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PowerPoint features to PDF

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2007-05-08 09:23:53
ldickes
Registered: May 16 2006
Posts: 3

What features from PowerPoint will convert to PDF? Transitions? Sounds? Animations? Movies? Hyperlinks?
 
Is it different for Mac and Windows, and are there any particular settings in Distiller we need to be aware of?
 
Our large school district supports both platforms.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Macintosh
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2007-05-08 15:07:19
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tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
You can convert slide presentations to PDF using the PDFMaker on Windows. On thhe Mac, PowerPoint to PDF is very poor. Your best bet is to take a PDF created on the Mac and export it to PDF on a Windows machine.

Unfortunately, most of the transition effects and animations don't translate properly. You might try exporting a slide presentation to PDF then add hyperlinks and animations in Acrobat.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.

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