At this time you'd need to move the PowerPoint presentation to a Windows computer to gain this option with the 360 suite. Storyline & Presenter are Windows-only software. As Rise doesn't support importing Powerpoint files.
A .ppt and .pptx files generated can be used on any OS regardless of it being from MacOS PowerPoint or Windows PowerPoint. Then you can either import directly into Storyline or use Presenter. You will need to have a downloaded version of PowerPoint 2010+ to be able to convert.
Just in case you didn't have it handy the following guides are available:
NOTE: Apple Keynote files would need to be converted to .PPT or PPTX and then opened in Windows PowerPoint 2010+ and then could be imported into Storyline 360.
On my own Mac, I'm using Boot Camp to dual boot into Windows 10 though there are also emulators such as VMWare or Parallels that work as well!
The problem as I understand it is that the Apple OS does not allow the plug-in architecture that products such as iSpring, Articulate Presenter, and others need in order to run as plug-ins to PowerPoint. Hence, there are no such PowerPoint plug-in programs for Macs.
On the other hand, you mention that you have Storyline, which also runs only on Windows, so that means you must have access to Windows. Why not run iSpring, Articulate Presenter, or whatever PowerPoint plug-in tool you like best in the same Windows installation where you currently run Storyline? You will need a Windows version of PowerPoint, though, if you don't already have one.
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Hi Phil,
At this time you'd need to move the PowerPoint presentation to a Windows computer to gain this option with the 360 suite. Storyline & Presenter are Windows-only software. As Rise doesn't support importing Powerpoint files.
A .ppt and .pptx files generated can be used on any OS regardless of it being from MacOS PowerPoint or Windows PowerPoint. Then you can either import directly into Storyline or use Presenter. You will need to have a downloaded version of PowerPoint 2010+ to be able to convert.
Just in case you didn't have it handy the following guides are available:
- Getting Started with Presenter 360
- Storyline 360 and Storyline 3: Importing PowerPoint Slides
NOTE: Apple Keynote files would need to be converted to .PPT or PPTX and then opened in Windows PowerPoint 2010+ and then could be imported into Storyline 360.
On my own Mac, I'm using Boot Camp to dual boot into Windows 10 though there are also emulators such as VMWare or Parallels that work as well!
I hope that helps.
The problem as I understand it is that the Apple OS does not allow the plug-in architecture that products such as iSpring, Articulate Presenter, and others need in order to run as plug-ins to PowerPoint. Hence, there are no such PowerPoint plug-in programs for Macs.
On the other hand, you mention that you have Storyline, which also runs only on Windows, so that means you must have access to Windows. Why not run iSpring, Articulate Presenter, or whatever PowerPoint plug-in tool you like best in the same Windows installation where you currently run Storyline? You will need a Windows version of PowerPoint, though, if you don't already have one.
Cheers!
-Ray
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