Exporting to PowerPoint Friendly Filetype

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Hello! The SituationI currently update a large product catalogue monthly. My current process is to export pages to EPS, drag the EPS files into PowerPoint (which converts them to EMF) unzip the file, pull the EMF into a folder, and use Python to drop them into PowerPoint sequentially with a PNG overlay for applicable pages. This process keeps the file size as low as possible, and the quality as high as possible without allowing teams to edit text directly. It also allows teams to choose what pages are in the document, and add intro letters, etc.  The ProblemMicrosoft has made importing EPS files into PPTX impossible for Windows machines. They may do the same for MacOS (which I use). Additionally, I want to eliminate the step of PowerPoint converting the EPS files in batches, and do a more direct approach. Converting the files in Illustrator to SVG or EMF has really low-quality results, as there's a lot of copy. I must use PowerPoint, as the sales team must be able to add/remove slides and create their own introduction pages. What I've TriedI've tried exporting HTML with In5, but it's not exporting whole pages as SVG files—just pieces. I've also tried creating an action for Illustrator, but it's unweildy and the output is too poor to use. Is there any way to get InDesign to export entire pages in a high-quality, PPTX-friendly filetype (SVG, EMF, WMF)?

Laubender · Accepted Answer

Oh. If you need an exact representation of the InDesign pages you should rely on the following workflow: Export pages to PDF/X-4 with no downsampling of images.Render the PDF pages to 32bit PNG in high resolution with transparency enabled.Best use PhotoShop for this. Place the PNG files in PowerPoint. Regards,Uwe Laubender( ACP )

John Mensinger · Answer

"Is there any way to get InDesign to export entire pages in a high-quality, PPTX-friendly filetype (SVG, EMF, WMF)?" Not really; not reliably enough to serve as a workflow cornerstone. It's a shame you're trapped in a scheme that desecrates InDesign-set type that way. In fact, I fear you won't get much help with such an unusual and malformed workflow. It may not be what you want to hear, but I'd say all that is overdue for a re-think. ". . . the sales team must be able to add/remove slides and create their own introduction pages." I'm not sure I understand why that means Powerpoint is the sole option. Of course I have no idea how many members are on that Sales team, but if they all (or a few competent individuals among them) were equipped with Acrobat DC, the risky and offending round-tripping to/from MS Office-friendly formats could be eliminated, and an intended workflow could be adopted.

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