# Export for publication function of xltoolbox **URL:** \ **Category:** General discussion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/export-for-publication-function-of-xltoolbox/41 "2014-05-11T13:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saisudhir](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@saisudhir](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/saisudhir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/export-for-publication-function-of-xltoolbox/41/1 "2014-05-11T13:14:49Z")
Hi Firstly thank you Daniel for this wonderful addin and everyone in our circle of friends find this extremely useful. This is my first post and so quickly tried search with keyword powerpoint and found nothing, hence posting to find help. There are several thirdparty addins to export images/shapes from powerpoint of defined resolution ready for publication but come with a price. There is also a registry hack to improve the export resolution to 300dpi and some vba codes that are tricky for novices (no/minimal knowledge of vba) like me. So i request the users on the forum and Daniel if it is possible to tweak the xltoolbox addin to have the export option invoked in powerpoint and used it just like in excel to have publication ready figures one prepares in powerpoint. Thank you Cheers Sudhir ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/user_avatar/forum.xltoolbox.net/daniel/32/6_2.png) [@Daniel](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/export-for-publication-function-of-xltoolbox/41/2 "2014-05-14T12:40:07Z")
Hi Sudhir, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to program something for PowerPoint in the foreseeable future. My big plan is to rewrite the Toolbox for Excel because it has become too big to maintain in Visual Basic for Applications over the last years. Since I do all this in my spare time, progress is extremely slow. As a workaround, you can copy and paste graphics from PowerPoint to Excel and export them from there. I know it’s a bit cumbersome, but in the end it’s just one copy-and-paste action, not more. Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![saisudhir](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@saisudhir](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/saisudhir)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/export-for-publication-function-of-xltoolbox/41/3 "2014-05-14T15:20:03Z")
Hi Firstly thank you very much Daniel for the reply. I understand you are busy. The trick you suggested is more or less what I am using. I create figures i need to exort by using insert shapes, group them up in excel itself and paste it into powerpoint for storage purpose and also export it as figure from excel using the addin at 300 dpi (traditional benchmark) for publication. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Segaboy](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Segaboy](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/Segaboy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/export-for-publication-function-of-xltoolbox/41/4 "2015-02-20T05:21:07Z")
So i request the users on the forum and Daniel if it is possible to tweak the xltoolbox addin to have the export option invoked in powerpoint and used it just like in excel to have publication ready figures one prepares in powerpoint. * * * We offer guaranteed success for [http://www.test-king.com/cert-CCNA-Routing-and-Switching.htm](http://www.test-king.com/cert-CCNA-Routing-and-Switching.htm) exam with help of latest [http://www.test-king.com/exams/SY0-401.htm](http://www.test-king.com/exams/SY0-401.htm) certification and practice questions and the exams of [http://www.rasmussen.edu/](http://www.rasmussen.edu/) ccie security ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/user_avatar/forum.xltoolbox.net/daniel/32/6_2.png) [@Daniel](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/export-for-publication-function-of-xltoolbox/41/5 "2015-02-20T09:29:29Z")
Okay, all I can say now that I am thinking about it. The structure of the new [http://xltoolbox.sourceforge.net/blog/tags/alpha](http://xltoolbox.sourceforge.net/blog/tags/alpha) definitively makes it easier to accomplish this, but I have to find time to do it.