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I AM NEW TO POWERPOINT. I NEED TO DO A REPORT FOR A COLLEGE CLASS, DO I FIRST WRITE THE REPORT IN WORD AND TRANSFER TO POWERPOINT, OR SHOULD I LEARN HOW TO DO THE WHOLE THING IN POWERPOINT
 
First, please turn off your upper case, as it indicates that your shouting at
us. If your familiar with Word, then you can do it in Word. As long as your
formatting is as an Outline, it will when you use the Send to Microsoft
PowerPoint option, maintain all your formating. Although doing it in PowerPoint
is not that hard either.

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I AM NEW TO POWERPOINT. I NEED TO DO A REPORT FOR A COLLEGE CLASS, DO I FIRST
WRITE THE REPORT IN WORD AND TRANSFER TO POWERPOINT, OR SHOULD I LEARN HOW TO DO
THE WHOLE THING IN POWERPOINT
 
Extending Michael's explanation...

Word and PowerPoint serve two very different purposes. While PP does
have the ability to import a Word outline and convert it into some
number of slides, that mechanical method is a very poor substitute for
your thinking about the the task at hand.

Use Word to prepare a written report. Use PP to present the highlights
in a live presentation. Obviously, there will be a tight link between
the content in the two documents. However, I find that there is, at
best, a loose connection between format and the style of the two
documents.

For example, suppose there is a chart and I want to discuss three key
elements in it. In Word, I have to present the entire chart all at
once. I might use some method to flag the three elements as, say, A,
B, and C. Then, the text that follows the chart can discuss the
significance of A, B, and C.

In PP, I can either (a) show the entire chart, then use animation to
highlight each point of interest, discuss it, and move on to the next
point, or (b) show just the part of the chart up to A, discuss the
significance of A, then animate the part up to B and discuss it, etc.

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