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Pedro_The_Swift
16th June 2007, 08:26 AM
how do I get single photos out of a powerpoint presentation?
barryj
16th June 2007, 08:32 AM
how do I get single photos out of a powerpoint presentation?

Try a right click on the pic you want, then you can use it from the clipboard.

If you have a photo editing program you can paste it into the program and edit and save the pic.

If you get an auto run powerpoint in an email it might be harder. Last resort is usually pressing printscreen when the pic appears and that will be in the clipboard. Handy to grab images, although bending copyright a fair bit.
awabbit6
16th June 2007, 08:45 AM
If you have MS PowerPoint, then open the pps from PowerPoint (File-->Open). Without PowerPoint you can capture an image during the slide show using ALT+PrintScrn (nothing obvious happens when you do this). Then exit the slide show and paste into a document or as a new image in an image editing package.

Hope this helps.
Quarks
16th June 2007, 08:47 AM
if it's an auto-run presentation, changing the filename from *.pps to *.ppt should bring it up as a normal powerpoint - and you can then get them out as per above.

This works on my version (2000), but I don't know about others. Worth a try, I suppose.
incisor
16th June 2007, 10:12 AM
openoffice is your friend...
barryj
16th June 2007, 10:30 AM
openoffice is your friend...

Is openoffice compatible with Microsoft programs? The reason I ask is that my dad has openoffice but cannot view powerpoint file attachments in emails.
Rovernaut
16th June 2007, 10:30 AM
openoffice is your friend...
Yeah:D:D:D:D:D:D
incisor
16th June 2007, 10:34 AM
Is openoffice compatible with Microsoft programs? The reason I ask is that my dad has openoffice but cannot view powerpoint file attachments in emails.

there is a free powerpoint viewer you can download from the microsoft web site if you need a viewer only...

as fopr openoffice, impress did powerpoint files better than powerpoint, esp if you needed to export to mpg, last time i looked at it.
Bytemrk
16th June 2007, 11:02 AM
Not Sure if Open Office supports the newer MS Office 2007 XML based file formats yet. (for Powerpoint - .pptx, .pptm and .ppsx file extensions)

but Inc. is right OO does allow you to do LOTs that MS doesn't..

Mark
Franz
16th June 2007, 12:18 PM
how do I get single photos out of a powerpoint presentation?
Just open the file from within Powerpoint and you will have access to the pictures. Equally, if you have a Powerpoint file (*.ppt) you can save it as a Powerpoint Show (*.pps) and then get what you have and looks like an unaccessable file (but it can be accessed)
Sandtoyz
18th June 2007, 05:28 PM
Not Sure if Open Office supports the newer MS Office 2007 XML based file formats yet. (for Powerpoint - .pptx, .pptm and .ppsx file extensions)
Mark

I thought OpenOffice.org had xml way before MS ever did...
Bytemrk
18th June 2007, 07:39 PM
I thought OpenOffice.org had xml way before MS ever did...


May well.... not sure.. I wouldn't be surprised though..

Mark