Making an SVG Map from the Powerpoint document
The best way we have found to create a very useable SVG map will closely match your existing box office maps is to use Open Office (free) and your original PPT document.
- If you have not done so, export your PPT map from the database or find the original source document
- Tidy up your PPT document using Powerpoint before converting it to SVG.
- Use one of the following software options to convert a PPT into SVG format
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Open Office 4.1.4 (Recommended - free) or later which can be obtained from www.openoffice.org
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Adobe Illustrator CS6 (paid) - this can be found online for downloads - which we know some customers use. We have not tried the Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud CC product (since it locks you into a subscription).
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Note
after you have created an SVG document that is to your liking, you can use OpenOffice to make your PPT map edits from that point forward if you feel comfortable using it as an editing tool as well as a graphics format conversion tool.