Hello,
If you are using PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint 2003 you can take advantage
of a bug in the Send to Word feature to get the desired effect (this does
not work in earlier versions of PowerPoint).
1) View outline pane
2) View -> Toolbars -> Outlining (to make this toolbar visible)
3) Click on the "Collapse All" tool on the Outlining toolbar
4) File -> Send to -> Microsoft Office Word ...
5) Choose "Outline only" option in dialog and click "OK"
Result: Only the text visible in the outline pane (not the collapsed text)
will be sent to Word.
Of course, when this bug is fixed, you will not be able to use this trick
anymore
If you (or anyone else reading this message) have some suggestions for more
outlining capabilities and/or interoperability in PowerPoint (which don't
require VBA or add-ins), don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft at:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.
IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)
John Langhans
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
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