This wikiHow teaches you how to convert a presentation created with Microsoft PowerPoint into a Word document using PowerPoint for Windows' "Create Handouts" feature or PowerPoint for Mac's "Rich Text Format" export option. L current version of the latter product does not support the "Create Handouts" functionality. RTF files are not perfectly compatible with the formatting that is created by some PowerPoint features, so some images or backgrounds may not be present in the exported file.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Windows
Step 1. Open the PowerPoint presentation to convert
To do this, go to the menu File, choose the option You open…, then select the desired file.
Step 2. Open the File menu located at the top left of the PowerPoint window
Step 3. Choose the Export… item from the drop-down menu that appeared
Step 4. Select the Create Handouts option
Step 5. Click Create handouts in Microsoft Word
Step 6. At this point, press the Create Handouts button
Step 7. Choose the layout that will be applied to the pages that will make up the final Word document
- If you want the exported document to be updated every time the PowerPoint presentation is changed, choose the option Paste link.
- Instead, choose the option Paste if you want the Word document not to be updated with the changes made to the original presentation.
Step 8. Press the OK button
The chosen PowerPoint presentation will be exported and displayed as a Word document.
Method 2 of 2: Mac
Step 1. Open the PowerPoint presentation to convert
Access the menu File, choose the option You open…, then select the desired file.
Step 2. Open the File menu at the top left of the screen, then choose the item Export… from the drop-down menu that appeared.
Step 3. Type the name to assign to the file using the "Export as" text field, then choose the folder in which to save it using the tree menu on the left of the dialog box that appeared
Step 4. Enter the "File Format" drop-down menu to select the Rich Text Format (.rtf) option
Step 5. Press the Export button
The selected PowerPoint presentation will be saved in the new RTF format within the specified folder.
Step 6. Start Microsoft Word
It features a blue icon in the shape of W stylized.
Step 7. Open the newly created RTF file
Access the menu File, choose the option You open…, then select the RTF file created by exporting the PowerPoint presentation. This way the content of the RTF will be displayed within Microsoft Word.
Step 8. Access the File menu and choose the option Save with name….
The dialog of the same name will appear giving you the option to save the document in the native Word format.
Step 9. Enter the "File Format" menu and choose the Word Document (.docx) option
Step 10. Press the Save button
The RTF file obtained by exporting the chosen PowerPoint presentation will be saved in the native Microsoft Word format.
