We also run into problems with fonts which we have discussed previously too.

We can also see that our blue graphic took some damage during the transition, and doesn’t match the original at all. But what if we told you they’re not? The colours differ ever so slightly, as you can see in this screenshot where we’ve used a colour picker to get the RGB values: To the untrained eye, both these files look the same. Here’s a before and after: Converting InDesign to PowerPoint via PDF As our previous post explains, this involves exporting to PDF, and then exporting from PDF to PowerPoint. What’s the difference between a presentation and a template? We’ve already gone into that here, so instead of explaining we’re going to show you the difference between a basic InDesign to PowerPoint via PDF conversion and a built-from-scratch, on-brand PowerPoint template.įirst, let’s look at what happens when we simply convert. That way your clients – who most likely don’t have InDesign – can easily edit their files in MS Office. Well, instead of converting, we recreate! Best practices, of course, demand a template. The point is, your clients want their designs to be fully on-brand, which means it’s important to maintain the exact colours used. If you’re a designer we don’t need to tell you why this is bad.

The main reason for this, as we mentioned, is that the two suites – Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office – handle graphics in very different ways.įor example, many people forget that Microsoft Office uses RGB colour values and exporting an InDesign file to PDF retains the wrong colour profile (if the InDesign file was created in a CMYK colour scheme). One thing we’ve made sure to point out multiple times is that “direct” conversion (via PDF) produces average results at best. In our last few posts we’ve discussed a common workflow issue faced by designers: converting InDesign files to editable Microsoft Office documents.

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