Convert Powerpoint to Word editable

[Alison]

Hi,

I have a ppt which needs to be transformed to a report in
Word. It there a way (e.g. a macro) which copies the text
anf the images sperately so that I can edit the results in
word.
(the "sent as" option won't help me).

We are currently using offce 2000, will soon migrate to XP.

Thanks,

Alison

 

[Sonia]

Please tell us why Send To Microsoft Word won't work for you. That will help us
understand your requirements better.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Alison]

Sonia,

thank you very much for your fast reply.
In our workgroup I have to present the results using
powerpoint. For documentation purposes, later also a full
report has to be written (in Word).

The "send to" option copies the whole slides as images
into Word and adds space for comments (or am I missing an
option here?). My ppt slides however contian themselves
several images, text boxes and some tables. I would like
to edit those elements seperately in Word, e.g move the
figures, write figure cations, change short statements on
the slides to full explanations, convert titels into
headings, ....
Usially I therfore manually copy the seperate elements of
my slides, but this is a time consuming and somewhat
stupid procedure, so that I am looking for an automated
way for that task.

Regards,
Alison

 

[Sonia]

You can send Handouts to Word and handouts are just images of the slides. Or
you can send the Outline only (for the text) and then copy and paste the other
elements that you need. Word is a word processing application and doesn't do
slides. So, if you want to be able to edit slide components in Word you'll need
to break each slide into components that Word understands.

 

[Guest]

Sonja,

thanks again, it than relly looks like I have to do it
manually. At leaast I know now that I did not miss an
ovious function.

Regards,

Alison

 

[Guest]

Steve,

thanks for the tip, I tried it and indeed it will help
halfway, as it reduces the number of times I have to
switch between word and powerpoint.

Just one more explanation: I have a short VBA macro for
Excel, which copies every chart on a work sheet as image
into word or powerpoint, and I was looking for something
simlar to process all elements or at least the images from
a presentation.

Best regards,

Alison