Quick copy entire page as PNG

[Retromantic]

Hi.

I'm trying to find a place for Publisher in my workflow, and I often design concepts etc which need to be put into Miro boards or PowerPoint decks etc at speed.

I would love a simple right click on any page's thumbnail in the pages palette, and a copy as PNG option.

Then I can quickly paste the design into a presentation etc without generating an extra file.

At the moment the process is a lengthy export of the whole document or series of pages to a folder, where I have to find the image and copy and paste from there. Or I find myself constantly screengrabbing the page which is fiddly and results in inconsistently sized images no matter how careful I am.

This copy as PNG (or other format I guess) would be a game changer for me, and something InDesign does not do...!

[GarryP]

An interesting idea but it brings up some questions.

1. What if people want to do the same but for JPGs, or SVGs, or another image type?
2. Which PNG (or other file format) export settings – re-sampler, profile, bleed, etc. – would it use? Why those specifically, and why not others?
3. Would it work for single pages and/or spreads?

[PaulEC]

58 minutes ago, Ulysses13 said:

At the moment the process is a lengthy export of the whole document or series of pages to a folder, where I have to find the image and copy and paste from there.

Select the page you want as a png then: File > Export > Current Page

I wouldn't call that particularly lengthy!

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, PaulEC said:

Select the page you want as a png then: File > Export > Current Page

I wouldn't call that particularly lengthy!

But the export is only part of the process. Then, as the OP said, you need to find the exported file to copy it into the other document/software. 

@Ulysses13: Have you tried simply selecting everything in the Layers panel for the page you want, and doing a Copy, then a Paste into the other application? For me, that gives a Bitmap Image (BMP) format that will paste into other applications.