Managing Conversions Between Adobe CC and Microsoft Office

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Free Online Course: Managing Conversions Between Adobe CC and Microsoft Office provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Managing Conversions Between Adobe CC and Microsoft Office is taught by Anne-Marie Concepción.

Overview
  • The exchange goes both ways with Creative Cloud and Office. Learn how to convert and share assets—text, graphics, chart data, and more—between Adobe CC and Microsoft Office.

Syllabus
  • 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