Converting Word DOC's to PPT

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Joe Auerbach

I've read through the previous posts, but didn't see anything that really
addresses this, so excuse me if this has already been addressed, but I'm
looking for a way to convert many DOC files to PPT's. I've found a number of
articles that suggest various formatting with heading levels, but the results
aren't clean enough to avoid lots of manual adjustments. Any suggestions ?
Thanx, Joe Auerbach
 
Hi Joe.

In either case if you are dealing with a significant amount of tweaking.

If you build the Word document with the intention of porting it over to
PowerPoint, you could do all the levels and such as you build. However
taking an existing document and tweaking it to port correctly is about as
time intensive as fixing all the problems once they are in PowerPoint.

This page describes how to move one of the sub levels in word to you notes,
but does also cover what ends up where when converting.


--
Bill Dilworth

vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
..
 
I have a relative who's totally tech-inept, but very smart. he lectures
around the world about accounting issues to lawyers & law firms, & has been
doing this for many years, so he's built up a bunch of DOC files that he
uses. His clients have asked that he supply the presentations as PPT, I'm
assuming that they want to be able to set them up for presentation purposes
(I'm not quite sure, I've warned him about the ease with which they can make
unauthorized copies, etc). I've also been trying to get him to move from
diskettes to USB drives, so I was thinking abt doing it all at the same time
 
Ahhh.

I agree that if you relative is not wanting to use the PowerPoint in his
talks, than they are asking for it so they can replace the need to have him
come in.

In this case, I would suggest to him that he build a PowerPoint from
scratch, with the intent to SELL it to the folks that want it. The first
slide should include something about copyright and unauthorized copies
(electronic or physical) are not permitted without ... blah, blah, blah.

Talking the information directly from a series of DOC files that were not
built with the intention of conversion will take longer than building a PPT
from scratch.

Just my experience, your opinion may vary (or verse visea)


--
Bill Dilworth

vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
..
 
I would guess they're just prepping the presentation for him so he doesn't
have to mess with it.

Sorry, but presenting to a Word document on the screen just doesn't work
well.

Anyway, yes, there will be the need for some tweaking once it's in PPT, but
if you set up the slide masters and such, it may not be that bad.
 
Thanx both Bill & Echo for the qiock responses.
My nasty little mind (been doing this for close to 40 years for big co's and
small) leads me to think that what they may be looking to do is obviate the
need for him to come in and do the presentations (altho, as these are law
firms, I'd like to think that they would be aware of copyright & DRM issues),
I can't see them wanting this just to make it easier for him, tho as Echo
says, PPT would show better from a projector than a DOC, so maybe we can be
charitable & say that's their motive.
Anyway, I got him to send me a couple of samples, and the text parts could
be copy/paste not to bad, but things like boxes around some sections to show
a point or similar non-text attributes have to be done manually.
However, as I'm currently 'between jobs', I may make him an offer to do it
on an hourly basis - he's coming for the weekend, we'll review it.
Have a good weekend.
Rgds, Joe

Echo S said:
I would guess they're just prepping the presentation for him so he doesn't
have to mess with it.

Sorry, but presenting to a Word document on the screen just doesn't work
well.

Anyway, yes, there will be the need for some tweaking once it's in PPT, but
if you set up the slide masters and such, it may not be that bad.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Bill Dilworth said:
Ahhh.

I agree that if you relative is not wanting to use the PowerPoint in his
talks, than they are asking for it so they can replace the need to have
him come in.

In this case, I would suggest to him that he build a PowerPoint from
scratch, with the intent to SELL it to the folks that want it. The first
slide should include something about copyright and unauthorized copies
(electronic or physical) are not permitted without ... blah, blah, blah.

Talking the information directly from a series of DOC files that were not
built with the intention of conversion will take longer than building a
PPT from scratch.

Just my experience, your opinion may vary (or verse visea)


--
Bill Dilworth

vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
.
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Thanx, Steve.
I've been thinking along similar lines, and once I get to review the
situation, I'll probably recommend his starting from scratch with PPT if
they're insisting on that file type, otherwise PDF's. I have a feeling that
given his lack of technical depth, he may not have known to ask what their
intent (or need) is, hopefully I can give him some direction as to what to
ask them.
Have a good weekend
 
You're right, special formatting won't come through and will have to be done
manually.

There are a lot of ways to protect the presentation; you may want to look
into them. Here's a start:

Password protect a presentation
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00038.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Joe Auerbach said:
Thanx both Bill & Echo for the qiock responses.
My nasty little mind (been doing this for close to 40 years for big co's
and
small) leads me to think that what they may be looking to do is obviate
the
need for him to come in and do the presentations (altho, as these are law
firms, I'd like to think that they would be aware of copyright & DRM
issues),
I can't see them wanting this just to make it easier for him, tho as Echo
says, PPT would show better from a projector than a DOC, so maybe we can
be
charitable & say that's their motive.
Anyway, I got him to send me a couple of samples, and the text parts could
be copy/paste not to bad, but things like boxes around some sections to
show
a point or similar non-text attributes have to be done manually.
However, as I'm currently 'between jobs', I may make him an offer to do it
on an hourly basis - he's coming for the weekend, we'll review it.
Have a good weekend.
Rgds, Joe

Echo S said:
I would guess they're just prepping the presentation for him so he
doesn't
have to mess with it.

Sorry, but presenting to a Word document on the screen just doesn't work
well.

Anyway, yes, there will be the need for some tweaking once it's in PPT,
but
if you set up the slide masters and such, it may not be that bad.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Bill Dilworth said:
Ahhh.

I agree that if you relative is not wanting to use the PowerPoint in
his
talks, than they are asking for it so they can replace the need to have
him come in.

In this case, I would suggest to him that he build a PowerPoint from
scratch, with the intent to SELL it to the folks that want it. The
first
slide should include something about copyright and unauthorized copies
(electronic or physical) are not permitted without ... blah, blah,
blah.

Talking the information directly from a series of DOC files that were
not
built with the intention of conversion will take longer than building a
PPT from scratch.

Just my experience, your opinion may vary (or verse visea)


--
Bill Dilworth

vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
.
I have a relative who's totally tech-inept, but very smart. he lectures
around the world about accounting issues to lawyers & law firms, & has
been
doing this for many years, so he's built up a bunch of DOC files that
he
uses. His clients have asked that he supply the presentations as PPT,
I'm
assuming that they want to be able to set them up for presentation
purposes
(I'm not quite sure, I've warned him about the ease with which they
can
make
unauthorized copies, etc). I've also been trying to get him to move
from
diskettes to USB drives, so I was thinking abt doing it all at the
same
time

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Auerbach
wrote:
I've read through the previous posts, but didn't see anything that
really
addresses this, so excuse me if this has already been addressed,
but
I'm
looking for a way to convert many DOC files to PPT's. I've found a
number of
articles that suggest various formatting with heading levels, but
the
results
aren't clean enough to avoid lots of manual adjustments. Any
suggestions ?

Not really a suggestion yet, but a question: What's the goal here?
Why
convert
to PPT?
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