Have just seen this in a Madcap Flare press release:
https://www.madcapsoftware.com/casestudy/BAInsight.aspx
Additionally, BA Insight makes extensive use of Flare’s functionality for importing Microsoft® Word. Writers take content written using Word and simply import it into Flare. From there, they can publish editable PowerPoint® slides using a Word-to-PDF workflow.
I'd love to know more about how this is possible as editable Powerpoint slides has been a requirement for us for a while.
P.
Producing _editable_ Powerpoint slides from Flare
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- Propellus Maximus
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Re: Producing _editable_ Powerpoint slides from Flare
I've never heard about that feature. If I had to guess, I'd guess that the showcased company wrote some special code that made it work. That happens _a lot_ with showcased companies. They've used Flare in a really cool, unique way, but they have had to customize the process so extensively, that the average Flare user can't apply what the showcased company has done.
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Re: Producing _editable_ Powerpoint slides from Flare
I'm thinking they:
Cheers,
Rob
- Import content from Word and create whatever topics they need
- Create a powerpoint-like page layout with a pdf target.
- Reconfigure content into a TOC specifically for that output with any additional front and back matter topics.
- Output as PDF
- In Acrobat DC select Export as Powerpoint presentation.
Cheers,
Rob
Re: Producing _editable_ Powerpoint slides from Flare
It turns out the solution is easier than I thought - Adobe Acrobat (the full version, not Reader) can indeed export an editable Powerpoint presentation. So I set up page layouts and a stylesheet to match our current PowerPoint look and feel, generate to PDF, then open that and convert to PowerPoint.