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May 10, 2021
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Is it possible to import a powerpoint presentation if powerpoint isn't installed?

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I'm just setting up some projects for myself as exercises. I have a few Google Slides presentations exported as powerpoint presentations. I have Captivate on a Mac. I have Powerpoint on a windows machine. Do I need to have a running version of Powerpoint on the mac in order to import the presentation to Captivate?

 

Is there an alternate workflow? GSlides exports a PPTX file. Powerpoint could probably resave it as a PPT if that helps, and I gather it's possible to just import the assets from the ppt without actually trying to import the slides. As an exercise, that's totally fine. 

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      Lilybiri
      Lilybiri
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      May 10, 2021

      My recommendation is different. I would unzip the PPTX file, because it is a zipped folder. Extract the assets you want to use and import them in a library of a new Captivate project. Recreate the project in Captivate, using the assets and the PPT as storyboard. You'll end up with a real Captivate project, without the many limiations of imported PPT slides. An imported PPT slide is in fact a movie slide (based on SWF technology) where you cannot control the individual items at all. When published the slides will be made ready for HTML5. 

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      precise_intuition16B8Author
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      May 10, 2021

      Thanks, Lilybiri. I'll look at that when I get home tonight. That sounds like the best approach.

       

      I was running into a roadblock on the Mac where it wouldn't import the PPTX file without powerpoint being installed, but if I had gotten as far as importing it and then found it was a flattened slide I'd have been pretty disappointed.

       

      Lilybiri
      Lilybiri
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      May 10, 2021

      Understood you wanted exercises. You would have been frustrated if you just imported PPT-slides. I love Captivate for its multitude of features, but I have never used PPT import.

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