Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2002

Working with Outlines Created in Other Programs

If you create outlines in other Office XP programs, such as Microsoft Word, you can either export them from their original application or import them directly into PowerPoint. PowerPoint can work with outlines in many different formats, such as the following:

• Word documents (.doc)

• Rich Text Format (.rtf)

• Text files (.txt)

• Excel worksheets (.xls)

• HTML (.htm)

For example, if you create an outline in Word, 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. ...