Creating a fool proof link between Word 2007 and PowerPoint 2007 S

[TexasRugbyMan73]

I posted a message back at the begining of the month asking to use the notes
page of the power point slide to put in my text for teaching. I am a
technical instructor and the customary layout for a manual is to have the
power point slide at the top of each new page and the rest of the page is
used for Description of that slide. If the description or explanation
requires more than a page, then you simply finish the description on the
following pages. Then the next slide in the deck is put at the top of the
next page. This continues for the entire slide deck.

I want to try and create a sync between the 2. That way if you update the
PPT file, it will update the Word document page containing that slide. You
should also be able to double click the slide image in Word and it will open
it up in power point. So you can edit them from either place. I have tried
to do this before and it was fraught with problems. Back using the 2003
product. I was hoping that I either was doing something wrong or maybe 2007
has a better way. Back in 2003 I simply went into the slide sorter and rt
click copy the slide then went to word and did a paste special. That is what
created the link. But it never really seemed to work right. Can someone who
has done this or has some ideas please help me? I would greatly appreciate
it.

 

[Echo S]

Have you tried File | Send to Word? That gets you most of the way there, but
your speaker notes won't update the way you want.

 

[TexasRugbyMan73]

Well actually doesn't that simply put slide images in Word? I want it to be
a link so that I can edit it in either place. Will that do that?

Thx

Have you tried File | Send to Word? That gets you most of the way there, but
your speaker notes won't update the way you want.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I posted a message back at the begining of the month asking to use the
notes
page of the power point slide to put in my text for teaching. I am a
technical instructor and the customary layout for a manual is to have the
power point slide at the top of each new page and the rest of the page is
used for Description of that slide. If the description or explanation
requires more than a page, then you simply finish the description on the
following pages. Then the next slide in the deck is put at the top of the
next page. This continues for the entire slide deck.

I want to try and create a sync between the 2. That way if you update the
PPT file, it will update the Word document page containing that slide.
You
should also be able to double click the slide image in Word and it will
open
it up in power point. So you can edit them from either place. I have
tried
to do this before and it was fraught with problems. Back using the 2003
product. I was hoping that I either was doing something wrong or maybe
2007
has a better way. Back in 2003 I simply went into the slide sorter and rt
click copy the slide then went to word and did a paste special. That is
what
created the link. But it never really seemed to work right. Can someone
who
has done this or has some ideas please help me? I would greatly
appreciate
it.

 

[Echo S]

That puts the slides and the speaker notes into Word. If you edit slides,
they will update in Word.

But no, speaker notes won't update in Word when they're changed in PPT. And
it's not a back-and-forth thing -- that is, you cannot edit in Word and have
the updates show in PPT.

I just wanted to make sure you were at least aware of the Send to Word
functionality -- I couldn't tell from your post, because you were talking
about pasting special slides into Word to create links. But you are correct,
Send to Word won't do all you want. I don't know of anything that will,
actually.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Well actually doesn't that simply put slide images in Word? I want it to
be
a link so that I can edit it in either place. Will that do that?

Thx

Have you tried File | Send to Word? That gets you most of the way there,
but
your speaker notes won't update the way you want.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I posted a message back at the begining of the month asking to use the
notes
page of the power point slide to put in my text for teaching. I am a
technical instructor and the customary layout for a manual is to have
the
power point slide at the top of each new page and the rest of the page
is
used for Description of that slide. If the description or explanation
requires more than a page, then you simply finish the description on
the
following pages. Then the next slide in the deck is put at the top of
the
next page. This continues for the entire slide deck.

I want to try and create a sync between the 2. That way if you update
the
PPT file, it will update the Word document page containing that slide.
You
should also be able to double click the slide image in Word and it will
open
it up in power point. So you can edit them from either place. I have
tried
to do this before and it was fraught with problems. Back using the
2003
product. I was hoping that I either was doing something wrong or maybe
2007
has a better way. Back in 2003 I simply went into the slide sorter and
rt
click copy the slide then went to word and did a paste special. That
is
what
created the link. But it never really seemed to work right. Can
someone
who
has done this or has some ideas please help me? I would greatly
appreciate
it.

 

[TexasRugbyMan73]

Well the Speaker notes is not really necessary in Power Point. That was the
original plan but since it limited what I could do I will be using Word. I
will not need to exchange the Speaker Notes. Just the slides. I want to be
able to edit the slide from Word or from Power Point and it update back to
the Word Document. How would I do that?

