Working with Outlines

As long as Word is installed on your computer, you can export a presentation outline directly from PowerPoint into a report in Word with the Send To Microsoft Word feature. PowerPoint launches Word and sends or copies the outline in the presentation to a blank Word document. When you need the text portion of a presentation for use in another program, you can save the presentation text in a format called Rich Text Format (RTF). Saving an outline in RTF allows you to save any formatting that you made to the presentation text in a common file format that you can open in other programs.

Send a Presentation Outline to Word

Click the File menu, point to Send To, and then click Microsoft Office Word.

Click the Outline Only option.

Click OK.

Save a Presentation as an Outline

Click the File menu, and then click Save As.

Navigate to the location in which you want to save the outline file.

In the File Name box, type the file name .

Click the Save As Type list arrow, and then click Outline/RTF.

Click Save.