: Is it possible to export PowerPoint presentations to PDF with vector graphics preserved? Is it possible to export PowerPoint to PDF with vector graphics preserved? Any method I try seems to

@Gretchen549

Solved---somewhat.

Sorry about the delay here. I am not exactly certain HOW it was solved (I suspect an update to Acrobat or PowerPoint or both) but nevertheless it more or less works now

With an Office 365 Subscription and the latest versions of PPT and Acrobat, and the "High Quality Print" setting checked on the Acrobat Add-in Preferences (accessible within PowerPoint) you too can Create a PDF and preserve the SVG graphics you have placed in your PowerPoint deck. The same works with Microsoft Word and Excel.

HOWEVER --- you need to ensure that your SVG does not use any gradients at all or the image will rasterize on export. Furthermore, your SVG absolutely CANNOT have any Clipping Masks within or it will rasterize on export to PDF. I really TRULY wish neither of these limitations still existed but as of 12/15/2017, they unfortunately do. Hint and wink to any Adobe or Microsoft development team members who may come across this post ;-)

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@Vandalay110

I had this problem when I inserted SVG graphics in Powerpoint. However, when I inserted EMF graphics to my Powerpoint and saved to pdf, it correctly maintained them as vector graphics. I converted my SVG graphics to EMF using Inkscape, which is free.

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@Margaret771

I don't know if this will solve your problem or not, but I think the issue you may be facing has to do with the settings when you are creating the PDF. Unfortunately, each version of Powerpoint and Acrobat interact a little differently, so the steps I offer here may not work the same way for you. But, just in case, here is how I change the settings in my version of Powerpoint.

Click on the Acrobat option in the ribbon, and choose Preferences:


As you can see, the default setting is "Standard."


Choose "Advanced Settings", and then click on the "Images" icon at the left.


Set the Image Quality for both Color Images and Grayscale Images to Maximum. This should solve the problem for you. If it doesn't, experiment with raising the pixels per inch amount from 150 to 200, and see if that makes the difference.

If you don't have an Acrobat tab on the ribbon, check and see if there are "Export Options" offered on the tab where it allows you to name and save your new PDF. I can't show an example of this because it is no longer enabled on my computer, but previously that is where I was able to find and edit settings for creating PDFs. Basically, you want to make sure that any downsampling of images is done at the highest quality possible.

Earlier versions of Powerpoint did not allow you to modify your PDF output options in as much detail as this version does, but they have always provided an option to select a higher quality PDF than is created via their default settings. The challenge is trying to find the location to access those settings.

Hope this helps.

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