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 11  Author attractive PDF presentations
If you create presentations, you probably
use a dedicated tool, such as Microsoft PowerPoint. Even though
such tools do have their strengths, if you already have FrameMaker
and Acrobat, there may be advantages to creating your presentation
in PDF format, such as:
- Using tools you are familiar with and
which have much stronger formatting and single-sourcing capabilities
- PDF files are portable and self-contained
(fonts, graphics), with optional security settings
- File size of PDFs is typically much smaller
than dedicated presentation formats
- PDF files can be viewed with free cross-platform
readers.
When you create a PDF presentation from
FrameMaker files, you can create a visually stimulating result
while benefiting from:
- Taking advantage of many FrameMaker features,
such as cross-references, conditional text, tables, variables,
text insets (re-using practically all items you already have
in your files)
- Single sourcing or easily re-purposing
content you already have in existing FrameMaker files
- Producing a hand-out copy by printing
from FrameMaker using the Thumbnails print setting (specifying
a number of pages to be printed on a single page); slide background
can be specified as a display only, non-printing layer
- Incorporating navigational buttons (which
could also be off-page)
- Linking to external documents (such as
topics in the tutorial/user guide PDFs)
Using FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers
and the Presentation Assistant, you can:
- Specify page transitions (slightly different
background images/colors are essential for effective transitions)
- Set the slide background (JPEG image)
as a non-printing layer
- Add references (to manuals, movies, sound
files or web locations) in source FrameMaker files (so that you
can link to them automatically from the PDF)
- Specify full-screen mode (hiding all
user interface items, such as menus, toolbars); optional progress
bar can indicate current location or used interactively
- Optionally specify default timing for
a self-running presentation
- Include notes to attach brief comments
to specific slides, displayed on demand
Examples:
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