Converting Microsoft PowerPoint slides to other readable formats

Converting Microsoft PowerPoint slides to other readable formats

Information

A customer may wish to convert PowerPoint documents to another more convenient format.

Steps

There are two options below depending on what is required.

Convert to Word format:

  1. Open the PPT file in PowerPoint and select File > Export from the menu bar.
  2. Select Create Handouts.
  3. Select a page layout in the Send To Microsoft Word window.
  4. Select OK to export the slideshow into a Word file.

Convert to PDF:

  1. Select File > Export.
  2. Click Create PDF/XPS Document, then click Create PDF/XPS.
  3. In the Publish as PDF or XPS dialog box, choose a location to save the file to.

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