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Create Word Handouts from PowerPoint 2013 Presentations

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2016-03-27 11:24:29
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You can use the Create Handouts command in PowerPoint 2013 to create a Word document that you can then print and distribute to your audience. Using this feature is simple; just follow these steps:

Choose File→Export→Create Handouts, then click the Create Handouts button.

Choose File→Export→Create Handouts, then click the Create Handouts button.

This brings up the dialog box shown.

Choose the formatting option you want to use.

<b>Choose the formatting option you want to use.</b>

Slides on the left and notes on the right

Slides on the left and blank lines on the right

Slides at the top of the page and notes below the slides

Slides at the top of the page and blank lines below the slides

Just the outline

Click OK.

Click OK.

PowerPoint grinds and whirs for a bit, then regurgitates the presentation in the form of a Word document.

Edit the document as you see fit, then save it.

Edit the document as you see fit, then save it.

Note that if you don’t plan on editing the document in Word, there’s no real advantage to exporting the presentation to a Word document. Instead, you can simply print the slides and notes by using PowerPoint’s Print command.

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Doug Lowe is the information technology director at Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers, a civil engineering firm. He has written more than 50 For Dummies books on topics ranging from Java to electronics to PowerPoint.