Exporting to Slide Shows


The Export to Slideshow feature offers you the option of extracting selected images in an existing PDF document and converting them to a PDF slide show. You can set slide durations, add transition effects, add background music, and view your slide show in Adobe Reader or any other Acrobat viewer.

You might have a file supporting Picture Tasks where you want to use a selected number of images to create a new slide showsay, to create a slide show from a file that was intended to be a larger slide-show presentation. Additionally, you might want to add sound to a slide show for a self-running kiosk or slide presentation.

To export images to a slide show:

1.

Open a PDF document that supports Picture Tasks.

2.

Open the Picture Tasks pull-down menu and select Export to Slideshow. The Export to Slideshow dialog opens (Figure 9.5).

Figure 9.5. Select Export to Slideshow from the Picture Tasks pull-down menu to open the Export to Slideshow dialog.


3.

Select the images you want to export to a slide show. Click on individual images or press the Shift key to select a contiguous range of images. As each image is selected, a checkmark appears in the box below the selected image.

4.

Add a title for your slide show in the text box in the Title field. Titles can be up to 32 characters.

5.

Set the slide duration. Enter the time in seconds you want each slide to appear in Adobe Reader. You can select fixed intervals from the pull-down menu or type a value in the text box. Values range from 1 to 32767 seconds.

6.

Apply a transition. A number of transition effects appear on the pull-down menu. Among others, you can choose from Fade, Dissolve, and different wipe effects. If you don't want any transitions, select None.

7.

Add music. If you want your slide show to play background music, choose Select from the pull-down menu. The Choose Audio File dialog opens, where you can browse your hard drive for a sound file and add it as a background sound. If you don't want music to play during the slide show, select None. Adobe Reader supports MP3 and WAV files.

8.

Open your slide show. If you want to preview the slide show immediately after creating it, check Open slideshow after export.

9.

Export the slide show. Click the Export button, and the Save As dialog opens. Find a target folder where you want to save your PDF slide show, and click Save. Note that the filename is derived from the name you added to the Title text box in the Export to Slideshow dialog. If you want to change the filename, you can do so in the Save As dialog. The Title text appears on the first slide, but the filename can be any name you want to use.

10.

Preview the slide show. If you checked Open slideshow after export, the slide show opens in Adobe Reader. If the slide show doesn't open in Reader immediately, click the Open tool and open the file. The slide show opens in Full Screen mode and automatically changes slides at the interval you selected in the Export to Slideshow dialog. A controller appears in the upper-right corner (Figure 9.6), enabling you to pause, move back, and move forward among the slides.

Figure 9.6. A controller is added to the slide show when the PDF file is created.


Can I add music after I create a slide show?

Once a PDF file is created using the Export to Slideshow command, you can't edit the file in Adobe Reader. You can, however, re-create a slide show using Picture Tasks. Any file created with Picture Tasks supports the Picture Tasks commands when you reopen the file. Open an existing slide show, select Export to Slideshow from the Picture Tasks pull-down menu, and follow the same steps to create a slide show. From the Background Music pull-down menu choose Select. The Choose Audio File dialog opens, allowing you to navigate your hard drive and select a sound file to import. Complete the export, and your new slide show plays with the imported background music.




    Adobe Reader 7 Revealed. Working Effectively with Acrobat PDF Files
    Adobe Reader 7 Revealed: Working Effectively with Acrobat PDF Files
    ISBN: 0321305310
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 168
    Authors: Ted Padova

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