TRM73

That puts the slides and the speaker notes into Word. If you edit slides,
they will update in Word.

But no, speaker notes won't update in Word when they're changed in PPT. And
it's not a back-and-forth thing -- that is, you cannot edit in Word and have
the updates show in PPT.

I just wanted to make sure you were at least aware of the Send to Word
functionality -- I couldn't tell from your post, because you were talking
about pasting special slides into Word to create links. But you are correct,
Send to Word won't do all you want. I don't know of anything that will,
actually.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Well actually doesn't that simply put slide images in Word? I want it to
be
a link so that I can edit it in either place. Will that do that?

Thx

Have you tried File | Send to Word? That gets you most of the way there,
but
your speaker notes won't update the way you want.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message I posted a message back at the begining of the month asking to use the
notes
page of the power point slide to put in my text for teaching. I am a
technical instructor and the customary layout for a manual is to have
the
power point slide at the top of each new page and the rest of the page
is
used for Description of that slide. If the description or explanation
requires more than a page, then you simply finish the description on
the
following pages. Then the next slide in the deck is put at the top of
the
next page. This continues for the entire slide deck.

I want to try and create a sync between the 2. That way if you update
the
PPT file, it will update the Word document page containing that slide.
You
should also be able to double click the slide image in Word and it will
open
it up in power point. So you can edit them from either place. I have
tried
to do this before and it was fraught with problems. Back using the
2003
product. I was hoping that I either was doing something wrong or maybe
2007
has a better way. Back in 2003 I simply went into the slide sorter and
rt
click copy the slide then went to word and did a paste special. That
is
what
created the link. But it never really seemed to work right. Can
someone
who
has done this or has some ideas please help me? I would greatly
appreciate
it.

 

[Echo S]

Use Send to Word and choose Paste Link. Save the file.

When you want to edit the slides, right-click the slide thumbnail on the
Word page and choose Linked Slide Object | Edit Link.

This opens the PPT file in PPT. Make your slide edits and save. Close PPT.

In the Word file, right-click the slide thumbnails and choose Update Link.
This updates each. Or you can go to Edit | Links and update them all at
once.

This won't reflect added or subtracted slides either way. You can't add them
or subtract them in PPT and have that reflected in the Word document. Nor
can you add or delete slides in Word and have that happen also in PPT when
you update.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Well the Speaker notes is not really necessary in Power Point. That was
the
original plan but since it limited what I could do I will be using Word.
I
will not need to exchange the Speaker Notes. Just the slides. I want to
be
able to edit the slide from Word or from Power Point and it update back to
the Word Document. How would I do that?

TRM73

That puts the slides and the speaker notes into Word. If you edit slides,
they will update in Word.

But no, speaker notes won't update in Word when they're changed in PPT.
And
it's not a back-and-forth thing -- that is, you cannot edit in Word and
have
the updates show in PPT.

I just wanted to make sure you were at least aware of the Send to Word
functionality -- I couldn't tell from your post, because you were talking
about pasting special slides into Word to create links. But you are
correct,
Send to Word won't do all you want. I don't know of anything that will,
actually.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Well actually doesn't that simply put slide images in Word? I want it
to
be
a link so that I can edit it in either place. Will that do that?

Thx

:

Have you tried File | Send to Word? That gets you most of the way
there,
but
your speaker notes won't update the way you want.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message I posted a message back at the begining of the month asking to use
the
notes
page of the power point slide to put in my text for teaching. I am
a
technical instructor and the customary layout for a manual is to
have
the
power point slide at the top of each new page and the rest of the
page
is
used for Description of that slide. If the description or
explanation
requires more than a page, then you simply finish the description on
the
following pages. Then the next slide in the deck is put at the top
of
the
next page. This continues for the entire slide deck.

I want to try and create a sync between the 2. That way if you
update
the
PPT file, it will update the Word document page containing that
slide.
You
should also be able to double click the slide image in Word and it
will
open
it up in power point. So you can edit them from either place. I
have
tried
to do this before and it was fraught with problems. Back using the
2003
product. I was hoping that I either was doing something wrong or
maybe
2007
has a better way. Back in 2003 I simply went into the slide sorter
and
rt
click copy the slide then went to word and did a paste special.
That
is
what
created the link. But it never really seemed to work right. Can
someone
who
has done this or has some ideas please help me? I would greatly
appreciate
it.

