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Hello.
I copyclipped items from my AutoCAD drawing into a power point presentation I'm working on and can't seem to figure out how to resize them. I found the format area, but the crop function is greyed out and I didn't see any other option to reduce the white margins on my images, like I can in MS Word. Blue circled areas below is the extra white spaces that I would like to crop from the actual drawing clip. Anyway to crop my image? Note: I linked these images so if the drawing has changes, I can update the power point presentation without having to redo everything. Thanks in advance.
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As I mentioned earlier, your drawing may be too complex for PowerPoint to be able to crop. That's probably why InkScape can't edit it. Simplifying in AutoCad may solve both issues.
I might be able to reduce the file size of the drawing that I bring into the PowerPoint, but that still doesn't solve the issue of not being able to crop the drawing in PowerPoint?
Normally, linked images must have the complete path to the linked file. This complete path will likely include your user name, which is not the same on receiving computers. The images cannot be viewed until the recipient repairs the links.
To create links that can be sent to others, copy the images to be linked into the same folder as the presentation. Choose Insert>Picture>This Device in PowerPoint. Select the drawing, then change the Insert button to Link to File and click on it. The program will create relative links that are portable. Send the whole folder with presentation and images.
Most likely, your drawing is too complex and requires too much memory to process. Is there any way you can simplify the drawing in AutoCad before exporting it?
Hi John.
I tried what you suggested and downloaded this program. And when I try to paste the image, I keep getting the below error message and then the program closes. I just don't understand why I can't crop in PowerPoint like it allows me to in Word. Any other suggestions on this?
And on a separate note, I was thinking of attaching my power point file for you to take a look at, but since I pasted my images as links, don't believe you would be able to see the images. But that also brings up a couple more problems. One is, how do I send the file with these links where the person receiving this file will be able to view the images? And second, when I did open up this PowerPoint, it was updating my link, but when it did, it pasted in my entire drawing file and not just the specific area that I copied into the power point. Why is that or how to fix this? Thanks again.
I'm guessing you exported an EMF or other vector format from AutoCAD. PowerPoint should be able to crop EMFs, but perhaps yours is too complex. The free program InkScape allows you to open and edit EMF and SVG files. Then re-import to PowerPoint.