Re: Quicktime & TIFF (LZW) decompressor needed to see this picture

Thanks everyone for the reply! I found that thrrust.com page earlier
while surfing for the solution, but not sure if I can explain the whys
and hows to the researchers easily.

I will give it a try!

Bruce Satow
Space Physics Research Group
Space Sciences Laboratory
University of California
Berkeley, California 94720-7450
(510) 643-2348

Greg Merritt wrote:
> From this...
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=+Quicktime++TIFF+%28LZW%29+decompressor+are+needed+to+see+this+picture&btnG=Search
>
>
> I got this page...
>
> http://www.thrrrust.com/~pclark/blog/2004/12/quicktime-and-tiff-lzw-decompressor.html
>
>
> ...which has a lot of discussion about the issue. A couple of tidbits
> from that discussion:
>
> ''The problem is in HOW the image is inserted into Powerpoint. Any image
> that is inserted using the menu option "Insert - Picture - From File"
> will work on BOTH platforms. If you copy from the Mac OS X app
> "Preview", for example, and then paste into Powerpoint, the image will
> appear in Powerpoint, but will NOT be viewable on PC's. I think the
> Preview application uses the TIFF LZW decompressor, and while Powerpoint
> on Mac must be able to display this, it cannot on PCs. ''
>
> and:
>
> ''A Solution on the Windows-Side without need of a Mac:
> 1) Save PPT as Webpage
> 2) Search for pcz-Files
> 3) unpack pcz-Files (for instance with Total Commander)
> 4) extract PICT-Files from pcz
> 5) convert PICT-Files into JPG or something else (For instance with
> IrfanView)
> 6) reinsert into PPT''
>
>
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Greg
>
>
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