 

[TexasRugbyMan73]

Where is that at? I am using PPT 2007 and Word 2007. I tried to look up
Send to Word in the Power Point help but no luck. Still not used to the new
menu systems in 07

TRM

Use Send to Word and choose Paste Link. Save the file.

When you want to edit the slides, right-click the slide thumbnail on the
Word page and choose Linked Slide Object | Edit Link.

This opens the PPT file in PPT. Make your slide edits and save. Close PPT.

In the Word file, right-click the slide thumbnails and choose Update Link.
This updates each. Or you can go to Edit | Links and update them all at
once.

This won't reflect added or subtracted slides either way. You can't add them
or subtract them in PPT and have that reflected in the Word document. Nor
can you add or delete slides in Word and have that happen also in PPT when
you update.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Well the Speaker notes is not really necessary in Power Point. That was
the
original plan but since it limited what I could do I will be using Word.
I
will not need to exchange the Speaker Notes. Just the slides. I want to
be
able to edit the slide from Word or from Power Point and it update back to
the Word Document. How would I do that?

TRM73

That puts the slides and the speaker notes into Word. If you edit slides,
they will update in Word.

But no, speaker notes won't update in Word when they're changed in PPT.
And
it's not a back-and-forth thing -- that is, you cannot edit in Word and
have
the updates show in PPT.

I just wanted to make sure you were at least aware of the Send to Word
functionality -- I couldn't tell from your post, because you were talking
about pasting special slides into Word to create links. But you are
correct,
Send to Word won't do all you want. I don't know of anything that will,
actually.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message Well actually doesn't that simply put slide images in Word? I want it
to
be
a link so that I can edit it in either place. Will that do that?

Thx

:

Have you tried File | Send to Word? That gets you most of the way
there,
but
your speaker notes won't update the way you want.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message I posted a message back at the begining of the month asking to use
the
notes
page of the power point slide to put in my text for teaching. I am
a
technical instructor and the customary layout for a manual is to
have
the
power point slide at the top of each new page and the rest of the
page
is
used for Description of that slide. If the description or
explanation
requires more than a page, then you simply finish the description on
the
following pages. Then the next slide in the deck is put at the top
of
the
next page. This continues for the entire slide deck.

I want to try and create a sync between the 2. That way if you
update
the
PPT file, it will update the Word document page containing that
slide.
You
should also be able to double click the slide image in Word and it
will
open
it up in power point. So you can edit them from either place. I
have
tried
to do this before and it was fraught with problems. Back using the
2003
product. I was hoping that I either was doing something wrong or
maybe
2007
has a better way. Back in 2003 I simply went into the slide sorter
and
rt
click copy the slide then went to word and did a paste special.
That
is
what
created the link. But it never really seemed to work right. Can
someone
who
has done this or has some ideas please help me? I would greatly
appreciate
it.

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi

I found the searching the following excel workbook invaluable during the
transition to '07:
Where have all the commands gone?
powerpoint:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC102128641033.aspx?pid=CT102130321033

Hope it helps you too!

Lucy

--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

Where is that at? I am using PPT 2007 and Word 2007. I tried to look up
Send to Word in the Power Point help but no luck. Still not used to the
new
menu systems in 07

TRM

Use Send to Word and choose Paste Link. Save the file.

When you want to edit the slides, right-click the slide thumbnail on the
Word page and choose Linked Slide Object | Edit Link.

This opens the PPT file in PPT. Make your slide edits and save. Close
PPT.

In the Word file, right-click the slide thumbnails and choose Update
Link.
This updates each. Or you can go to Edit | Links and update them all at
once.

This won't reflect added or subtracted slides either way. You can't add
them
or subtract them in PPT and have that reflected in the Word document. Nor
can you add or delete slides in Word and have that happen also in PPT
when
you update.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Well the Speaker notes is not really necessary in Power Point. That
was
the
original plan but since it limited what I could do I will be using
Word.
I
will not need to exchange the Speaker Notes. Just the slides. I want
to
be
able to edit the slide from Word or from Power Point and it update back
to
the Word Document. How would I do that?

TRM73

:

That puts the slides and the speaker notes into Word. If you edit
slides,
they will update in Word.

But no, speaker notes won't update in Word when they're changed in
PPT.
And
it's not a back-and-forth thing -- that is, you cannot edit in Word
and
have
the updates show in PPT.

I just wanted to make sure you were at least aware of the Send to Word
functionality -- I couldn't tell from your post, because you were
talking
about pasting special slides into Word to create links. But you are
correct,
Send to Word won't do all you want. I don't know of anything that
will,
actually.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message Well actually doesn't that simply put slide images in Word? I want
it
to
be
a link so that I can edit it in either place. Will that do that?

