power point presentations

[Guest]

I have a number of single-page pp presentations. Can I merge them all into
one presentation, and if so, how? If anyone reads this message, could you
please email the answer to me - (e-mail address removed) - many thanks - I dont
know my way around this site and might not be able to find the answer
otherwise! (bit of a newbie!)

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have a number of single-page pp presentations. Can I merge them all into
one presentation, and if so, how? If anyone reads this message, could you
please email the answer to me - (e-mail address removed) - many thanks - I dont
know my way around this site and might not be able to find the answer
otherwise! (bit of a newbie!)

Try Insert, Slides, From File.

Sorry, email defeats the purpose of a newsgroup.

 

[Guest]

Steve, thank you for responding to my question. I tried Insert, but the menu
doesnt include "slides". It allows a new slide. I tried picture, but it
wouldn't import a powerpoint page. Do you have any other suggestions?
(Sorry about asking for an email - as you can see I managed to find your
answer quite easily!) Thanks again. JudyH

 

[Guest]

Steve, it's me again - I have just brought up a single page pp presentation,
and then saved it as a jpg. Now I can import it into a new presentation.
So, in fact, you have sorted out my problem, and I am very grateful. Thank
you for your help!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve, thank you for responding to my question. I tried Insert, but the menu
doesnt include "slides". It allows a new slide.

For some reason understood only by a particularly dull-witted and user hostile
psychopath deep within the bowels of MS, the default setting in Office apps is to
hide menu commands from you. How anyone could possibly confuse "Hide the
commands from the user" with "Make it easier to use" escapes me, but it happened.

See the suggestions here:

Do this before using PowerPoint seriously
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm

but for now, click the downward pointing arrowheads at the bottom of the Insert
menu to get PPT to show you ALL the menu commands. Insert, Slides is there.

If you still can't get that to behave, here's another way to get there:

Open the presentation you want to add these slides to.
Then choose File, Open and select all of the presentations you want to insert
slides FROM. PPT lets you choose more than one presentation to open at a time if
you hold down the Ctrl key while you click each of them.

Switch to Slide sorter view once the presentations are open. Click the slide you
want to add, choose Edit, Copy then switch to the presentation you want to add
the slide TO, make sure it's in Slide Sorter view also, choose Edit, Paste.
Repeat until you've assembled the presentation you want.

(Sorry about asking for an email - as you can see I managed to find your
answer quite easily!) Thanks again. JudyH

No problem. I knew you'd find your way back. ;-)

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

For some reason understood only by a particularly dull-witted and user hostile

psychopath deep within the bowels of MS, the default setting in Office apps is to
hide menu commands from you. How anyone could possibly confuse "Hide the
commands from the user" with "Make it easier to use" escapes me, but it happened.

Now that I think about it more, I've decided it was probably Clippie.
They use him as the cartoon 'cause Bart Simpson was already under contract. ,-)

 

[Guest]

Steve - thanks for your help! I've now found the mysterious hidden insert
slides command on the menu! I am grateful for your help - have printed out
your post to save for reference. Thanks again.
Judy H