How to convert an Indesign presentation into a PowerPoint presentation seamlessly?

https://www.recosoft.com/store/windows/id2office/ 

does this work?

I'm not opposed to rolling up my sleeves and creating multiple templates in multiple programs when neccessary, but I was excited to find this and I just gave the trial a go. I'm sorry to say I was very dissappointed. Based on the description provided prior to trying the program, I expected animations and transitions to be supported. Animations are not supported or exported. No drop shadows exported, although every indication is that they should have. The vector graphics and text did not export correctly (some just outlines with no fill). The export did not honor the boundaries/dimensions of the InDesign file page, and instead added a significant color-filled margin all the way around. It also lost odd pieces of text (sometimes one letter, sometimes one word) from various text boxes, so font support is an issue as well. Bitmaps did export correctly with transparency (set to PNG) and good quality, so no complaints there.

If it helps you all to know development-wise; I am running the most recent version of Adobe CC and was using Adobe InDesign 2021. The drop shadows that failed to export were set to "Multiply." No spot colors are used in the document and all elements and color space are set to RGB (no mixed color spaces/profiles). Both fonts utilized were Google Fonts. 
Cheers!

Short answer: You can't.

The route mopst others have suggested is via a pdf file and then exporting that to a PowerPoint file using Acrobat Pro sort-of-kinda-works, but you will end up with a not-really-functional PowerPoint file. Try inserting a new blank slide. Go on, I'll wait.... What's that, you ask? Where are your slide masters? 

Yeah. They aren't there. You might as well keep the pdf format and make any minor twaeks using Acrobat Pro...

Look - the basic problem is this: InDesign and PowerPoint are intended for entirely different purposes. And they follow a different logic. And I say this as someone who builds PowerPoint template files for corporate clients full-time, and who works with some two dozen design agencies on this. 

Indesign approaches the concept of page layouts in a very general way, unless you go out of your way to specify detailed page layouts. Usually you get a few basic layouts. like a title page/slide... Then the footzer behaviour... The rest is on a page by page basis. The target user group pf InDesign are trained users, designers, etc. Not Bob from sales who struggles with understanding the idea of left- and right-click.

A proper PowerPoint file, and especially a template file, requires that you build a master slide set, so that the user(s) can easily create new slides with a single click, and these slides are pre-layouted so that even the most inexperienced user can create consistent, on-brand presentations. And add new slides to an existing presentations easily (and no, not just via "duplicate slides"). They should be able to start with an empty presentation and add correctly pre-layoutted slides easily.

The logioc and the creation workflow is different. The user know-how is massively different. I have worked with tools that try to handle the transition directly from InDesign to PowerPoiont and the results, at best, are "sort of okay at first glance, as long as you don't need to do much editing" - but certainly not something that can be distributed to 12'000 users worldwide as a template for everyone to work with.

My advice? Build a proper PowerPoint template. Many of our partner agencies have actually started building PowerPoint templates IN POWERPOINT, because then they don't end up designing things in in InDesign that PowerPoint can't handle (like hierarchical lists).

And as a response to the usual PowerPoint-bashing that inevitably comes up... I have never heard someone bashing PowerPoint that actually had a good working knowledge of the tool. It's not a brilliant tool, but if you actually learn to use it properly, it it pretty okay. 

Here's a trick for you and it is free. Download the free ID Util. Drop your InDesign file that you want in PowerPoint onto the ID Util icon.You will get a handy preview.

Then choose "Export" circled in red in the above picture. Then choose which format you want each page to be exported as. Click Save and you will get each page of the InDesign file exported as a PNG, JPG or PDF.

Now go and place these exported pages as slides in PowerPoint and your done!

Will that do it?

Friendly Regards,

David Dilling

Markzware

Everyone in here seems to not take into account the plugin Recosoft. Look it up and you'll thank me later. Powerpoint is the worst tool in history, do not use it if not necessary.

johnc81775951  wrote I want to do as little editing as possible after spending a ton of time designing it in Indesign.

As little as possible will likely be a lot. I'm surprised, in fact, to see this:

Most things translated over fine...

I'd expect if you're really discerning, you may have to revisit virtually every element, and probably settle for a fair bit of inequality and compromise (and/or dead-static 'pictures' of your InDesign slide layouts).

InDesign and Powerpoint are not intended to be compatible in any way. The hard truth is that when your deliverable is a Powerpoint file, the only correct approach is to design it in Powerpoint.

The best advice I can give you is to use Powerpoint to create the presentation next time.

It’s the right tool for the job.

I am not aware of a more straightforward solution. What are you looking for, precisely? A 100% perfect, one click conversion?

You may or not may have more success with exporting to HTML.