Thx

:

Have you tried File | Send to Word? That gets you most of the way
there,
but
your speaker notes won't update the way you want.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


in
message I posted a message back at the begining of the month asking to use
the
notes
page of the power point slide to put in my text for teaching. I
am
a
technical instructor and the customary layout for a manual is to
have
the
power point slide at the top of each new page and the rest of the
page
is
used for Description of that slide. If the description or
explanation
requires more than a page, then you simply finish the description
on
the
following pages. Then the next slide in the deck is put at the
top
of
the
next page. This continues for the entire slide deck.

I want to try and create a sync between the 2. That way if you
update
the
PPT file, it will update the Word document page containing that
slide.
You
should also be able to double click the slide image in Word and
it
will
open
it up in power point. So you can edit them from either place. I
have
tried
to do this before and it was fraught with problems. Back using
the
2003
product. I was hoping that I either was doing something wrong or
maybe
2007
has a better way. Back in 2003 I simply went into the slide
sorter
and
rt
click copy the slide then went to word and did a paste special.
That
is
what
created the link. But it never really seemed to work right. Can
someone
who
has done this or has some ideas please help me? I would greatly
appreciate
it.

 

[TexasRugbyMan73]

Is there a way that I can edit the pathing to the source to where it is
always in the adjacent subdirectory. For instance if the PPT's were in
C:\docs\Slides and the Word Docs were in C:\docs\Manual I would prefer a
relative pathing rather than and explicit pathing. If I could enter
...\Slides\ppt1.pptx as the slide to link rather than the explicit path. I
will need to move these files from machine to machine, and virtual drive to
virtual drive and still want the links to work.

Thx

 

[Echo S]

I see Steve's got you straightened out. Why did I think you are using Office
2003?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Where is that at? I am using PPT 2007 and Word 2007. I tried to look up
Send to Word in the Power Point help but no luck. Still not used to the
new
menu systems in 07

TRM

Use Send to Word and choose Paste Link. Save the file.

When you want to edit the slides, right-click the slide thumbnail on the
Word page and choose Linked Slide Object | Edit Link.

This opens the PPT file in PPT. Make your slide edits and save. Close
PPT.

In the Word file, right-click the slide thumbnails and choose Update
Link.
This updates each. Or you can go to Edit | Links and update them all at
once.

This won't reflect added or subtracted slides either way. You can't add
them
or subtract them in PPT and have that reflected in the Word document. Nor
can you add or delete slides in Word and have that happen also in PPT
when
you update.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Well the Speaker notes is not really necessary in Power Point. That
was
the
original plan but since it limited what I could do I will be using
Word.
I
will not need to exchange the Speaker Notes. Just the slides. I want
to
be
able to edit the slide from Word or from Power Point and it update back
to
the Word Document. How would I do that?

TRM73

:

That puts the slides and the speaker notes into Word. If you edit
slides,
they will update in Word.

But no, speaker notes won't update in Word when they're changed in
PPT.
And
it's not a back-and-forth thing -- that is, you cannot edit in Word
and
have
the updates show in PPT.

I just wanted to make sure you were at least aware of the Send to Word
functionality -- I couldn't tell from your post, because you were
talking
about pasting special slides into Word to create links. But you are
correct,
Send to Word won't do all you want. I don't know of anything that
will,
actually.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message Well actually doesn't that simply put slide images in Word? I want
it
to
be
a link so that I can edit it in either place. Will that do that?

Thx

:

Have you tried File | Send to Word? That gets you most of the way
there,
but
your speaker notes won't update the way you want.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


in
message I posted a message back at the begining of the month asking to use
the
notes
page of the power point slide to put in my text for teaching. I
am
a
technical instructor and the customary layout for a manual is to
have
the
power point slide at the top of each new page and the rest of the
page
is
used for Description of that slide. If the description or
explanation
requires more than a page, then you simply finish the description
on
the
following pages. Then the next slide in the deck is put at the
top
of
the
next page. This continues for the entire slide deck.

I want to try and create a sync between the 2. That way if you
update
the
PPT file, it will update the Word document page containing that
slide.
You
should also be able to double click the slide image in Word and
it
will
open
it up in power point. So you can edit them from either place. I
have
tried
to do this before and it was fraught with problems. Back using
the
2003
product. I was hoping that I either was doing something wrong or
maybe
2007
has a better way. Back in 2003 I simply went into the slide
sorter
and
rt
click copy the slide then went to word and did a paste special.
That
is
what
created the link. But it never really seemed to work right. Can
someone
who
has done this or has some ideas please help me? I would greatly
appreciate
it.

