THAT LABProduct 01 · v3.0
Deck
Bridge
InDesign to PowerPoint, and back. Still editable.
Word and Keynote too. Text stays text, tables stay tables, images stay the original files. It runs offline, with no InDesign or Office installed.
How it works
- .indd
The original
A real InDesign page: headline, images, body text, a table.
- layers
Taken apart
Each element is read for what it is. Text stays text, images stay the original files, tables stay tables.
- offline
Across the bridge
On your own machine, no internet needed. The file goes nowhere and the original is never touched.
- .pptx
Put back together
A PowerPoint deck where every letter is editable. Not a screenshot pasted on a slide.
- .docx · .key
And anywhere else
The same content out as Word or Keynote, or straight back to InDesign.
Look inside
Move the square.
See what it sees.
A flat export sees a picture. Deck Bridge reads every element for what it is. Drag the red square across the page.
- Text stays live text
- Images come across as the original files
- Tables stay tables
- Shapes stay shapes
Try it
Same page.
Any format.
Pick a format and watch the same content rearrange itself. Text, tables and images stay editable, and the loss report lists anything that moved. This part is an illustration. Scroll on for a real file run through the app.
- Editable text
- Font names and sizes carried over
- Images as the original files
- Real tables
- Right-to-left read from the file
- Output report.idml
Tested, not mocked
We ran a real InDesign file through it.
A three-page InDesign document we made: a cover, a text page and a table. Deck Bridge 3.0.0 turned it into PowerPoint on a MacBook, offline. Below: InDesign’s own render next to the PowerPoint. Download both and edit any word, or any cell.
- 23text blocks, all editable in PowerPoint
- 5×3table, kept as a real PowerPoint table
- 2photos, byte for byte the original files
- 0pages turned into pictures
Deck Bridge’s own check marked the PowerPoint as matching on all 3 pages, with one note: Gotham is named in the file but not embedded, because its licence doesn’t allow it. The output picture here is rendered by LibreOffice, which doesn’t have Gotham, so one line wraps differently.
And the other way round: a PowerPoint deck to InDesign, Word and PDF in 1.8 seconds, with all 23 text blocks live in the InDesign file. 438 KB
The details
What goes in.
What comes out.
Reads
- INDD saved in InDesign 2025 or 2026
- IDML
- PPTX
- DOCX
- KEY
Older .indd files need InDesign, or an IDML export. Tables inside .indd files don’t come across yet in 3.0, so for those, save as IDML first.
Writes
- PPTX
- DOCX
- IDML for InDesign
- Page images
- KEY on a Mac with Keynote
Runs on
- macOS and Windows
- Your own machine, offline
- No InDesign or Office needed
Every run gives you
- A new folder next to the source
- The original, untouched
- A loss report: pages side by side, and a list of everything that changed
FAQ
Fair
questions.
Do I need InDesign installed?
No. Deck Bridge reads .indd files saved in InDesign 2025 and 2026 by itself, along with IDML, PowerPoint, Word and Keynote files. Only older .indd files need InDesign, or an IDML export.
Does it upload my files anywhere?
No. Everything runs on your own machine, with no internet needed. Client files never leave it.
Will it change my original file?
Never. It only reads your file and writes the results into a new folder next to it. Folders you already have are never touched.
Will I know if something didn’t convert?
Yes. Every conversion comes with a loss report: the source and the output pages side by side, and a list of everything that changed.
Which formats does it handle?
It reads INDD, IDML, PPTX, DOCX and KEY. It writes PPTX, DOCX, IDML, PDF and page images. Writing KEY needs Keynote, so that one is Mac only.
Is the text really editable, or just a picture?
Really editable. Nothing is turned into an image: text stays text, tables stay tables, images stay the original files.
What about Arabic and other right-to-left languages?
Paragraph and table direction is read from the file itself, so right-to-left layouts come out the way the designer set them.
How do I get it?
Deck Bridge 3.0 for Mac and Windows is available on request. Email us with your team size and the apps you use, and we will send access and terms. The installers are not signed yet, so the first time you open Deck Bridge, macOS asks you to confirm it, and on Windows choose More info, then Run anyway.
Get Deck Bridge
Bring it to your team.
Deck Bridge 3.0 is available on request. Tell us your team size and the apps you use, and we’ll send access and terms.
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