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Microsoft PowerPoint
Convert a Word Outline to a PowerPoint Presentation

In Microsoft Word

• Open the Microsoft Word document

• Switch to the Outline view

  • Click on the View menu and the Outline command

• Review the Styles used for the text in your document

  • Place the insertion point on any line of text in your Word document

  • Look at the Style button located on the Formatting toolbar

Style Button on the Word Formatting Toolbar

• PowerPoint will convert the Word text as follows:

  • Heading 1 text will become the titles of new slides in PowerPoint

  • Heading 2 text will become major bullets in PowerPoint slides

  • Heading 3 text will become sub-bullets in PowerPoint slides

  • Headings 4 through 9 will become further levels of sub-bullets

  • Body Text and Normal text will not be converted

Microsoft Word Document in Outline View

Word Menu Path

• Click the File menu

• Select the Send To command

• Click the Microsoft PowerPoint sub-command

  • PowerPoint will open in the Outline view with the Word document converted to slides

To Insert Slides from Word into an Existing PowerPoint Presentation

• Open the PowerPoint file

• Display the slide you want to insert the new slides after

• Click on the Insert menu

• Click on the Slides from Outline command

• Select the Word document you want to insert

 Microsoft PowerPoint Slide of Converted Text

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Last modified: December 03, 2008