PPT to Training document conversion procedure

[Svi Ben-Elya]

I need help on setting up a semi-automatic procedure for 
converting PPTs to formatted Training documents in Word. 
Powerpoint will serve as the common source for both the 
presentation and the Training Guides.

I have part of the procedure figured out, but I need help on 
the stages marked with an asterisk.

1. Text describing the slides are written as notes for the 
slide. I already have a technique for marking styles and for 
defining what text goes into the Trainer's Guide only.

2. File > Send To > Microsoft Word converts the PPT to a Word 
file. So far, so good.

* 3. Each PPT is a chapter. I need a technique for converting 
the PPT filename minus ".ppt" to Heading 1 or Heading 2 and 
placing it at the top of the Word document created. 

* 4. If I define "Notes next to slides" I get 3 columns. I 
can delete the left one and extend the one on the right, but 
that is time consuming and the table width may differ from 
chapter to chapter.

If I define "Notes below slides" I get a lot of extra 
paragraph marks. Word's Find and Replace cannot find a 
graphic followed by 2 paragraph marks (^g^p^p), It also 
cannot find a field followed by 2 paragraph marks (^d^p^p). 
Even if it could, I'm not sure that I can replace that with 
the graphic or field and only one paragraph mark. All of this 
is necessary to prepare for "Convert text to table".

I need ideas on how to efficiently reformat this into a two 
column table. 

5. Once the graphic and text are in separate columns, I 
should be able to use Word's Search and Replace to apply 
styles.

Thank you in advance,

- Svi Ben-Elya -
svi at ieee.org
+972-54-2356235
Fax: +972-1534-9890532
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