Import PowerPoint document to InDesign?

[Susan Culligan]

I'm working on a book created in PowerPoint (eek!). I know I can make PDFs of all the PPT pages and then place them page by page (126 pages) into a blank InDesign document, but is there any way to export/import the whole PPT doc into InD?

HOLD THE PRESSES! I found https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/place-a-multipage-pdf-in-indesign/td-p/11343293 and it worked perfectly!!

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@Jay-Random-Guy

Why? 

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

As long as they are identifying it as a commercial/paid product, I don't see anything wrong with it. For someone else to mention it, they have to 1) be aware of the existance of the product, 2) notice this thread to place a comment. I wasn't aware of either product* and was glad to learn about them. 

*Technically, I was familiar with the products but not that feature. 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Not sure if you are referring to my tool - but there is one more condition - I'm not interested in wasting time on reverse engineering PPTX files, so my solution requires PowerPoint to be installed as well.

[ana p379793058vpa]

J-R-G,

I agree wholeheartedly with this comment.
It clearly mentions something that has important layers of interest for the integrity of the forum.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

@ana p379793058vpa Sorry--I'm confused. Are you agreeing with the comment that people should NOT mention a product if they have some sort of financial stake in it? Even if it directly relates to solving a problem?

Or is it the other way around?

[ana p379793058vpa]

Dave,

The mentioned thread, which I thought was very thoughtful, just makes a very elegant allusion to the way someone with commercial products can refer to them. It does not talk about the ethics of using a forum to make marketing suggestions.

‘Chimmed in’ is a recommendable suggestion. The point of including in the headers of the Community Expert headers their financial stakes is something new here: in the chess world GMs wear clothes with the names of their sponsors embroidered on various visible parts.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Again, this premise assumes an unrelated person is familiar with the product and happens to read the thread. 

There is nothing wrong with suggesting someone else's or one's own product according the community guidelines:

Non-Adobe Products

If you're sharing information about a third-party paid product, please adhere to the following:

• It must be a service or product not offered already by Adobe, that fixes an issue that Adobe doesn't offer a solution for.
• Provide relevant context of why you're sharing it, and make sure it's directly related to the user’s question. 
• Explicitly state that it's a paid product.

[ana p379793058vpa]

David,

what J-R-G was proposing was that a third party should preferably make the suggestion. That was the thread I commented on.

In recent months it is notorious the presence of some colleagues who appear almost every day spending a lot of time commenting on the threads. Obviously we should thank them for their time and willingness and sometimes their efficiency.

It is perfectly logical and clear that no one would think that this is due to the fact that behind everything is proposed are paid solutions or that this increases their prestige to be consulted through direct and proven contacts that the forum itself provides.

However, it is often the case that once a simple and free answer appears, it is accompanied by another one offering the same thing for a fee. It is not unethical but it does create confusion or doubt.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

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However, it is often the case that once a simple and free answer appears, it is accompanied by another one offering the same thing for a fee. It is not unethical but it does create confusion or doubt.

By @ana p379793058vpa

If the additional answer brings completely new possibilities - that are not available within the first answer - and the first answer is complete and unbiased - what's wrong with that?

Confusion and doubt of what? 

Would you prefer to get only a "basic" answer - and spend 10+ hours doing something manually - or have a choice, that for a small fee it can be done in a few minutes? 

[ana p379793058vpa]

«If the additional answer brings completely new possibilities - that are not available within the first answer - and the first answer is complete and unbiased - what's wrong with that?»

Perhaps this thread shows part of the offers:

 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@ana p379793058vpa

You mean this thread: 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/how-to-split-rows-of-a-table-across-pages/m-p/14...

[ana p379793058vpa]

«Would you prefer to get only a "basic" answer - and spend 10+ hours doing something manually - or have a choice, that for a small fee it can be done in a few minutes? »

It would be interesting to precise  where the calculation figures come from when a basic correct answer leads to 10+hours of additional work.

For many of us a correct answer is a correct answer.  I am not totally convinced that a small fee the solution will be the new path.