Mac PPT never has had the same capability as what you're accustomed to in the PC version. In fact, [IMO] it was implemented so disparately that MS removed it from the main menu altogether in Office 2011.
What you can do is use File> Save As & select Outline / Rich Text Format (.rtf) from the Format: list to generate a file which can then be opened in Word. It will contain only the Text from the Title, Subtitle & Content placeholders as an outline of the presentation's content. Any text in Shapes or Text Boxes will be excluded & no graphic content will be excluded.
To be honest, I prefer to switch to the Outline pane in PPT, select & copy the content there, then paste to a Word document. I find that to provide a much quicker & more usable result.
As an MVP my contributions here are purely voluntary.What you can do is use File> Save As & select Outline / Rich Text Format (.rtf) from the Format: list to generate a file which can then be opened in Word. It will contain only the Text from the Title, Subtitle & Content placeholders as an outline of the presentation's content. Any text in Shapes or Text Boxes will be excluded & no graphic content will be excluded.
To be honest, I prefer to switch to the Outline pane in PPT, select & copy the content there, then paste to a Word document. I find that to provide a much quicker & more usable result.
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I did a quick search and found this macro that does a rudimentary copy of slide notes into Microsoft Word. My suspicion is that someone has already made a macro that improves on even the PC version of Send to Word. The trick is finding this needle in the internet haystack.
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That one will probably work but will need a bit of editing as it's meant for Windows. But I think all that'd be necessary is to edit the path stuff.
PowerPoint Help:http://www.pptfaq.com/
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Before I forget, please take a moment to send feedback to Microsoft about the missing Send to Word feature. Microsoft needs to hear complaints about missing features so that they can be included in new versions of Office for Mac (if there ever is one). Use PowerPoint's Help menu and choose the Send Feedback option to display the suggestion form.
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I found another sample.
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Before taking advantage of any such offering be sure to research the conversion service thoroughly. Most offer no mention of security or copyright protection & you're readily supplying your email address to be sold in support of the site.. Ain't no such thing as a free lunch :-)
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There is a product called George from Great Circle Learning that converts PowerPoint to Word:
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Microsoft Office is a powerful set of office suite tools any business owner can use for word processing, data management and presentations. Whether working in the MS Suite or Microsoft Office 365, you can convert a Word document into a PowerPoint easily. You don't need a doc to ppt converter. While this is a pretty simple process, there are a few things to keep in mind to not have to go back and reformat certain parts of the original document once in PowerPoint.
Properly Format Word Document
Before you pull a document from Word into PowerPoint, make sure you properly format the Word document. This means using the right Header labels and paragraph styles in the Word document. For example, assume you have an outline that you want to convert into a PowerPoint presentation. Go through and make sure that you have used the text styles located in the top Word set of menus. You will see options such as Normal, Header 1, Header 2, and so on.
Choose the right style of each section of the outline. Anything that should be the title of a slide should be highlighted and changed to Header 1 style. The Header 2 style if for the secondary text subtitles. Keep in mind that you are formatting this so PowerPoint knows what to pull into a slide. It won't pull Normal style blocks of text into the slide. This is designed to prevent a presentation from looking like a book. Change all the parts you want to bring in as a slide component.
Save and Insert Into PowerPoint
Once you have formatted the Word document properly, save it. Check the file extension. Microsoft Word automatically saves documents as a .txt file. You need to have the file extension read .rtf which represents Rich Text Format. To change the format, click on File then Save As. Under the option of File Format in a box under the file name, choose Rich Text Format. Save the file in a location you can easily access.
Open a new PowerPoint presentation. Select the Home tab and choose New Slide and then the option Outline. On Mac using PowerPoint 11, this option is called Insert Slides from Outline. A search box opens. Locate the .rtf file you created and select it. This will insert the Word document into PowerPoint. The outline is now imported into the presentation and you can edit the slides as you desire. Be sure to save the PowerPoint presentation before closing out.
