I have a PowerPoint presentation where I extensively use simple animations, only appear/disappear effects triggered by the mouse (not time based), without any smooth transitions.
Is it possible to export a PDF where every single step of the animation is on a separate slide?. The problem is that, exporting through the save-as menu, each slide in the pdf is just a snapshot of the corresponding powerpoint slide (with everything visible).
Example: Suppose I have the following slide that start visualizing the shape
[A]:[A]clicking the mouse or pressing the right arrow triggers the ‘appear’ event for the shape
[B]:[A] -> [B]clicking the mouse or pressing the right arrow triggers the ‘disappear’ event for the shape
[A]:[B]The PDF exported file of this PowerPoint animation will have a single slide with
[A] -> [B], while I would like to have three separate slides.
Solution:
Converting a PPT to a PDF while maintaining the animation steps is something I too have been looking into for a long while, without finding a satisfactory solution.
That is why I have decided to write an add-in on my own which does exactly this:
- splits the slides at each animation step (being it mouse-triggered or not depends on the user’s choice)
- while modifying (adding, deleting, altering) the shapes in the “fragmented slide” according to the animation effects.
If you are interested, I have packaged the add-in in an easy-to-use installer, which adds a toolbar (or tab, if you are using Office 2007) to your PowerPoint. In case you are not satisfied, you can easily remove the add-in using the standard Control Panel “Add/Remove Applications” tool.
You can get PPspliT here. Examples of usage are also provided.