Using PP for layouts?

[CharlotteBelle]

I've been reading several posts...what is this about being able to use power point for layout design? Thanks!!!

[ElizabethGood]

You can create an entire page in PP (I actually use Photoshop though) and insert it into your book using the one photo full bleed page layout. Hope that helps!

[CharlotteBelle]

Yes, I think it does! I will try this out. Thank you!

[sheenacherr]

I was testing out the power point page, and I just cant seem to get the page into my publisher. Do you add it just like you would add any photo??? Becase i tried that it it must be a jpeg file to be added????

[betccqlz]

Yeah, you need to select everything on your PP page and right click to Save as a Picture. Then change it to a jpeg, and the other thing everyone mentions is to make sure you change it to 300dpi instead of 150. I've just made my first page and uploaded the jpeg to bookmaker and it worked out fine.

Question for others on this same note: If I include text on the pp page I make, will it turn out ok in my book or will it get grainy if the book is large?

[Oceanpeg]

When using PowerPoint I just use the "save as" and give it a name other than Presentation 1, 2, 3 or whatever. Plus instead of saving as a "Presentation" bring down the arrow below it and you'll see that you have multiple choices to save it as. One of which is jpg...... I save it to "My Photos" as a jpg and give the folder a name other than Pres 1, 2, or 3, etc....... The easy way......

If you also have oddeball size photos because of doing up collages over at Flickr or the like, bring them over to PowerPoint and drop them onto a plain page there with a white background..... Problem solved. Just ran into that myself, and PowerPoint to the rescue.......

If you're working on more than one at a time you'll end up with one folder and when saving all there it will ask you if you want to save all slides and the answer is "Yes." And in the folder when you open it up in My Documents, My Photos or whereever you do save it to, the slides will be numbered and say "Slide 1.jpg" or "Slide2.jpg" and so forth down the line. You can re-name it to "Dog .jpg" or "Cat.jpg" or whatever your heart desires.......

PowerPoint isn't just for Presentations........And doesn't have to be saved as a Presentation.....

[sheenacherr]

Thanks for the help!!!! Im now working on using Photoshop because it is alot more advanced.

[rich1315]

i really like all of the sample albums that i have seen...but when it says to save as 300dpi? that is not an option in power point. so what would you suggest me doing? i know that my picture size is pretty big and i am not good with photoshop at all.

[rich1315]

in powerpoint, there is not an option to change the dpi? my photos were 300dpi before i put them in powerpoint and now the saved image is 96dpi.

[kacengg]

Does anyone have an answer for Rich? I'm curious as well.

[mike_leach]

If you are using 300 dpi, what image size are you using for the wedding albums

[Cruiser]

Look at all the posts in the Scrapbook section and you will find lots of help about using PP for your pages.