Hi,
in answer to the second question: perhaps the answer isn't clear to me (or us). I use Acrobat 5.05 and it easily converts a Powerpoint presentation of 33 complex slides to pdf. No loss of any characters, figures, tables, colours, etc. And the original titles of the slide are processed as the bookmarks. Of course, depending on the conversion setup of Acrobat 5.05.
I hope that this answers your question, but if it doesn't...please post your question again and perhaps try to specify it more.
With kind regards,
Prashant