


You must first export the InDesign document to an Adobe PDF and then convert the PDF to a PowerPoint document either in Acrobat or PowerPoint itself. On Wednesday's, I post quick tips for Adobe apps.There is no option to export an Adobe InDesign document to a Microsoft PowerPoint document. The kind of transition youre asking about are done easily enough just by setting up consecutive pages and transitioning from one to the other. Page transitions are baked right in (when you export to Interactive PDF). For building presentations in InDesign, your best bet is still to export a PDF and present in Acrobat. InDesign is a great tool for creating presentations in Acrobat, and its used that way quite a bit. Introduction to Adobe InDesign By Justin Beckett Production Team Leader Dayton Daily News What is InDesign Graphic design software used by newspapers. If Adobe intended for you to use this mode to show presentations, they would have supported transitions. This InDesign to PowerPoint presentation template for a real estate group was a straightforward conversion. Those transitions aren't shown in Presentation mode. Convert InDesign files to PowerPoint templates. Users can add transitions in InDesign that export with a PDF file. Although it seems clear to me that isn't Adobe's intention with the feature. And if you are like me and build "PowerPoint" presentations in InDesign, it will be nice to preview your artwork in full screen mode before you export to PDF.Ĭould you actually use InDesign to show a presentation? I suppose you could. Presentation mode will be helpful when showing artwork to clients and coworkers. It's very similar to Full Screen Mode in Acrobat. Or you can click to advance and shift-click to go back.

You can page between them using arrow keys. So, what is Presentation mode? It hides the palettes and toolbar and displays only your InDesign document surrounded by black.
