Thanks for your suggestion.
The reason I posted my question was that I occasionally run across an old
presentation I wrote using PPT notes, or I need to fill in for someone who
uses notes. I've stopped using the notes pages myself because I've found
that while having a hard-copy document with notes is helpful during lectures,
using a page for each slide is too bulky for me. However, your suggestion
will work fine for once-in-a-while.
I usually go in the other direction now (from PPT to Word instead of from
Word to PPT), because I'm in a situation of using some pre-prepared slides
and wanting to make my own notes on some of them. Also, I make the PPT's
available to my students and don't want to have 2 versions to edit (one w/o
notes and one with.)
So what I do now to make notes is to export the slides into Word using
File/Save As/ Outline/RTF. The slide titles come across as Heading 1, the
main points as Heading 2, the minor points as Heading 3. (Any contents of
Notes pages are not saved to the RTF document, only the slide contents.
Drawings and other extras are also not saved, which is fine for my purposes.)
It is easy to reformat each level by clicking on one of the Heading 1's, for
example, then Format / Styles and Formatting, and choosing Select All to
format the selected type. Then I add my notes as body text in between the
slides. Of course, it's a back-and-forth process since sometimes as you
write the notes you realize the PPT's need to be revised. But it's no worse
than using the PPT notes pages, and there are more print and format options
for the RTF document.
When I edit the PPT's, sometimes I just correct my lecture notes document
hardcopy in pencil instead of re-doing it. (very retro!)
Mary
