RE: PowerPoint to Frame

[Pinkham, Jim]

Depending upon what your goals and needs are, another approach might be:
 
1. File -- Send To -- Microsoft Office Word. This gives you the text,
which you can then convert to plain text and format as needed with
styles in in your Frame document.
2. For graphics that need to be retained, I use a PowerPoint macro that
extracts them. I can't come up with the exact link in a hurry, but this
one may do the trick: http://skp.mvps.org/pptxp002.htm. If that does not
work for you, a more labor-intensive but definitely workable approach is
outlined here: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00344.htm.
 
 



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Gillian
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Subject: PowerPoint to Frame



I've got about 25 power point presentations of various sizes from which
I have to create a manual. Does anyone know an easy and effective way to
go from PPT to FM?

 

 

Thank you,

 

 

Gillian Flato

Senior Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr. 

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Re: PowerPoint to Frame

[Pat Christenson]

I never knew about this! Thanks for posting it.

Pat Christenson

On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Rene Stephenson wrote:

 However, I’d like to add a bit about the graphics… Due to the way that 
 Microsoft Office products handle graphics, it is best to attempt to get the 
 graphics back to their original resolution before doing the save-as-html. To 
 do this, you can use the Find feature in PPT (or Word when you have a DOC 
 file), searching for any graphic. When Find locates a graphic, from the 
 picture tool bar, choose the Reset Graphic button (looks like a curved
   
  arrow pointing at a 
 picture), and then click the graphic. If the graphic was larger or higher 
 resolution than what is presently displayed in the PPT/DOC file, it will 
 enlarge to its original state at import. This will look messy, but just bear 
 with the process. When you finish finding and resetting all the graphics, 
 THEN do the save-as-html trick. The resulting graphics file will populate 
 with a bunch of image* files.

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RE: PowerPoint to Frame

[Dov Isaacs]

Assuming you are using a reasonably recent version of Microsoft Office, there 
is another easy way of extracting the graphical elements from the original 
document. Save the Office document using one of the new formats such as .DOCX 
(for Word), .XLSX (for Excel), or .PPTX (for PowerPoint). Those new files are 
actually Zip file archives, despite their file suffix. Open the file in your 
favorite ZIP utility after renaming the suffix to .ZIP. Inside the .ZIP file, 
you will find a subdirectory named media. Inside that media subdirectory, you 
will find all those wonderful graphics assets as actual files, typically .JPG, 
.TIF, .EPS, .WMF, .EMF, etc. Simply extract the file(s) from the ZIP archive 
and you have what you need!

Good luck.

- Dov

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Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:01 AM
To: Framers Users
Subject: Re: PowerPoint to Frame

I never knew about this! Thanks for posting it.

Pat Christenson

On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Rene Stephenson wrote:


However, I'd like to add a bit about the graphics... Due to the way that 
Microsoft Office products handle graphics, it is best to attempt to get the 
graphics back to their original resolution before doing the save-as-html. To do 
this, you can use the Find feature in PPT (or Word when you have a DOC file), 
searching for any graphic. When Find locates a graphic, from the picture tool 
bar, choose the Reset Graphic button (looks like a curved   

arrow pointing at a picture), and then 
click the graphic. If the graphic was larger or higher resolution than what is 
presently displayed in the PPT/DOC file, it will enlarge to its original state 
at import. This will look messy, but just bear with the process. When you 
finish finding and resetting all the graphics, THEN do the save-as-html trick. 
The resulting graphics file will populate with a bunch of image* files.

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PowerPoint to Frame

[Rene Stephenson]

I agree with David about save-as-html ? that?s the route I?ve taken many times 
in similar situations, and it has proven a pretty efficient way to extract the 
graphics into something FM can use as a referenced graphic.



However, I?d like to add a bit about the graphics? Due to the way that 
Microsoft Office products handle graphics, it is best to attempt to get the 
graphics back to their original resolution before doing the save-as-html. To do 
this, you can use the Find feature in PPT (or Word when you have a DOC file), 
searching for any graphic. When Find locates a graphic, from the picture tool 
bar, choose the Reset Graphic button (looks like a curved   

arrow pointing at a picture), and then 
click the graphic. If the graphic was larger or higher resolution than what is 
presently displayed in the PPT/DOC file, it will enlarge to its original state 
at import. This will look messy, but just bear with the process. When you 
finish finding and resetting all the graphics, THEN do the save-as-html trick. 
The resulting graphics file will populate with a bunch of image* files.



One final alternative in this procedure: If you don?t want to go with another 
product, you can then open the HTML file you just created in Word, select all, 
copy, and then in FM paste as plain text into a body-style paragraph. Apply 
your headings as needed, insert the image* files, and Bob?s your uncle!



