Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2002

Design Corner: Creating Minutes and Action Items in Word

PowerPoint makes it easy to edit and format your meeting minutes and action items in Microsoft Word before printing or sending to meeting participants and other team members. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Present your show by pressing F5; right-click anywhere on the screen, and choose Meeting Minder from the shortcut menu.

2. In the Meeting Minder dialog box, enter your meeting minutes and action items as your presentation progresses.

3. Click the Export button to open the Meeting Minter Export dialog box.

4. Select the Send Meeting Minutes and Action Items to Microsoft Word check box and click Export Now. PowerPoint exports the minutes and action items to Word, opening the new Word document.

5. In Word, ...