Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2002

Design Corner: Creating Custom PowerPoint Handouts

If you're just going to provide handouts for internal reference, PowerPoint's handout creation feature may easily handle all your needs. But if you need to create polished, professional handouts (for an important client presentation, for example), you might need a bit more flexibility and sophistication. This is where the integrated power of Office XP comes in handy—create your presentation in PowerPoint and then polish up the handouts in Word. With Word's advanced formatting features, you can create a custom PowerPoint handout that meets your exact specifications. Just choose the page layout options you want in the Send To Microsoft Word dialog box (File, Send To, Microsoft Word) and then customize ...