merging Powerpoint doc into Word

[Patricia]

Is there an easy way to merge a 100+ page powerpoint
presentation into a word document? I'm trying to creat
instructor notes that are too robust and long for the
notes feature in Powerpoint. So I was going to have a
smaller version of the Powerpoint screen followed by
formated text.

Any ideas other than cutting and pasting each screen?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Patricia,

No, Word doesn't have any way to import a Powerpoint
presentation as you envision. And even with copy/paste you
want to be careful, as 100+ Powerpoint objects in a Word
document could critically impare performance, if not crash
the document completely. You'd want to use Paste Special
and be sure to paste as pictures (graphics). You might be
able to speed things up a tad by recording the Paste
Special in a macro, assigned to a keyboard shortcut.

Now, if Powerpoint has a way to save each slide as a
graphics file (perhaps by converting to HTML?), and would
create file names with a number, in the proper order, it
should be too big a problem to program a macro in Word that
would insert these graphics for you...

Is there an easy way to merge a 100+ page powerpoint
presentation into a word document? I'm trying to creat
instructor notes that are too robust and long for the
notes feature in Powerpoint. So I was going to have a
smaller version of the Powerpoint screen followed by
formated text.

Any ideas other than cutting and pasting each screen?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Dianna]

Powerpoint has always had the option to "Send to" "Word".
A menu with a list of optional setups/sizes comes up next -
just select how you want the notes to look and go from
there.
I think you were just using the wrong terminology "merge"
as opposed to "Send to".
Hope this helps.