Hello guys,

i currently am working on a scientific thesis. I usually do a lot of my graphics like diagrams or models in PowerPoint. After i Group the graphics, i directly import them into MSWord. The good thing is, that these graphics have really high quality in comparision to inserting them as formated graphics like .png-files.

Everything so far works perfect. The only Problem i got is with the positioning of the graphics. To show you my problem , i attached a screenshot. Unfortunately i have the german version (i blurred the text) but i hope you get the point. After I imported the vector graphic via copy paste i specified that i dont want Textflow in or next to the graphic. Thats fine so far. The problem is, that unlike to usual graphics, i can not specify the position of the graphic. At the moment it is positioned at the left side but i want to have it in the center of the page. As you can see the options for positioning content is grayed out and disabled and i cant define the position in the graphics properties as well (its disabled there also).

Does anyone know a solution? Like i said i really want the original powerpoint vector graphics and not import it as a png since in my opinion the quality of the graphic decreases a lot when doing so.

Thanks in advance!

Don

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Your attached image looks as though you are in the "Format" ribbon. Have you tried to center the graphic using the "Home" ribbon (just as you would if you were centering text)? (I have no idea if the German version of MSWord is the same as the US version...I am just assuming).

Hi,

as I do not see any anchor on your page, I'm quite sure you inserted (imported) the grahics as an InlineShape (Mit Text in Zeile).

So what you could do:
- Center the graphics like text (Start > Absatz), or
- Transform the graphics into a Shape (Bildtools > Zeilenunmbruch > Vor den Text) in order to move the graphics as you used to do.

NP

Speculation: what happens if you link/insert a graphic, using an empty, centred paragraph as the anchor point? That's how I handle graphic orientation away from Word.

btw, thanks for the post! I had no idea Powerpoint could handle vector graphics … even if it will only read one MS format, that's a major step forward.

Hey,
thanks for the feedback. As suggested i used empty paragraphs with "in front of text"(Vor dem Text) and with this it works. Thanks!