Turn Word Documents into PowerPoint Slides with a single click

Turn a Microsoft Word document into PowerPoint slides with one click
  • Need to turn a report into a PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of fuss? Read on.

A client recently had to set up a presentation quickly. She already had a Word document with the key content but little time to type it up again in PowerPoint.

No problem, secret button to the rescue!

The key is to start with a Word document that uses styles. For example, all the main headings might use the Heading 1 style, subheadings use Heading 2 style etc.

Send Word to PowerPoint step 1: start with a Word document that uses heading styles

In Word, go to the Quick Access Toolbar (that’s the little one at the top left of the window with the Save and Undo buttons).

Click the down arrow at the end and click More commands.

Send Word to PowerPoint step 2: open the Quick Access Toolbar drop-down and choose More Commands

Under Choose commands from: select Commands not in the Ribbon.

Find the Send to Microsoft PowerPoint command and click Add to add it to your Quick Access Toolbar, then click OK.

Send Word to PowerPoint step 3: add Send to Microsoft PowerPoint to the Quick Access Toolbar

Back in the document, click the Send to Microsoft PowerPoint button and wait a moment.

Send Word to PowerPoint step 4: click the Send to Microsoft PowerPoint button

In PowerPoint, here’s what happened:

  • Heading 1 text becomes slide Titles.

  • Heading 2 text becomes primary bullets.

  • Heading 3 and 4 becomes 2nd and 3rd level bullets respectively.

  • Unformatted text is not sent, you just want the key content anyway. Images, tables, etc are not sent
    • Send Word to PowerPoint step 5: new PowerPoint presentation created from the Word document
    • Note: your Word document must use styles to send it to PowerPoint

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