You can print handouts from PowerPoint, but if you want to use the editing and formatting features of Word, you can work on and print your handouts using Word.
In the open presentation, do the following:
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Click File > Export.
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Under Export, click Create Handouts, and under Create Handouts in Microsoft Word, click Create Handouts.
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In the Send to Microsoft Word box, click the page layout that you want, and then do one of the following:
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To paste content that you want to remain unchanged when the content in the original PowerPoint presentation is updated, click Paste, and then click OK.
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To make sure that any updates to the original PowerPoint presentation are reflected in the Word document, click Paste link, and then click OK.
The presentation opens as a Word document in a new window. You can edit, print or save as with any Word document.
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Working around problems with exporting
The process of exporting a presentation to Word uses a lot of memory. The longer and larger the file, the more challenging it is for the programs and your computer to complete the process. If you get an error message that says, "PowerPoint couldn't write to Microsoft Word," try the process again after first restarting your computer and opening only PowerPoint. Restarting your computer will free up memory for the export process, and having other programs closed during the process will do the same.
If you have a very large file that still is not entirely exported, you can do a Save As operation on the presentation to make a second copy of it. From that copy, remove the slides that have already been exported, then run another export of the remaining slides that need to be exported. When that second export process is finished, combine the two .docx files into one.
Feedback on problems with exporting to Word
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