 

[Echo S]

Leaving them in the same folder will help ensure the links work. PPT
generally doesn't like subfolders when stuff is going to be moved. You might
test it before you worry too much there. Then again, maybe it's only
multimedia that works this way...anyone know off the top of their head?

After you create your file, use Office Button | Prepare | Edit Links to
change the link. I don't think that will make it relative, though. I suppose
you could check FixLinks at http://www.pptools.com for that. It might work
for what you want, not sure.

 

[TexasRugbyMan73]

Sorry for the late reply. Yes I am using Word 2007. I keep the Slides and
Documents on my NAS at my office, but had a class in Holland last week so I
took them (Both Slides and Word Docs) on my laptop to do some work. I could
not open the document without ignoring all of the links. Now that I have
returned, it says all my Objects have errors. Error Not a Valid Link. I
tried to change the source back to the old location but still get this error.
I think I mentioned this last time. It had always been too cumbersome to
make the Documents stay linked. Any other help would be appreciated. Thanks
Steve, Lucy and Echo S for your help. But if I can get the slides set then
That would be wonderful, and solve all problems. I will try putting the
slides in the same folder as the Word Docs. That might solve all the
problems. I have to relink all the slides through slide sorter, but at least
it was only 45 slides.

Thanks.

TRM

I see Steve's got you straightened out. Why did I think you are using Office
2003?

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Where is that at? I am using PPT 2007 and Word 2007. I tried to look up
Send to Word in the Power Point help but no luck. Still not used to the
new
menu systems in 07

TRM

Use Send to Word and choose Paste Link. Save the file.

When you want to edit the slides, right-click the slide thumbnail on the
Word page and choose Linked Slide Object | Edit Link.

This opens the PPT file in PPT. Make your slide edits and save. Close
PPT.

In the Word file, right-click the slide thumbnails and choose Update
Link.
This updates each. Or you can go to Edit | Links and update them all at
once.

This won't reflect added or subtracted slides either way. You can't add
them
or subtract them in PPT and have that reflected in the Word document. Nor
can you add or delete slides in Word and have that happen also in PPT
when
you update.

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Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message Well the Speaker notes is not really necessary in Power Point. That
was
the
original plan but since it limited what I could do I will be using
Word.
I
will not need to exchange the Speaker Notes. Just the slides. I want
to
be
able to edit the slide from Word or from Power Point and it update back
to
the Word Document. How would I do that?

TRM73

:

That puts the slides and the speaker notes into Word. If you edit
slides,
they will update in Word.

But no, speaker notes won't update in Word when they're changed in
PPT.
And
it's not a back-and-forth thing -- that is, you cannot edit in Word
and
have
the updates show in PPT.

I just wanted to make sure you were at least aware of the Send to Word
functionality -- I couldn't tell from your post, because you were
talking
about pasting special slides into Word to create links. But you are
correct,
Send to Word won't do all you want. I don't know of anything that
will,
actually.

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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message Well actually doesn't that simply put slide images in Word? I want
it
to
be
a link so that I can edit it in either place. Will that do that?

Thx

:

Have you tried File | Send to Word? That gets you most of the way
there,
but
your speaker notes won't update the way you want.

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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


in
message I posted a message back at the begining of the month asking to use
the
notes
page of the power point slide to put in my text for teaching. I
am
a
technical instructor and the customary layout for a manual is to
have
the
power point slide at the top of each new page and the rest of the
page
is
used for Description of that slide. If the description or
explanation
requires more than a page, then you simply finish the description
on
the
following pages. Then the next slide in the deck is put at the
top
of
the
next page. This continues for the entire slide deck.

I want to try and create a sync between the 2. That way if you
update
the
PPT file, it will update the Word document page containing that
slide.
You
should also be able to double click the slide image in Word and
it
will
open
it up in power point. So you can edit them from either place. I
have
tried
to do this before and it was fraught with problems. Back using
the
2003
product. I was hoping that I either was doing something wrong or
maybe
2007
has a better way. Back in 2003 I simply went into the slide
sorter
and
rt
click copy the slide then went to word and did a paste special.
That
is
what
created the link. But it never really seemed to work right. Can
someone
who
has done this or has some ideas please help me? I would greatly
appreciate
it.