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3/30/2017

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Why are images limited to 3072 pixels?

PowerPoint 2010 and earlier cannot export images of over 3072 pixels. Later versions enable higher resolutions, but there have been some issues along the way.

If you have a later version of PowerPoint, ImageExport can export much larger images but for now, there's a little trick to enabling the feature. You'll need to edit the PPTools.INI file. To open it for editing:

Now edit the file as follows:

Look for the section that starts:

[ImageExport]

Immediately below it, add this:

;This allows user to set max output resolution
;and override ImEx's default limit
MaxResolutionOverride=10000

It should now look like this:

[ImageExport]
;This allows user to set max output resolution
;and override ImEx's default limit
MaxResolutionOverride=15000

with the other original entries following.

Save the file.

Now go back to the ImageExport preferences dialog box and you'll find that you can enter values of up to 10000 in the export pixels setting area.

If you wish, you can experiment with even highter MaxResolutionOverride settings; there seems to be a limit of around 15000 pixels, but that could change from one version to another.

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