Re: PowerPoint to Word

From: Alba (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:06:11 -0700

Hi there,

Thanks for getting back to me...

The basic problem stems from the fact that our marketing
department like Powerpoint and they are trying to use it
as a package to create documents. To some extent I can
understand why - some of the slides have fairy complex
graphics, and it is a pain in the bahooky to add in new
pages and recreate the same graphics were it done in word.

So I have a 30 or so slide presentation - some pages have
a lot of text on them (e.g. a covering letter created to
look like a Word page with two columns...created with two
(unlinked) text boxes...so that when you add text to the
first text box of the letter you have to cut text out of
the bottom of that text box, and paste it to the top of
the next text box.) Other slides have tables, others with
a heavy graphic background with text placed on top of the
graphics...and what I really want is an editable copy of
the slides page for page in Word...keeping the same
graphics and layout. I know .. I don't want much!!

Personally I feel that Powerpoint should be used for
presentations...short snappy text outlining points...and
not for full blown document production...

Alba

>-----Original Message-----
>G'Day Alba,
>
>I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve!
>
>MS Office has tools for every job - Powerpoint handles
>graphics well and Word "ain't nowhere near as good"!
>
>The "Send to..." features of Word and Powerpoint
>were originally for the purpose of swapping Outlines.
>
>If you used Word (with Heading Styles) for a proposal
>or a report (say), and you were then asked to do a
>presentation, you would send the Word Outline to
>Powerpoint, automatically creating slides to form the
>basis of the Presentation.
>
>Conversely if you Presented a set of ideas, and were
>then asked to work up a full-scale proposal, you would
>do the reverse, creating the Outline of a Word document.
>
>I wish I could give you some "hints", but I'm not clear
>about your goals.
>--
>Regards,
>Pat Garard
>Australia
>
>______________________________________
>
>
>.
>

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