Just got upgraded to 3.3 from 3.1, very excited to play with the new stuff.
In particular, I'm excited for Presentations.
I'm running into the problem of "I can place a map, but I can't communicate to the viewer what is on that map unless I am there to explain it to them".
Is there any way to add a legend (or actually, a straight-up layout would be best) to a presentation?
My current workaround would be to make a layout, export it, and then bring it in as an image, but I think it'd be a lot cleaner to just pull in the layout object directly?
I don't see any direct way to add a Layout Legend element to a Presentation. The Help suggests it can be done as an Image element:
You can include screenshots from other areas of the application that support your presentation by adding them as image elements. For example, you could included specific columns in a table or a legend showing map layer symbology.
You can Insert an image from file or simply Copy | Paste a screen capture either of a Legend element (top) in a Layout or the Contents pane of a Map (bottom) without generating a Layout. I use Snagit for screen captures.
Hmm. That's kind of gross.
Relevant Idea: Presentations: Add a Layout Object - Esri Community