Macro to get ppt notes from Word Document

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Well I went into outline view and changed the document to level 6, sent to
powerpoint, but a new powerpoint always opens, and because the new powerpoint
does not contain the macro, the words just dump straight into the powerpoint
without going into the notes section. I'm wondering what I am doing wrong, or
whether it is the fault of the script in question. But even if it is me,
there is surely a nicer script out there to do the same job.

Thanks Michael for your response!
 
If you create an Add In with that macro, it will become available to all
your presentations.
 
I have just followed the instructions here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q222737/

and created a power point add-in, but the macro still creates another
presentation, and still doesnt copy into the notes. It just dumps the words
straight into the presentation slide.
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You'd need to change the code so that it does what you want it to do, rather than
what it does currently. Converting it to an add-in won't change what it does,
just where/when it's available to use.

Do you know any VB or VBA, or are you interested in spending the time to learn it?
If so, we may be able to help.
If not, that's cool too, but you'll probably need to find someone who knows VBA to
write the macro you want for you; that'll probably involve paying them to do the
work.

Either way, you'll have to work out what it is that you want to do.
It's not clear so far what that is.
 
Thanks Steve!

No I don't know much about VB, I only know how to do limited things in
Access with it. Thanks for your help, I just assumed writing a macro to do
this task wouldn't be that difficult. I have installed the add-in, and I
want it to be an add-in i think because I want it to be available all the
time to every open power point document.

I'm very willing to learn the VB that is required to make this macro, I have
searched the internet for tutorials on creating ms office macros, but havent
found any useful ones yet, I just assumed tweaking the code I linked to at
the beginning would yeild the results I wanted, but it seems alot more
difficult than that!

Thanks guys for your help thus far!
 
The macro provided by Bill operates on the current active presentation and
needs to be run *after* you send the text from Word to PowerPoint. It does
not do so automatically.

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Hi Guys,

OK, totally different function that what I designed the Word to notes macro
for. It isn't hard to do what you want, but there are some things you will
need to decide up front. How will the presentation file find the matching
transcription text file? Do they share the exact same name?

In the transcribed text file, how do you mark where the next slide begins?
Do you use "Slide 3", or "Next slide", or ">>>" as your delimiter, is it on
a separate line? The code will need to know when to start using the next
slide's notes.

Then simply import the text a line at a time until you find the delimiter.
Then advance to the next slide's notes and continue until you run out of
slides or text. It would be easy for the text and slides to get out of sync
if you are not careful or do not use a syncing delimiter.

If you do not need the text formatted, it may be easier to use a txt file
instead of a Word doc file. Where do you want to start?

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There is no way that it can be imported directly. Ask Bill nicely and he may
extend his code sample to do the same. You have a choice of paying to get it
done if the automated solution can save your time.


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Shyam Pillai

Image Importer Wizard
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Hey timmeah4,

How about dropping me an email ... I've got a something for you to play
with.

Bill D.
 
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