live and in personable in the Help Center at PowerPoint Live
> > Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USA
> > www.pptlive.com
> >
> >
>

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