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In the web powerpoint I have made a presentation. This presentation uses SVGs (These are scaling weirdly but were used since other kinds of images would pixelate)
In editor view (It is all fine):
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In presenter view (Its all squished):
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Hello @Leah
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As I have reviewed, many users also report that while SVG images display correctly in Editing mode, they become distorted (usually vertically compressed) when switching to Presentation Mode.
I found that many other users also have the same concern when using PowerPoint, as this is a very common and essential app. Therefore, it would be really valuable if you could visit the Feedback community to find similar feedback and vote for it, or create your own feedback in the Microsoft Feedback portal : Ideas · Community
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Besides, I’d also like to share some workarounds contributed by other users
1. Present using PowerPoint Desktop instead of Web
The distortion only occurs in the web viewer; the Desktop app displays SVGs correctly. If possible, download the file and present locally.
2. Convert SVG -> EMF/WMF (Windows-only, preserves vector quality)
If you want to keep vector scalability and avoid bugs, you can:
PowerPoint tends to handle EMF more reliably than raw SVG.
Thank you for your patience and kindness in this matter.
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