Opening a file in Indesign to edit, blurry images/pages

[amhynh]

Hi, beginner Adobe user here who does not use InDesign often - I have a source file with a deck that I need to edit. When I open the file in InDesign, there are a few pages that are extremely low quality. I have a PDF to compare to, so know that it was clear at one point. It was created by someone else who I am no longer in contact with so I can't ask them to make new edits.

I know some of the images and assets need to be re-linked, which I am able to for most, but for some of the pages, the images or spreads look absolutely fried and do not even let me link/re-link any assets (e.g. the title page image is not selectable, so I can't even replace the asset).

I checked for locked layers as well. Am I missing something here? I think some of the assets were made previously in Photoshop, but I was not given any photoshop files along with this deck's source folder. Could this be a reason for the quality? Thanks for any help!

[leo.r]

First, is your Object > Display Performance menu set to High Quality?

[leo.r]

I know some of the images and assets need to be re-linked, which I am able to for most, but for some of the pages, the images or spreads look absolutely fried and do not even let me link/re-link any assets (e.g. the title page image is not selectable, so I can't even replace the asset).

By @amhynh

Can you post some screenshots that explain the problem? Is it possible that the image you're trying to select is on a master page? Also, what are your InDesign and operating system versions?

[Bill Silbert]

You mention that you are working with a deck. Do you mean a Powerpoint deck? If that is the case you will have to make a high quality pdf of the power point deck since Powerpoint cannot be directly imported into InDesign. In order to automate the process of bringing in that pdf to InDesign see: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/place-a-multipage-pdf-in-indesign/td-p/11343293.