Could you save the original graphics as a pdf, and include the pdf in Powerpoint? ---------- begin included message ------ Unfortunately, after placed in the PowerPoint and the PowerPoint is converted to PDF via MS Office's built in conversion utility, the resulting image have diagonal streaks across them from the y-axis down to the x-axis. The rest of the document is perfect, but the WMF images now have streaks across them. It looks like it may be caused, somehow, by the dotted grid.