Final Cut 6.06 & pdf files

Hi,
I'm working on a project in fcp 6.06.
I've received a powerpoint presentaion (pdf format) to accompany the video.
I convert this in Photo Shop to 720x576, import to fcp & it looks ok..
Some of the files within that .pdf look the same but are different as in when imported to PS I get the text but
background is grey/white boxes and not white. As in transparent. Is there a way to change this?
In general when receiving presentations from people whats the best format to ask for?
Thanks

I don't have any experience with keynote, but powerpoint (I think) will approximately maintain the current screen resolution when you export as tiff, etc. It's one of the many things that always made me crazy about powerpoint. Would be great if you could actually set the actual resolution of the exports.

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