Merging Powerpoint Slides (again!)

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I'm in the process of creating a database application that assists people in creating a presentation. Essentially we have a library of 'mini presentations' all as PPTs (on the same master, some containing 1 slide, others containing many dependent on subject matter). On selecting certain criteria through the database a presentation should be created combining all of the different mini presentations so the user has a starting point for the presentation that they need to deliver

I've searched the web for the last couple of days and been unable to find anything that will assist me in doing this in Powerpoint. I have a feeling that it is impossible...and the other possible workarounds just don't seem to apply...OLE (the limited knowledge I have of it) looks like it'll just create more headaches for the ultimate end user of this thing...using the viewer with a list of slideshows... It doesn't offer the flexibility that the end user requires.
 
I had first created something in Flash and Director that was menu driven. It
worked out very nice. It was a great library tool. Then our I.S. department
wanted/felt the need to get involved. They then created something in Access.
It's based on the same menu system and it works pretty decent. It's a heck
of a lot cheaper than "Presentation Librarian".

I too have tons of presentations for our sales departments. I needed to have
them broken down by category. I also needed a single source repository for
all of them to be housed. It made for a world of difference when updating
the presentations also.

Try access.


JB said:
I'm in the process of creating a database application that assists people
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in creating a presentation. Essentially we have a library of 'mini
presentations' all as PPTs (on the same master, some containing 1 slide,
others containing many dependent on subject matter). On selecting certain
criteria through the database a presentation should be created combining all
of the different mini presentations so the user has a starting point for the
presentation that they need to deliver.
I've searched the web for the last couple of days and been unable to find
Click to expand...
anything that will assist me in doing this in Powerpoint. I have a feeling
that it is impossible...and the other possible workarounds just don't seem
to apply...OLE (the limited knowledge I have of it) looks like it'll just
create more headaches for the ultimate end user of this thing...using the
viewer with a list of slideshows... It doesn't offer the flexibility that
the end user requires.
 
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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have built in capabilities to manage or publish
collections of presentations and slides (including, for example, previews
and searchable database) in order to facilitate the reuse of existing
content. There are a variety of 3rd party tools available for performing
varieties of management, search and retrieval tasks for "digital assets"
including the kinds of assets created and used by PowerPoint (slides,
presentations, movies, pictures, etc.). They range all the way from
products which focus specifically on PowerPoint assets to enterprise wide
solutions for managing all kinds of digital assets.

Some of them include (in no particular order of preference and without any
implied recommendation):

* Presentation Librarian - Accent Technologies
* PowerSearch - Accent Technologies
* Cumulus Office Suite - Canto
* Teams - Artesia

And most of the growing number of 3rd party solutions for capturing and
archiving recorded presentation 'casts include server-side tools for
mangement (search, access control, retrieval, etc.)

If you (or anyone else reading this message) feel strongly that PowerPoint
should include some features for managing and publishing presentations and
presentation content for easy retrieval and reuse, don't forget to send
your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) 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
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
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