BTW: the ImpGraph plug-in is a great way to preconfigure your graphics import 
settings in FM.  ;-)



HTH

Rene



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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Spreadbury
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 7:53 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; GillianFlato
Subject: Re: PowerPoint to Frame




Gilian,
One way would involve saving your powerpoint as html and then converting the 
html to text. There is a freeware utility called htmlastext 
(www.nirsoft.net/utils/htmlastext.html) that I have used to strip the html 
code, resulting in a text file. The saveas html should create a separate folder 
of the graphic elements in your powerpoint.

Paste the text portions into your Frame paratags/elements, importing the 
graphics as needed. This should leave you with what you are looking for.

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From: Flato, Gillian <gfl...@nanometrics.com>
Subject: PowerPoint to Frame
To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" 
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 6:16 PM

I?ve got about 25 power point presentations of various sizes from which I have 
to create a manual. Does anyone know an easy and effective way to go from PPT 
to FM?





Thank you,





Gillian Flato

Senior Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr. 

Milpitas, CA. 95035

(408.545.6316

7  408.232.5911

* gflato at nanometrics.com




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PowerPoint to Frame

[Pinkham, Jim]

Depending upon what your goals and needs are, another approach might be:

1. File -- Send To -- Microsoft Office Word. This gives you the text,
which you can then convert to plain text and format as needed with
styles in in your Frame document.
2. For graphics that need to be retained, I use a PowerPoint macro that
extracts them. I can't come up with the exact link in a hurry, but this
one may do the trick: http://skp.mvps.org/pptxp002.htm. If that does not
work for you, a more labor-intensive but definitely workable approach is
outlined here: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00344.htm.





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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Flato,
Gillian
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 6:17 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: PowerPoint to Frame



I've got about 25 power point presentations of various sizes from which
I have to create a manual. Does anyone know an easy and effective way to
go from PPT to FM?





Thank you,





Gillian Flato

Senior Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr. 

Milpitas, CA. 95035

(408.545.6316

7  408.232.5911

* gflato at nanometrics.com <mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> 



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PowerPoint to Frame

[Pat Christenson]

I never knew about this! Thanks for posting it.

Pat Christenson

On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Rene Stephenson wrote:

> However, I?d like to add a bit about the graphics? Due to the way that 
> Microsoft Office products handle graphics, it is best to attempt to get the 
> graphics back to their original resolution before doing the save-as-html. To 
> do this, you can use the Find feature in PPT (or Word when you have a DOC 
> file), searching for any graphic. When Find locates a graphic, from the 
> picture tool bar, choose the Reset Graphic button (looks like a curved
>   
>  arrow pointing at a 
> picture), and then click the graphic. If the graphic was larger or higher 
> resolution than what is presently displayed in the PPT/DOC file, it will 
> enlarge to its original state at import. This will look messy, but just bear 
> with the process. When you finish finding and resetting all the graphics, 
> THEN do the save-as-html trick. The resulting graphics file will populate 
> with a bunch of image* files.

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PowerPoint to Frame

[Dov Isaacs]

Assuming you are using a reasonably recent version of Microsoft Office, there 
is another easy way of extracting the graphical elements from the original 
document. Save the Office document using one of the new formats such as .DOCX 
(for Word), .XLSX (for Excel), or .PPTX (for PowerPoint). Those "new" files are 
actually Zip file archives, despite their file suffix. Open the file in your 
favorite ZIP utility after renaming the suffix to .ZIP. Inside the .ZIP file, 
you will find a subdirectory named media. Inside that media subdirectory, you 
will find all those wonderful graphics assets as actual files, typically .JPG, 
.TIF, .EPS, .WMF, .EMF, etc. Simply extract the file(s) from the ZIP archive 
and you have what you need!

Good luck.

- Dov

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Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:01 AM
To: Framers Users
Subject: Re: PowerPoint to Frame

I never knew about this! Thanks for posting it.

Pat Christenson

On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Rene Stephenson wrote:


However, I'd like to add a bit about the graphics... Due to the way that 
Microsoft Office products handle graphics, it is best to attempt to get the 
graphics back to their original resolution before doing the save-as-html. To do 
this, you can use the Find feature in PPT (or Word when you have a DOC file), 
searching for any graphic. When Find locates a graphic, from the picture tool 
bar, choose the Reset Graphic button (looks like a curved   

arrow pointing at a picture), and then 
click the graphic. If the graphic was larger or higher resolution than what is 
presently displayed in the PPT/DOC file, it will enlarge to its original state 
at import. This will look messy, but just bear with the process. When you 
finish finding and resetting all the graphics, THEN do the save-as-html trick. 
The resulting graphics file will populate with a bunch of image* files.

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PowerPoint to Frame

[Flato, Gillian]

I've got about 25 power point presentations of various sizes from which I have 
to create a manual. Does anyone know an easy and effective way to go from PPT 
to FM?


