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Word add-in PPI

  • September 4, 2025
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What is the PPI of an image inserted from the Lucidchart Word add-in?

Is it higher than the maximum value of 300 PPI that can be set when exporting as an image from Lucidchart?

Best answer by Michael B

Hello happymapper,

 

The default DPI for export images is 255. If the image fails to export due to a `ImageTooLargeError` received from Word, we reduce the DPI until Word accepts the image. This can cause larger images (by pixel dimensions) to end up with a much larger resolution in Word

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Musicachic
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  • Lucid Legend Level 5
  • September 9, 2025

Hello Happymapper,

Love the screenname! It appears that you are experiencing issues with the quality of the image(s) you are exporting to Microsoft Word.

This resource should help: https://help.lucid.co/hc/en-us/articles/16324571257492-Export-or-print-a-Lucid-document#export-as-jpg-svg-png-pdf

It shows you various ways to crop and adjust the quality, including zoom level, screen quality, and print quality. Let me know if this doesn’t improve the export. 🙂


Leianne C
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  • Lucid support team
  • September 10, 2025

Hi ​@happymapper, thank you for posting in the community. That’s a great question! I am checking with our teams internally to confirm this and will update this thread as soon as I have more information. 

Thank you for your patience and please let me know if you have any additional questions in the meantime! 


Michael B
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  • Lucid product team
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  • September 18, 2025

Hello happymapper,

 

The default DPI for export images is 255. If the image fails to export due to a `ImageTooLargeError` received from Word, we reduce the DPI until Word accepts the image. This can cause larger images (by pixel dimensions) to end up with a much larger resolution in Word


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  • September 19, 2025

Thanks for your response ​@Michael B