Powerpoint query

[Newsreader]

Right here is another one that's bugged me for ages :rolleyes:

Is there a simple way of saving the 'notes' of a Powerpoint presentation to a separate doc, without the slides? Apart from copying and pasting each page of course :p

Seems a pretty obvious thing to want to do, but there doesn't seem to be a way, even after looking in Powerpoint help :confused:

[si_guru]

If you go to "Format" -> "Notes Layout" you can switch of the preview picture of the slide for printing purposes....

[Newsreader]

Thanks Steve. Tried that but under format I've just got slide layout or slide design... :dunno: I don't mind printing the notes with the little slides at the top, I've always found that quite useful.

But what I always want to do is email drafts to other people as Word docs, as the ppt files are so big and slow on dial-up :eek: Guess I'll have to stay with the copyign and pasting :D

[si_guru]

Save as .rtf file?

Not sure if you get the notes though.

[Newsreader]

Save as .rtf file?

Not sure if you get the notes though.
Ah, might try that :) Thanks.

Thought I'd cracked it then, but no you're right it just saved the text element of the slides ... :rolleyes:

[Jandude]

hi Bernie,

Open your presentation in PowerPoint. Click File - Send To... Choose Microsoft Word (bottom option in the submenu tha will appear).

You then get the option to choose various layout formats - choose Notes Below Slides and click OK. A new Word doc will be created that will have the slide as a pic at the top of the page with your notes underneath each slide, all in the correct running order. You will need to delete the pix of the slides if you don't want them.

Bingo - simple (well it works on PowerPoint 2002 anyway).

Beware people changing the notes too much - you will have to manually copy and paste them back into your presentation.

[Newsreader]

Jandude, brilliant thanks :yay:

Bingo - simple (well it works on PowerPoint 2002 anyway).
Yep that's what I'm using

Beware people changing the notes too much - you will have to manually copy and paste them back into your presentation.
LOL no they won't change them - they just email lots of 'tentative' suggestions like 'We thought perhaps you could consider adding ...' (= you must add ... :D ). So I add it to the Powerpoint doc to keep them happy, then I just go and give the talk as I wanted to anyway. They will either not be there or will be so hung over they won't notice :D

[Jandude]

;) been there myself - and applied the same solution! ;)

And thinking about the size of the files you say are large (in your earlier post): PowerPoint files don't have to be large - you may find using higher compression on your jpg files will help no end with that.
I once had someone give me a 72Mb Ppt file that, after I'd compressed the files, which kept the pix at acceptable levels, gave me a file of 3Mb. An extreme example, but shows what getting jpg compression right (balancing quality against file size) can do for you.

Luck, Bernie...

[Newsreader]

;) been there myself - and applied the same solution! ;)
:thumbsup: Glad I'm not the only one ;)