INSERT POWERPOINT SLIDE INTO WORD DOCUMENT

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Hi,

I have graphics and text that I would like to import into a Word Document.
When I click, send to Word under the File menu, it opens a new document. I
then select, copy and paste the slide that I need and paste it into Word.
But what I get is only a grey line with: EMBED PowerPoint.Slide.8 instead of
the image. Why is that? What is the best way to import a slide with the
actual images into Word?

Thanks a lot !

Luke
 
You've already done it, you're just looking at a "field code" instead of the
"field result". Press Alt+F9 (a shortcut for going to Tools > Options and
unchecking the Field Codes box) and you should see your slide.
 
Thanks but I still do not see the slide only the text and icon: PowerPoint
Slide with diagonal lines NOT the actual slide. I tried looking at the
document in print layout, normal layout...

Thanks
 
Hi Luke,

I can't duplicate that with any set of options I know about. Can I assume
you just pasted in Word, and didn't use Edit > Paste Special or click
anything that said "Display icon"? What versions of Word and PowerPoint are
you using?
 
The answer is actually so simple.

I had the same question as you did and surfed into this site looking for a simple answer. After reading the replies posted, I just gave up. I'm running into this sort of dead end on the Net more and more these days.

When I went back to my work, I found my own solution. Using PowerPoint 2007, I was able to save the presentation as a TIFF file. To do this, click Save As..., select Other Formats, then TIFF Tag Image File Format. A dialog box appears asking if you want to save the entire presentation as a TIFF file, or only the current slide.

In my case, I selected to save only the current slide. Then I returned to my Word document, placed my cursor where I wanted to insert the TIFF file, clicked Insert, clicked Picture, and double-clicked the TIFF file.

The slide popped right into the document. The result was beautiful. I was able to insert the entire presentation, one slide at a time, into my document this way. All I had to do was save the entire presentation in one operation and PowerPoint created a new folder with each slide saved as a separate file -- a big time-saver. By combining the PowerPoint slides and the Word text, I was able to create very quickly an attractive 6" x 9" booklet, and the letters within the slides were all very crisp when printed.

If you are more interested in creating a pdf version of the final document, save the PowerPoint slides as png files instead, and pop those in. The png inserts will be more "elastic" than the TIFF files as you resize the pdf display. But for sending the document to a color printer, I was happier with the print quality I got with the TIFF files.
 
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