Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2000

Importing Outlines from Microsoft Word and Other Programs

If you create outlines in other applications such as Microsoft Word, you can easily import them into PowerPoint. PowerPoint can import outlines from many different formats such as:

• Word documents (.DOC)

• Rich Text Format (.RTF)

• Text files (.TXT)

• Excel worksheets (.XLS)

• HTML (.HTM)

For example, if you create an outline in Word 2000, you use heading 1, heading 2, and heading 3 styles to format your document. When PowerPoint imports your outline, each heading 1 becomes a slide title, each heading 2 becomes first level text, and each heading 3 becomes second level text. Figure 5.10 shows a Word outline and its components.

Figure 5.10. Outline in Word and then import your outline into PowerPoint. ...