Thank you,


Gillian Flato
Senior Technical Writer (Software)
nanometrics
1550 Buckeye Dr.
Milpitas, CA. 95035
*408.545.6316
7  408.232.5911
* gfl...@nanometrics.commailto:gfl...@nanometrics.com

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Re: PowerPoint to Frame

[David Spreadbury]

Gilian,
One way would involve saving your powerpoint as html and then converting the 
html to text. There is a freeware utility called htmlastext 
(www.nirsoft.net/utils/htmlastext.html) that I have used to strip the html 
code, resulting in a text file. The saveas html should create a separate folder 
of the graphic elements in your powerpoint.

Paste the text portions into your Frame paratags/elements, importing the 
graphics as needed. This should leave you with what you are looking for.

--- On Mon, 6/13/11, Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com wrote:

From: Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com
Subject: PowerPoint to Frame
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 6:16 PM




 
 






 



I’ve got about 25 power point presentations of various
sizes from which I have to create a manual. Does anyone know an easy and
effective way to go from PPT to FM? 

   

   

Thank you, 

  

   

Gillian Flato 

Senior Technical Writer (Software) 

nanometrics 

1550 Buckeye Dr.  

Milpitas, CA. 95035 

(408.545.6316 

7  408.232.5911 

* gfl...@nanometrics.com 

   



 



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RE: PowerPoint to Frame

[Rene Stephenson]

I agree with David about save-as-html – that’s the route I’ve taken many times 
in similar situations, and it has proven a pretty efficient way to extract the 
graphics into something FM can use as a referenced graphic.

 

However, I’d like to add a bit about the graphics… Due to the way that 
Microsoft Office products handle graphics, it is best to attempt to get the 
graphics back to their original resolution before doing the save-as-html. To do 
this, you can use the Find feature in PPT (or Word when you have a DOC file), 
searching for any graphic. When Find locates a graphic, from the picture tool 
bar, choose the Reset Graphic button (looks like a curved   

arrow pointing at a picture), and then 
click the graphic. If the graphic was larger or higher resolution than what is 
presently displayed in the PPT/DOC file, it will enlarge to its original state 
at import. This will look messy, but just bear with the process. When you 
finish finding and resetting all the graphics, THEN do the save-as-html trick. 
The resulting graphics file will populate with a bunch of image* files.

 

One final alternative in this procedure: If you don’t want to go with another 
product, you can then open the HTML file you just created in Word, select all, 
copy, and then in FM paste as plain text into a body-style paragraph. Apply 
your headings as needed, insert the image* files, and Bob’s your uncle!

 

BTW: the ImpGraph plug-in is a great way to preconfigure your graphics import 
settings in FM.  ;-)

 

HTH

Rene

 

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Spreadbury
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 7:53 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; GillianFlato
Subject: Re: PowerPoint to Frame

 


Gilian,
One way would involve saving your powerpoint as html and then converting the 
html to text. There is a freeware utility called htmlastext 
(www.nirsoft.net/utils/htmlastext.html) that I have used to strip the html 
code, resulting in a text file. The saveas html should create a separate folder 
of the graphic elements in your powerpoint.

Paste the text portions into your Frame paratags/elements, importing the 
graphics as needed. This should leave you with what you are looking for.

--- On Mon, 6/13/11, Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com wrote:


From: Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com
Subject: PowerPoint to Frame
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 6:16 PM

I’ve got about 25 power point presentations of various sizes from which I have 
to create a manual. Does anyone know an easy and effective way to go from PPT 
to FM?

 

 

Thank you,

 

 

Gillian Flato

Senior Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr. 

Milpitas, CA. 95035

(408.545.6316

7  408.232.5911

* gfl...@nanometrics.com

 


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I've got about 25 power point presentations of various sizes from which I have 
to create a manual. Does anyone know an easy and effective way to go from PPT 
to FM?


Thank you,


Gillian Flato
Senior Technical Writer (Software)
nanometrics
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*408.545.6316
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[David Spreadbury]

Gilian,
One way would involve saving your powerpoint as html and then converting the 
html to text. There is a freeware utility called htmlastext 
(www.nirsoft.net/utils/htmlastext.html) that I have used to strip the html 
code, resulting in a text file. The saveas html should create a separate folder 
of the graphic elements in your powerpoint.

Paste the text portions into your Frame paratags/elements, importing the 
graphics as needed. This should leave you with what you are looking for.

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From: Flato, Gillian <gfl...@nanometrics.com>
Subject: PowerPoint to Frame
To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" 
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 6:16 PM
















I?ve got about 25 power point presentations of various
sizes from which I have to create a manual. Does anyone know an easy and
effective way to go from PPT to FM? 

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Thank you, 

? 

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Gillian Flato 

Senior Technical Writer (Software) 

nanometrics 

1550 Buckeye Dr.  

Milpitas, CA. 95035 

(408.545.6316 

7? 408.232.5911 

* gflato at nanometrics.com 

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