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sarar78869016
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July 26, 2023
Question

Font from PPT to PDF is converting text outlines to fill

  • July 26, 2023
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Hi,

 

Hope someone can help. It's a bit confusing, so I'll try my best to explain as best I can.

 

Image A is a page I created in PPT months ago. The image is of when I saved it as a PDF. The "January" text is a text outline with no fill. It saved perfectly.

 

Image B is the revised page I am doing (just changing dates). When I go to save as a PDF it is filling the text in even though I haven't touched that text at all.

 

Image C shows that for some reason, even if I go to edit in PDF it is showing the text now as an image, unable to be edited. Previously I could edit all the text in the PDF.

 

I thought maybe it was the font, so I tried a different font making it no fill with black outline. Saved as a PDF and the same thing happened. It filled the text and made it an image.

 

Does anyone know why it is doing this? I have hundereds of pages to update, but really need the PDF to show the text in outline. I don't understand, has something been updated and changed the way PPT saves to PDF with outline text? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks.

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    Eric Dumas
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    Eric DumasCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 26, 2023

    Hi,

    1.  from File > Properties>Font tab, can you indicate if teh font used is a Type1, TTF or OTF ?
    2. Can you let us know what steps and settings you use to create the pdf?
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    sarar78869016Author
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    July 27, 2023

    Hi,

     

    Both fonts I used were OTF. But it can't be the font as I previously saved it as a PDF with no issue. Both are fonts I regularly use in PPT and PDF.

     

    To create the PDF I am going File > Save  As > PDF (*.pdf) the same as I have always done.

     

    My main issue is that this has literally just changed. Only a few days ago I was still able to save outline text in a ppt as a pdf with no fill. It literally seems to have changed overnight but I don't know why.

     

    Many thanks

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    Hartmutundich
    Participant
    December 13, 2023

    Hi,

     

    were you able to solve it?
    I'm experiencing the exact same thing and I can't find out how to solve it.

     

    Many thanks!

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