Nov 18, 2015 Icons on PowerPoint files I've upgrade to Office 2016 and now my files show the generic icon instead of the PowerPoint icon. Oddly, it appears that older files (PowerPoint 97-2003) still show a PowerPoint icon, but newer files - including files that I've created using PP 2016 - are showing the generic icon.
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To extract images from Microsoft's PowerPoint on a Mac, you may have to try a couple of different methods to get the results you want. Unlike most programs, dragging an image from a PowerPoint slide onto the desktop does not usually work, because the images are embedded in PowerPoint; dragging results in a 'Picture Clipping' file that cannot be opened. For the best quality images, copy images directly from the slide, although this process sometimes results in acquiring only part of the picture. When copying fails, grab a screenshot of the image. While this does not give you the highest quality image, it works when copying the image does not.
Copying Images
1.Launch PowerPoint and open the presentation containing the images you want to capture. Navigate to the first slide with an image using the scrollbar on the right side of the window.
2.Click the image with the mouse to select it. Press 'Command-C' simultaneously on the keyboard to copy the image.
3.Launch Preview. Click the 'File' menu and select 'New From Clipboard.' The image, or a portion of the image, opens in Preview. Compare the image in Preview with the one in the PowerPoint presentation. If it is the same, continue to the Exporting From Preview section of this article. If the picture is not the same, close the Preview window without saving and continue to the Capturing Screenshots section.
Capturing Screenshots
1.Launch the PowerPoint presentation and navigate to the slide containing an image you want to capture. To make the image as large as possible, press the 'Slide Show' button.
2.Press 'Command-Shift-4' simultaneously on the keyboard. The cursor changes to a cross-hair symbol. Place the cursor on one corner of the image. Drag the cursor to the diagonally opposite corner. When you release the mouse button, a screenshot of the selected area is saved to the desktop.
3.Double-click the screenshot image on your desktop. Preview opens the picture.
4.Crop the image if needed by clicking the 'Tool' menu. Click 'Select Tool.' Drag the Select Tool across the image to select the portion you want to keep. Press 'Command-K' on the keyboard to crop the image. Press 'Command-Z' to undo the crop and try again.
5.When you are satisfied with the image as it appears in Preview, continue to the Exporting From Preview section of this article.
Exporting From Preview
1.Select 'Export' from the File menu of Preview to open the Export dialog box.
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Click the 'Format' menu in the middle of the dialog box and select the format for the saved image.
3.Type a new name in the Export As field if desired. Click the 'Save' button.
Tip
- If the PowerPoint presentation came in a folder, check the folder for any image files. Sometimes the person who made the presentation includes the images in a folder named 'Media,' 'Media Inserts' or 'Images.' You can then use the images directly without having to export them from the slides.
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