Dear Dominic,

I suggest using the procedure you mentioned (changing the export resolution in the Registry Editor) – it is efficient and not as complicated as may seem.

Basically it consists of the following steps:

1. Run the Registry Editor (in Windows, click Start and type “regedit” into the Run window)

2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\PowerPoint\Options (the number 14.0 applies to PowerPoint 2010, for other versions it is: 11.0 for 2003, 12.0 for 2007, 15.0 for 2016, 16.0 for 2016)

3. Right-click to create a new DWORD-Value (32-bit) and name it “ExportBitmapResolution”.

4. Right-click on the created “ExportBitmapResolution” value, choose “Decimal” and set the value to 300.

Afterwards, when you will save the PowerPoint slides as images (Save as/JPEG) the resolution will be 300 dpi.

The procedure is summarized nicely here:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjYO-uFJm88

- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/827745/how-to-change-the-export-resolution-of-a-powerpoint-slide

Best regards,

Igor

If you mean a drawing/photo that’s in a ppt, you’re unfortunately limited to the resolution of the original image.  But if you mean a vector graphic (e.g., a slide you created by using the text, shapes, etc within ppt), you can have any resolution.  When you save a slide, keep in mind you’re saving an image file (e.g., jpg, gif) and not necessarily a particular size to print or display.  So, for example, if you’re image is 100 pixels * 200 pixels and you print it 1 inch by 2 inch, your resolution will be 100 ppi (pixels per inch), but if you print the image 2 inches by 4 inches, it’s only a resolution of 50 ppi.  So basically you can just save your slide as an image and adjust the pixel dimensions of the output (save as picture > options > [adjust].  Another way to get the same effect is with page layout.  If you double your page size before exporting an image of the slide, you will have doubled the ppi/dpi.  To be even more confusing, I used ppi (pixels per inch) interchangeably with dpi (dots per inch), which most people do.  They are both measures of resolution, but ppi is related to your screen while dpi is about your printer.  Hope this helps some Dominic! ~ Kevin

Christopher J Graham I mean saving slides.

Kevin Grobman Thanks a lot!

I recently did what that post proposes, it is a little bit annoying but works well, you can export al 300 dpi instead of 96 dpi

Please see this video. The easiest way to convert PowerPoint slide to high resolution TIFF (300dpi) is shown How to Convert Powerpoint to TIFF

https://youtu.be/pd_CpCH5Jbw

First 'Save as' your ppt file in JPG with any/default DPI. Thereafter, you can upload your this JPG file to the link 'https://convert.town/image-dpi' and get JPG with improved DPI say ..300, 400, 600 etc.

Dear Dominic,

I suggest using the procedure you mentioned (changing the export resolution in the Registry Editor) – it is efficient and not as complicated as may seem.

Basically it consists of the following steps:

1. Run the Registry Editor (in Windows, click Start and type “regedit” into the Run window)

2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\PowerPoint\Options (the number 14.0 applies to PowerPoint 2010, for other versions it is: 11.0 for 2003, 12.0 for 2007, 15.0 for 2016, 16.0 for 2016)

3. Right-click to create a new DWORD-Value (32-bit) and name it “ExportBitmapResolution”.

4. Right-click on the created “ExportBitmapResolution” value, choose “Decimal” and set the value to 300.

Afterwards, when you will save the PowerPoint slides as images (Save as/JPEG) the resolution will be 300 dpi.

The procedure is summarized nicely here:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjYO-uFJm88

- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/827745/how-to-change-the-export-resolution-of-a-powerpoint-slide

Best regards,

Igor

The best solution is to change the setting of the PowerPoint in the windows registry to export images with higher resolution. It is not difficult and can be found here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/827745/how-to-change-the-export-resolution-of-a-powerpoint-slide

You can set the output to 300 DPI or any other preferable resolution.

Change the registry settings following this link:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/827745/how-to-change-the-export-resolution-of-a-powerpoint-slide

Does anyone know where to find Office 365 in the registry? I see 8.0 through 16.0 in my registry, but not 365. I tried editing the registry for 16.0, but PowerPoint is still exporting at 96 dpi. I'm guessing it's something other than 16.0.

I would suggest if you "Save As" the PowerPoint file as PDF, and then open it on Adobe Photoshop, you can use the resolution you need (even 600dpi or higher).

Under this link the explanation was very clear to me:

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/save-powerpoint-slides-as-high-resolutions-images

Thank you for all

Any recommendations for achieving this on a Mac?

Im not a MAC user, but check if this helps!

https://www.graceunderthesea.com/thesis/save-300-dpi-figure-from-power-point-on-mac

Use this toolbox! it work perfectly to generate high-resolution images (up to 1200 DPI) and its free. The best I've ever used!

https://www.xltoolbox.net/

To anyone who doesn't use Adobe Photoship; Check the following link, it also describes simple solutions for XnView and Irfanview.

http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/changedpi.html

Igor Velkavrh Thanx Igor. It did work :)

Michael Stites , for office 365 I changed the 16.0 of the registry and worked well. Check that the 300 dpi have the base Decimal checked, sometimes that fails and hexadecimal stays checked and doesn´t save at 300 dpi

I think 300 dpi is the maximum you can get, isn't it?

Matthias Lexow , from my experience, even when in the “ExportBitmapResolution” I set the value higher than 300 (e.g. 600), the maximum resolution of the exported JPG was always 307 dpi (24 bit). I believe this is related to the PowerPoint limitations.

Yes, Igor Velkavrh, this is exactly what I meant! Thank you for confirming my thought.

Thanks to Dominic Loske for the question, and Igor Velkavrh for the simplified answer.

It worked perfectly for me, under PPT 2016 i get the exact dpi as the Decimal value i set, even for values upper than 300. However the max DPİ i got is 961.

Sami Sader‘s suggestion worked out beautifully!

Image editing programs like GIMP can allow you to change the resolution of an image.

1. With GIMP open, go to File > Open and select an image

2. Go to Image > Print Size

3. Set Image Print Resolution dialog box

4. In the X and Y Resolution fields, type in your desired resolution.

Actually inkscape is a opensource image editor. In this for production of quality images , .svg is used. .svg is an editable file. Another option is .eps file. You can save .eps file with a facility to set dpi. Generally it is recommended to set 1200 dpi for gray scale image and 1600 for color images.

Thanks, it was useful.

This video tutorial is in Portuguese and will be useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPSc2ugOohs&t=2s

You don't need any other packages to do that. All you need is here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/powerpoint/change-export-slide-resolution

I suggest making figures in powerpoint, and then copy pasting to Paint.Net from windows. You can go to Image -> Resize -> and change resolution. The program is only $6.99 and totally worth the money.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/paintnet/9nbhcs1lx4r0?cid=pdn_www_download&rtc=1&wa=wsignin1.0&activetab=pivot:overviewtab