Troubleshoot Issues
Most users who have Microsoft Office suite products purchased them as a bundle, thus all items should be compatible. If your version of PowerPoint is older than a Word document created in a newer version, you may have some issues with the file conversion. The import process will still occur but you may encounter some format differences that need to be corrected in the editing of the PowerPoint. Whenever possible, resave a document created in an older version of Word into a newer version. If the file is sent to you, you might request that the sender save the file to be compatible with older Microsoft versions.
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It is possible to reduce the file size when converting PowerPoint presentations to Word files. There is no perfect solution, but there is a workaround. This workaround uses a three-part process to make Word handouts from your PowerPoint slides. The resulting file size is a fraction of the size of the file created using the traditional steps to do this task.
This article applies to PowerPoint 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010; PowerPoint for Office 365, and PowerPoint for Mac.
Create Pictures from the PowerPoint Slides
Before converting your PowerPoint presentation to a Word docment, turn your PowerPoint slides into pictures. In addition to making the presentation file size smaller, the pictures cannot be edited.
To save a PowerPoint presentation as PNG images:
- Open the PowerPoint presentation.
- Select File > Save As. In PowerPoint for Mac, select File > Export.
- Navigate to the folder where you want to save the presentation.
- In the File Name text box, enter a name for the presentation.
- In the Save as type list, select PNG Portable Network Graphics Format (*.png).Presentations can also be saved as JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg), but the quality is not as good as the PNG format for photos.
- Select Save. In PowerPoint for Mac, select Export.
- When prompted, choose All Slides to save every slide in the presentation to PNG format.
PowerPoint Creates a Folder for the Pictures
PowerPoint makes a new folder for the pictures, in the location you chose. This folder has the same name as the presentation (minus the file extension) and each slide is now a picture. The file names for these pictures are Slide1.PNG, Slide2.PNG, and so on. You may choose to rename the slides, but this is optional.
Insert Pictures into New Presentation
The next step is to create a photo album that contains the PNG images of each slide.
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- Select File > New to start a new presentation.
- Select Blank Presentation to open a new presentation that doesn't contain any content.
- Select Insert.
- Select Photo Album to open the Photo Album dialog box.
- Select File/Disk to open the Insert New Pictures dialog box.
- Navigate to the folder that contains the PNG images and select all the slide images.
- Select Insert to return to the Photo Album dialog box.
Fit Pictures to Size of PowerPoint Slide
The last step in this process is to choose the layout and size of the photos.
- In the Photo Album dialog box, select the Picture layout down arrow and choose Fit to slide.
- Select Create. New slides are created in the presentation containing all the photos of your original slides.
- Delete the first slide. PowerPoint adds a title slide to the presentation. This slide is not necessary.
Create Handouts in Word from New PowerPoint Slides
Now that you have inserted the pictures of the original slides into the new presentation file, it is time to create the handouts. Follow our original guide on the different ways you can save your new PowerPoint presentation as a Word document, but now with a smaller file size.
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This guide provides several ways to convert PowerPoint presentation into Word document.
Save the PowerPoint Presentation as .rtf File
To convert the contents of presentation into Word document, use these steps:
Step 1: In a PowerPoint presentation, click File tab, select Save As option.
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Step 2: Select a location that you want to save this file.
Step 3: In the Save As dialog, click the Save as Type box, select the Outline/RTF (*.rtf) option.
Step 4: Click Save to save the file with the new format using its current name and location.
It will automatically convert into a Word document, you can open it and edit it with Word program.
Tips: With this option, you need to copy and paste pictures from the presentation into a Word document by yourself.
Export PowerPoint Presentation to Word Document
To export PowerPoint presentation to Word document, use these steps:
Step 1: In a presentation, click File tab, then select Export.
Step 2: Select Create Handouts and then click Create Handouts.
Step 3: In Send to Microsoft Word dialog, select Outline Only page layout. Then click OK to begin the conversion process. Then it'll switch to word document immediately.
Manually Copy and Paste the Contents
Step 1: Open a presentation in PowerPoint. In View tab, select Outline View.
Step 2: In the left pane of presentation, press Ctrl + A keys to select all contents, then copy it.
Step 3: Open a Word document, press Ctrl + V to paste the copied PowerPoint material into Word.
Tips: If you like, you can export PowerPoint to PDF, then convert PDF in Word document.
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