How do you convert .ppt slides to pdf?

[Guest]

I'm trying to convert a .ppt slide to pdf. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance E-

 

[Luc]

Eva,
Maybe this will help:
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00517.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks Luc, appreciate your response. The site looks great, I'll give it a
whirl. Take care. E-

 

[le tamster]

Hi Luc,
I was wondering if you might know if it's possible to convert a PowerPoint
into PDF but from the Notes Pages view. When I convert it just reverts back
to slide view and I need the notes to be visible. Thank you.

 

[Echo S]

What Luc said.

Also, if you're using PPT 2007, choose Office Button | Save As and when you
click PDF or XPS, the Publish as PDF or XPS dialog will open. Click the
Options button there to open a dialog where you can specify slides or
handouts or notes pages, etc.

 

[David H. Straayer]

My system seems really to prefer "save as" to printing to a pdf. I'm trying
to automate using vba, but I can't figure out how to programmatically "press
the options button" to "publish what" as handouts (6 per page) and "Frame the
slides".

my code now looks like:
Application.ActivePresentation.SaveAs FqFs, ppSaveAsPDF
where FqFs is the fully-quallified file spec where I want to save the pdf.

Is that "options button" available in VBA or not? If it is, how do I get to
it?

 

[David H. Straayer]

Ah, but won't it be a real problem to stuff the desired filename in the Adobe
dialog box? I guess I've done a little of that before, but it's a fair piece
of coding to do it from VBA. Let's see, I have to get the title of the
dialog window, and use appactivate and sendkeys to get the correct filespec
in, no? I'm not sure it's worth the bother.

Why doesn't Microsoft use "sticky" defaults, and remember that I always want
to do 6-up and frame, or when I print, that I always want to print handouts
and not slides.

All the code I hack saves user preferences and uses them for defaults.
It's not rocket science.

It is kind of like being married to somone for 20 years, and they can never
remember your coffee or tea preferences.

 

[Echo S]

Because the Microsoft PDF option is not a printer driver?