Problem for inserting figures generated with Powerpoint

[kadirakin85]

Hello,

I am using Illustrator CC 2017 to prepare a poster (I am new in illustrator). I made a figure with MS Powerpoint 2016, and I saved the figure as pdf using powerpoint (save as). I have placed the pdf figure in my .ai file. When I insert the figure it seems nice (as in the attached jpg, in left side). However, after I save, close ai file and open back ai file, the figure is corrupted as in attached png in right side. Should I complete my project without saving and opening back Is there any other solution ?

By the way, when I save ai file as pdf, I can see that pdf results exactly as in attached png. Could you please help me ?

Thanks,

Kadir

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

Power Point and Illustrator don't handle text object in the same way. So Illustrator converts your text objects and this is the result.

You will need to either:

- fix that using Illustrator's tools

- delete all the text objects and create new ones (this would be my favourite, because it will likely be less work than correcting)

- create it in Illustrator from the beginning.

[kadirakin85]

So, it is sad that MS and Adobe do not fully standardize to be compatible to transport from each other  

[Eternal Warrior]

I think Monika's point was that the programmes are designed to do different things... that's why you get this discrepancy...Whilst there are perhaps a few tweaks adobe could make...I would be surprised to see full standardisation... but not ungrateful.

[Monika Gause]

kadirakin85 schrieb:

So, it is sad that MS and Adobe do not fully standardize to be compatible to transport from each other

For sure most Illustrator users would be upset if they only had crappy typesetting results like in PowerPoint.

For sure most Power Point users would be upset if they had to pay ridiculous amounts of money just to get better kerning which they most likely would not recognize even if it jumped them in the face.

On top of that: Power Point serves live editable type to different platforms, systems and versions of the software. And even to different software. You would have to "standardize" an amount of systems, platforms and software that is simply impossible to handle.

[Luke Jennings]

It looks like some of the blue lines are getting bigger. You could select and fix these strokes in Illustrator as Monica suggests, or there may be another way. I'm guessing the lines from Powerpoint have some property similar to Acrobat's enhance thin lines feature, where thin lines are adjusted for thickness on screen, to allow for viewing at different magnifications. Some rips will also thicken thin lines, to insure they get imaged on the printing plates. One work-around is to convert the lines to outlines, so Illustrator won't try to enlarge them.

You can do this by selecting the lines (or select all) and going to Object> Flatten Transparency> For Complex Art. The setting for Convert all strokes to outlines should be checked on. You might need to add a transparent element somewhere the page for flattening to take place, (you can add a small white box at 1% opacity to add transparency to the page). You can also do the same thing in Acrobat.

Did you place the PDF into Illustrator (File> Place), or did you copy and paste?

You can also try to change your Illustrator preferences> General> Scale Strokes & Effects, and see if that makes a difference.

Also, PDFs saved from Powerpoint often have improperly embedded fonts. I use PitStop in Acrobat to fix this, but there are other ways, including converting type to outlines in Acrobat, but this should be a last resort.

[Mike_Gondek]

Are you placing the .pdf in illustrator or are you opening  the .pdf in Illustrator. Open the .pdf in Illustrator, then do a Ctrl Y to confirm what came over as vector paths, which is what you want.

[kadirakin85]

Thank you for your helps. I have seen that instead of working on ai file, if I save my ai file as pdf, then if I open that pdf in illustrator, then I dont have this kind of problem.  I mean, I am now working on pdf in illustrator instead of ai, I found it as easiest solution.

[Monika Gause]

kadirakin85 schrieb:

I am now working on pdf in illustrator instead of ai,

No, you are not.

You are opening a PDF and you are saving one. But you are not working on one.