Office Productivity: Word to PowerPoint

Did you know you can easy copy and paste a Word document into a PowerPoint without having to re-type the entire thing?  I find it nice when you have an outline to be able to use it also as a presentation. I do this as a lesson in class but it is practical for any of us that need to put together a presentation. It’s also nice to take outlines or lesson plans and turn them into presentations and notes for our students.

Step-by-step instructions for Word 2013

1. Open Word document that has your outline or notes.
2. On the Home ribbon, choose select->select all.
3. Copy your text.
4. Open PowerPoint.
5. Select blank presentation.
6. Select view -> select outline view. (IMPORTANT!!!)
7. Click in the outline pane. Paste.
8. On the Home ribbon select layout->blank.
9. Press enter at each section where you want to create new slides.
10. Select view -> normal
11. Using the Home ribbon, format your slides with a theme and fonts of your choice.

Voila – now you have a presentation from your notes.

To make handouts do the following steps:

1. Select view->handout master->add info like your name to notes header.
2. Select file->print
3. Under slides select 6 slides horizontal.
4. Select print.

Remember to save!!

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