indesign links to ppt file slides?

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June 10, 2021
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Hey folks, i have an indesign layout. Right now i take a screenshot of the ppt slides and place that as an image on to my layout.

Is there a way to place the ppt like i do a .pdf and specify which slide i want to display so later when people make changes to the ppt, i can just update the links and display the updated slide?

thanks

jonathan

How to

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Correct answer BobLevine

Create a PDF of the PPTX file. Place that and relink the PDF.

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Jonathan,

are you on Mac or PC?

What version of PowerPoint?

FWIW: With my very old version of PowerPoint 2011 on Windows 10 I'm not able to write high-quality PDFs.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

JonathanAriasAuthor

Brainiac

hi,

its two designers on mac and 3 editors on windows, we are all using ppt 16.49

BobLevineCorrect answer

Community Expert

Create a PDF of the PPTX file. Place that and relink the PDF.

J E L

Community Expert

@BobLevine But if someone makes a change to the PowerPoint file, then they have to save the change and re-export to PDF each time (save as the same file name) in order for the InDesign link to update correctly, right?

JonathanAriasAuthor

Brainiac

yes, that is what i been doing. i am looking to streamline the process by having the ppt file itself linked.

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