ppt formulas do not import correctly

[Fred Schenkelberg]

HI

Importing a few slides which have formulas (either created with MathType or with MS ppt formula builder) - and they do not import correctly, losing the font information - basically going to very very poor pixelated image of formulas

It should work, right?

If so, what do I need to do to make sure it works?

Cheers,

Fred

[RodWard · Accepted solution]

Select the formula in PPT, right click on that object and choose the option to turn it into a graphic. Insert that graphic in Captivate.

Alternatively, use the MathMagic app that comes with Captivate to create the formula.

[Fred Schenkelberg]

Here's what I get with right click

The Convert senses it is a MS equation (actually was a MathType equation..) and will not convert to anything. Save as Picture is a pretty difficult work around... that will be tedious and generally provides pretty poor results. 

MathMagic as part of Captivate? really - where's that?

I bought MM for InDesign and it's expensive.

Not really looking forward to a workaround that involved lower quality or re keying in all the formulas.... Should nt' they just import cleanly?

sorry, rant off, this is frustrating. Thanks for the suggestions. I may have t resort to one or the other at some point.

Cheers,

Fred

[Fred Schenkelberg]

looks like if I Convert to Picture and do not mess with the image size, it seems to work alright in the import. Still testing and wonder how it will scale on different screen sizes... anyway, looks like the work flow is create the formulas either in MathType in PPT or in MathMagic for Captivate (have to purchase as far as I can tell) and go with that.

So, equations/formulas just do not import, is that right?

[RodWard]

To open the MathMagic editor in Captivate go to Insert > Equation.

The equation editors in PowerPoint are not necessarily going to be compatible with Captivate's environment.  That's why I suggested converting your equations into images instead.

You mention a concern about how the images will scale for different screensizes.  If you were thinking that you could build your courses in PowerPoint, then import them into Captivate and use them in Responsive projects for mobiles, think again.  You cannot use PPT content in responsive projects.  You CAN use them as a starting point for normal projects that can be published to HTML5, but the PPT slides will end up as static image backgrounds.

[Fred Schenkelberg]

Thanks and may have to build responsive templates for my material in CP and recreate the material there.... I agree that the import doesn't create all that useful CP documents, yet with the material already in existence it (almost) works. I think I'll be converting formulas to images for a quick work around till I can move material creation over to CP.

thanks for the help

[Lilybiri]

You don't have to purchase MathMagic, it IS INCLUDED with Captivate.

[Fred Schenkelberg]

Cool, didn't know MM was part of CP - no need to buy the MM for Captivate package then...