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?
> >
> >
> >
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