{"id":24733,"date":"2019-10-24T12:41:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T16:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=24733"},"modified":"2019-10-20T00:46:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T04:46:22","slug":"why-we-still-need-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/24\/why-we-still-need-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we still need Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to save a PowerPoint presentation about a recent Northwest Passage cruise to a series of HD-resolution (1920&#215;1080) JPEGs for direct display from a USB stick to a TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PowerPoint will let you do this, but only at 1280&#215;720(!) resolution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a brief search, I found an official Microsoft document on this subject: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/troubleshoot\/powerpoint\/change-export-slide-resolution\">&#8220;How to change the export resolution of a PowerPoint slide&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of adding a dialog box to prompt the user for the desired resolution, Microsoft took the trouble to advertise a method of doing this by editing the Windows registry, complete with cautions about how &#8220;serious problems might occur&#8221; if you make any mistakes while editing said registry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is kind of awe-inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(How does one accomplish this goal? 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