Post-Processing in PowerPoint

The main point of the PowerPoint output type is that it puts content in a packaged form for PowerPoint. When you use Flare as your authoring source, the generated content is your deliverable for PowerPoint. There is no need to finalize the slide deck by customizing or cleaning up output.

It is possible, however, to make changes in the PowerPoint application if absolutely necessary. For example, you might want to draw on slides, add themes, slide transitions, and slide animations.

Warning If you edit content in the PowerPoint application, those changes will not be in your source project in Flare. Anytime you rebuild the output using Flare, the fixes you made in PowerPoint will not be evident in the output. You will have to manually make those changes again. (You cannot import those changes back into Flare from PowerPoint.)

As a best practice, edit in Flare so the changes are available and saved in your source files.

Tip View your output in PowerPoint's reading or full-screen slide show mode to review your presentation. For example, you might want to verify links that you have included are working. You can test links in PowerPoint's normal mode but it is difficult to find the clickable spot. In full-screen (presentation mode) the links are quicker to review because the boundaries are clearer.