HansSchnier

Q: low-quality copy (to the clipboard) in Keynote and Pages

Hello,

 

I am running Keynote 6.5 under OS 10.10 on MacBook Air. Just after updating to Yosemite I have noticed that if I copy (command-c) something from Keynote (say, some text, or a graphic) and try to paste it outside (in Preview, or in Word) I get a low-quality image (bitmap rather than vector). It was not like this before. Also, I have verified that this problem is limited to Keynote and Pages; i.e., copying something out of (e.g.) Powerpoint works perfectly (vector image).

 

Anyone can help?

iWork, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 24, 2014 6:55 AM

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  • by Kyn Drake,

    Kyn Drake Kyn Drake Nov 24, 2015 6:41 AM in response to lemon-kun
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    Nov 24, 2015 6:41 AM in response to lemon-kun

    No! I didn't know that! However, on my affected computer, all it shows is the PNG graphic! Getting a full look at the pasteboard would show all the various formats (from the highest resolution PDF all the way down to PNG (if the program being pasted into does not support any of the other formats), but this HAS been informational.

     

    This could mean that it might be worth it to look into FINDER defaults instead of Keynote. I'm going to see if the screenshot default has any effect. That's an excellent bit of sleuthing you did, there. I feel like we're closer than we've ever been to nailing down the errant difference that causes the issue.

     

    It's an old page, but I'm going to check to see if these do anything, positive or negative

    http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/16/change-the-screenshot-capture-file-format/

     

    It only worked for the screen capture. If you copy from Keynote and do Finder>Edit>Show Clipboard, you still get a PNG.

  • by Kyn Drake,

    Kyn Drake Kyn Drake Nov 24, 2015 6:58 AM in response to lemon-kun
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    Nov 24, 2015 6:58 AM in response to lemon-kun

    Just to capture this info here for intrepid searchers, the "defaults write" list o' things to default write is found here:

     

    ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork.Keynote

     

    Unfortunately, nothing looks remotely like "fix the fact that my images are low quality"

  • by hlhijazi,

    hlhijazi hlhijazi Dec 6, 2015 10:05 PM in response to The Keynote Guys
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    Dec 6, 2015 10:05 PM in response to The Keynote Guys

    Thanks, this was helpful!

  • by agileben,

    agileben agileben Feb 11, 2016 6:01 PM in response to HansSchnier
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    Feb 11, 2016 6:01 PM in response to HansSchnier

    I've been watching this issue for a long while and I just noticed I can now copy PDF Vector image data from Keynote if I select the entire slide in the navigator and then copy, and then I can paste the image as a PDF Vector in Preview or another app, e.g in powerpoint I can "Paste as PDF".  

     

    Note that selecting objects on a slide still copy as low quality image data.

     

    Keynote 6.6.1

    OSX Yosemite 10.10.5

     

    Hope this helps!

  • by Dracula75,

    Dracula75 Dracula75 Mar 14, 2016 5:32 AM in response to agileben
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    Mar 14, 2016 5:32 AM in response to agileben

    Right click the graphic in keynote or pages and choose 'copy as pdf'

     

    Paste it in illustrator, indesign... as vector

     

    Seems that only works for graphics, not shapes

  • by Gary Scotland,

    Gary Scotland Gary Scotland Mar 14, 2016 8:28 AM in response to Dracula75
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    Mar 14, 2016 8:28 AM in response to Dracula75

    Right click the graphic in keynote or pages and choose 'copy as pdf'

    There is no such feature in Keynote as:      copy as pdf

     

    Seems that only works for graphics, not shapes

    This discussion is about vector shapes, it is not about images.

  • by Dracula75,

    Dracula75 Dracula75 Mar 15, 2016 1:07 AM in response to Gary Scotland
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    Mar 15, 2016 1:07 AM in response to Gary Scotland

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  • by roslynfromthornhill,

    roslynfromthornhill roslynfromthornhill Jul 30, 2016 2:20 PM in response to HansSchnier
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    Jul 30, 2016 2:20 PM in response to HansSchnier

    I had the same issue using Keynote 6.6.2 on a Macbook OS El Capitan 10.11.6.

     

    I found I could solve the problem if I exported my Keynote as a MS Office PowerPoint for Mac Version 15.24, then transferred from the Power Point to  MS Word Version 15.24.

     

    My images (these are detailed images of original diagrams and animation characters I created using my own shapes that I created with Keynote features) transferred with full resolution even at full screen.

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