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Powerpoint compatibility with InDesign

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Antoinette Proal

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Apr 22, 2003, 11:26:41 AM4/22/03
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Help! Files are coming in .ppt (powerpoint format) and when I place them in InDesign (as is) the print quality is horrible. When I convert it to a jpeg, it is still horrible as opposed to just placing a regular jpeg. Can we place powerpoint files? How do I make the print quality on those specific files better? Thanks in advance.

Jens Schulze

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Apr 22, 2003, 11:27:48 AM4/22/03
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"Antoinette Proal" wrote:

If we are forced from customers to use powerpoint files (as you know
powerpoint files aren't prepress-ready files) we print the files to the
distiller and then place them onto the pages. If you are lucky the author
already used highres pictures in the powerpoint file, of not.... ;-)

Jens


John O

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Apr 22, 2003, 1:39:27 PM4/22/03
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Jens has the best answer. As for exporting images, if ID can handle PNG,
then they will look much better than jpegs. Jpeg is probably the worst
format for exporting slides. If you adjust the Ppt page size to double or
triple the default, the exported image resolution is better.

John O


Durata

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Apr 23, 2003, 1:46:17 PM4/23/03
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I spend a lot of time placing powerpoint into InDesign. Here's what I do:

In powerpoint, go to print and select acrobat distiller. Select properties, and go to the Adobe PDF settings tab. Select the conversion settings (I usually use the default Print setting) then, make sure to uncheck 'Do not send fonts...' - if you don't - if you don't, expect major problems when preflighting the document.

In the paper/quality tab, click Advanced and go to paper output > paper size and select 'PostScript Custom Page size'. Enter your dimensions (7" x 10" is the standard PPT file aperature), and hit ok.

Select any other options you need in the tabs, and hit ok. When you are back at the main print window, select "scale to fit paper" and then hit ok. This will give you one pdf file containing all the slides, fonts included. Unless there were bitmap images placed in the presentation, you know have a resolution independent version.

Now, what you want to do is split the PDF into individual 1 page documents for easy placement. I do this a lot, so I use a program called ARTS Split and Merge Wizard to split the document (available at www.aroundtablesolution.com for $149).

Once you have single page PDF documents, they place nicely into inDesign.

Uwe Rottkamp

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Apr 25, 2003, 2:47:36 AM4/25/03
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Hi

> Help! Files are coming in .ppt (powerpoint format)

Did you try good ol' Corel Draw? Corel imports nearly all kinds of files,
including ppt or autocad. We often use Corel to import, then export as eps
or else und put it into PM or ID.

Uwe


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