Merging many presentations into one

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How do I take a number of powerpoint presentations and merge them into one
presentation? Can this be done automatically?
 
How do I take a number of powerpoint presentations and merge them into one
presentation?  Can this be done automatically?
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Manually, in PPT2003, starting with a blank presentation, select
Insert / Slides from file / Browse and select all of the files to be
merged / select each file in turn and press Display button and then
the Insert All button. Repeat the last two steps for the rest of the
files. If they have differing internal formats (master slide), check
the "Keep formatting" box to retain that format in the compiled
presentation. I suppose there is something similar in 2007, but I
don't have Office 2007.

I tried recording a macro of this, but nothing was recorded. I
suppose a macro could be constructed by hand, but I'm not in a
position to figure it out right now. Besides, if it's a one-off, the
manual approach is probably quicker than building the macro, assuming
the count is tens, not hundreds.
_____________________
Tom Lavedas
 
It is indeed available in 2007 Tom, but rather well hidden :-). Home Tab ->
New Slide drop down -> Reuse Slides (right down at the bottom). And now you
have to right click a slide in the Reuse Slide taskpane to get the 'Insert
All' option.

Lucy

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



How do I take a number of powerpoint presentations and merge them into one
presentation? Can this be done automatically?
Click to expand...

Manually, in PPT2003, starting with a blank presentation, select
Insert / Slides from file / Browse and select all of the files to be
merged / select each file in turn and press Display button and then
the Insert All button. Repeat the last two steps for the rest of the
files. If they have differing internal formats (master slide), check
the "Keep formatting" box to retain that format in the compiled
presentation. I suppose there is something similar in 2007, but I
don't have Office 2007.

I tried recording a macro of this, but nothing was recorded. I
suppose a macro could be constructed by hand, but I'm not in a
position to figure it out right now. Besides, if it's a one-off, the
manual approach is probably quicker than building the macro, assuming
the count is tens, not hundreds.
_____________________
Tom Lavedas
 
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