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From: Zeb on 6 Jan 2010 17:05 I have the same problem! enigmavarian wrote: Anti-aliased Equations 10-Oct-07 Using PowerPoint 2003: When I use equation editor to enter an equation it appears fine on screen until I apply any animation. Then, the anti-aliasing goes and I'm left with a jagged looking equation. Is there any way around this please? thanks Tim Previous Posts In This Thread: On Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:43 AM enigmavarian wrote: Anti-aliased Equations Using PowerPoint 2003: When I use equation editor to enter an equation it appears fine on screen until I apply any animation. Then, the anti-aliasing goes and I'm left with a jagged looking equation. Is there any way around this please? thanks Tim On Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:08 AM Luc wrote: enigmavariant,Yes, that problem has been around for quite some time. enigmavariant, Yes, that problem has been around for quite some time. I do not know of any real solution being offered so far (hope I am wrong and somebody will have one) other than cutting the equation and pasting as a picture. -- Luc Sanders MVP - PowerPoint "enigmavariant" <enigmavariant(a)discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht news:D7EFC89A-0B2B-42BF-B04E-6F5EC45C1C1E(a)microsoft.com... On Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:20 AM aneasiertomorro wrote: RE: Anti-aliased Equations Hi I *think* you can apply animations to mathtype equations: Mathtype 6: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/ There is a free trial so you can double check Other than that I would suggest putting autoshapes with background fill over the bits of the equation you want to reveal, then applying exit animations to the autoshapes. Will that achieve what you are after? Or did you want something specific? Lucy -- MOS Master Instructor www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au PowerPoint Live 2007 28-31 October in New Orleans www.pptlive.com See you there "enigmavariant" wrote: On Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:05 PM Bob Mathews wrote: That is a fault of PowerPoint, and not Equation Editor. That is a fault of PowerPoint, and not Equation Editor. Actually, the upgrade to Equation Editor, MathType, suffers from the same anomaly, but with MathType you have one additional option that you don't have with Equation Editor. With MathType, you can save the equation as a high-resolution GIF, then scale it down in PPT to the proper size. Equations created this way will animate quite smoothly, but this isn't a realistic solution if your presentation has more than, say, a dozen or more equations. Experiment with different animation techniques and/or different background styles. In my experience these combinations produce the worst effects: "movement" animations such as "fly from right" or "zoom in" and a gradient background. These produce the best [possible] effects: "appear" animations such as "appear", "dissolve in", and "fade in", and a solid background. We have an application note on our website that shows how to use MathType with PowerPoint, but many of the techniques apply to Equation Editor as well: www.dessci.com/ppt -- Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science, Inc. bobm at dessci.com http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide On 10-Oct-2007, <enigmavariant(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: On Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:16 PM Bob Mathews wrote: Re: Anti-aliased Equations On 10-Oct-2007, I wrote: and Steve Rindsberg <abuse(a)localhost.com> replied: Ok; fair enough. To-may-toe, to-mah-toe. ;-) -- Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science, Inc. bobm at dessci.com http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide On Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:29 PM Steve Rindsberg wrote: Re: Anti-aliased Equations In article <eFndfd1CIHA.3940(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Bob Mathews wrote: Or to be fairer (if more blunt), no matter whether you use Equation Editor or MathType, PowerPoint's bugs still bite you. ;-) ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ On Thursday, October 11, 2007 5:09 PM Bob Mathews wrote: Re: Anti-aliased Equations On 11-Oct-2007, Steve Rindsberg wrote: Thanks Steve. That always means more coming from a 3rd party than from us, but no less true either way. -- Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science, Inc. bobm at dessci.com http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide On Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:21 AM Steve Rindsberg wrote: Re: Anti-aliased Equations In article <OTkq2s4CIHA.5160(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Bob Mathews wrote: Just wanted to make it clear that it's a PPT flaw, not one in either of your products. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ On Saturday, October 13, 2007 9:21 AM Steve Rindsberg wrote: Re: Anti-aliased Equations In article <OBPz6rEDIHA.5348(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Bob Mathews wrote: Exactly. Now you tell 'em it's not MY software's fault either. ;-) ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ On Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:54 AM enigmavarian wrote: Thanks to everyone for the replies. All very helpful.Tim Thanks to everyone for the replies. All very helpful. Tim On Saturday, November 17, 2007 4:07 AM shoosh wrote: Re: Anti-aliased Equations On Oct 12, 3:55 am, Steve Rindsberg <ab...(a)localhost.com> wrote: The best solution I've come up with so far: create an equasion object, resize if to about twice its needed size, copy it (Ctrl+C) open photoshop, create a large enough image, paste the object (Ctrl+V) use the selection tool to select only the equasion, copy it again (Ctrl +C) back to powerpoint, paste the image (Ctrl+V) use the "Set Transparent Color" under "recolor" to set the background to be transparent. resize it to the needed size. also, better save the equasion objects in a hidden slide for future changes. On Saturday, November 17, 2007 4:07 AM Bob wrote: Just as a reminder of where this all started, the OP mentioned his(her? Just as a reminder of where this all started, the OP mentioned his (her?) equations looked fine in PPT 2003 until applying animation, then he was left with jagged equations. The solution "shooshx" recommends is unnecessary and way too time-consuming if one uses MathType instead of Equation Editor for the equations. Keep in mind that the OP's problem is still present no matter which of these tools you use to create equations if you create _equation objects_, because the problem is caused by PPT and not by the equation-writing software. So why is shooshx's solution unnecessary? Because MathType lets you choose to create GIF images instead of equation objects. Create the GIF anti-aliased, with a transparent background, and at 384dpi, then save it. Insert it into PPT with the Insert > Picture command (not with copy/paste), and reduce the size to 25% of the original. If I'm creating a presentation with dozens of equations, I'm probably going to use equation objects rather than GIFs, because it's faster. If the quality of the equations is important though, it takes only a few seconds longer to use the GIF method. Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science, Inc. bobm at dessci.com http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide On Nov 16, 6:17 am, shoo...(a)gmail.com wrote: On 10-Oct-2007, <enigmavariant(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Use the Google Reader API to purge old feeds http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/02188aa0-d50b-42fe-9bdb-30a321dd7671/use-the-google-reader-api.aspx
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