Convert PowerPoint 2007 and 2003 slideshows to Word documents

Sometimes you want the simplicity of a Word document to support an important presentation. Learn how to convert PowerPoint 2007 to a Word document.

Convert PowerPoint 2007 to Word Document

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.

• Click Office Button > Publish > Create Handouts in Microsoft Word †

Convert previous versions of PowerPoint to Word documents

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.

• Select File > Send To > Microsoft Office Word

Convert PowerPoint 2000 (and earlier) to a Word document

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.

• Select File > Send To > Microsoft Word

5 Options to Convert PowerPoint to Word Documents

Converting PowerPoint presentations to Word documents can be done five different ways. These options are listed below and described in more detail on the following pages.

1. Notes next to slides

2. Blank lines next to slides

3. Notes under the slides

4. Blank lines under slides

5. Only sketches

really great feature that PowerPoint offers when converting your presentation to a Word document is the choice Insert or insert link † There is a difference here.

• Insert
  Choise Insert simply create a handout in the style you choose.
• insert link
  Choise insert link also creates a handout in the style you choose. If the PowerPoint presentation is edited later, the changes will also be reflected in the Word document the next time it is opened. It is not the case when you choose a team Insert †

Print speaker notes next to the slide on the handout

first option when converting PowerPoint presentations to Word is the most commonly used print option. A thumbnail version of the slide is printed on the left and a rectangle is shown on the right with notes from the speakers written with the slide.

Three thumbnails of your slides will print on the page.

Print blank lines next to the slide on your handout

Second option when converting PowerPoint presentations to Word, this is printing blank lines next to the slide in the handout for the audience to take notes during the presentation.

Three thumbnails are printed on the page.

Print speaker notes below slides on handouts

third option When converting PowerPoint presentations to Word, it is necessary to print speaker notes below the slide for easy reference during the presentation.

One slide is printed per page.

Print the blank lines below the slides on your handout

fourth option when converting PowerPoint presentations to Word, this is printing blank lines below the slide in the handout so that the audience can take notes during the presentation.

One thumbnail version of the slide is printed per page.

Print a global view of your PowerPoint presentation

When Converting PowerPoint Presentations to Word fifth option should print an outline of all the text in a PowerPoint presentation. Images do not appear in the diagram, but this view is fastest to use when editing is required.