Managing Conversions Between Adobe CC and Microsoft Office

Introduction

• Welcome
• Before watching this course
• How to use the exercise files

1. Overview of Essential Differences

• Adobe design apps vs. Microsoft Office apps
• How font usage differs between suites
• Understand graphics differences
• Understand color differences
• Office for Mac vs. Office for Windows

2. Converting with Specialized Software

• Use ID2Office to convert ID files to Word and PPT
• Use PDF2ID or PDF2DTP to convert PDFs to editable ID files
• Use Snagit for screenshots

3. Between Adobe Creative Apps and Microsoft PowerPoint

• Use Adobe Acrobat to convert any file to PowerPoint
• Recreate an Adobe file from scratch in PowerPoint
• Convert Adobe background art to PowerPoint master pages
• Extract individual images from a PDF to use in PowerPoint
• Convert elements from InDesign to PowerPoint
• Convert Illustrator art into editable vectors in PowerPoint
• Replicate Adobe text formatting in PowerPoint
• Extract PowerPoint art to use in Adobe apps
• Export all the PowerPoint text to use in InDesign

4. Between Microsoft Excel and Adobe Creative Apps

• Create InDesign tables from Excel
• Automatically update InDesign tables from Excel
• Convert Excel charts into editable Illustrator objects
• Import Excel data into Illustrator charts
• Convert Excel charts for use in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator

5. Between Adobe Creative Apps and Microsoft Word

• Import formatted Word text into InDesign
• Import formatted Word text into Illustrator
• Export formatted InDesign text to Word
• Convert an InDesign layout to editable Word format
• Create an editable Word letterhead based on an InDesign design
• Add a continuation page to the Word letterhead
• Import art from Adobe apps into Word
• Extract Word art graphics to use in Adobe apps

Conclusion

• Next steps