Saving Handout format as a word document

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Is there a way to save a handout to a word document so I can just email the
handout instead of the entire power point presentation? I tried the "print
to file" feature, but it saves it as .prn file and I can't read it when open.

Thanks,
Patti
 
PattiP said:
Is there a way to save a handout to a word document so I can just email the
handout instead of the entire power point presentation? I tried the "print
to file" feature, but it saves it as .prn file and I can't read it when
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open.

Use File/Send to Word, check Paste Link in the options when sending and then
in Word, select all and go to Edit/Links and break the links.

Then you can send the Word document via email.
 
I wouldn't use the "send to Microsoft Word" option - the
file size gets too large for email. On the other hand,
you could change your "View" to the "notes pages." that
way, when it arrives to the email recipient it will open
in that view...that's assuming that when you
say "handout" you mean "notes pages."
 
Thanks, that seemed to work, but it seems I can't actually save it to look
like the original handout (6 slides per page) ??
 
The "notes pages" prints one slide per sheet. Selecting "handout" format
gives me a choice of 2, 4, 6 slides per pages. This is what I would like to
send, if possible, but it doesn't seem to give me the option. We made a
correction to a slide on a presentation and we want to send a corrected
"handout" to the meeting participants so want it to look like the one they
had at the meeting. I can mail them all copies but it seemed easier (and
more cost-effective) to just email them the corrected handout.
 
The size depends on the file itself, but yes, the Word files can be quite
large. Breaking the links in Word will help with that; sometimes it's
enough, sometimes it isn't.

Echo
 
If you have Acrobat (or some other means of making PDFs) you could print a PDF
of the handouts pages and send that.
 
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Hello,

It sounds that, although there are workarounds, you would like this to be a
lot easier to do in PowerPoint.

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