Insert text from another file

1. In PowerPoint, on the File menu, click Open.
2. In the Files of type box, click All outlines.
3. In the file list, double-click the document you want to use.

Note  You can insert text from a .doc, .rtf, or .txt file.

1. In Microsoft Word, open the document you want to send.
2. On the File menu, point to Send To, and then click Microsoft PowerPoint.

Note  You can send a .doc, .rtf, .txt, or .htm file.

1. In PowerPoint, display the Outline tab.

   How?

   • If you are in normal view, click the Outline tab.

   • If you are in normal view but have hidden the tabs, click Normal View (Restore panes) in the lower left of the PowerPoint window, and if necessary click the Outline tab.

   • If you are not in normal view, click Normal View in the lower left of the PowerPoint window.
2. Click the slide icon you want the outline text to appear after.
3. On the Insert menu, click Slides from Outline.
4. Go to the folder where you've stored the document whose text you want to use.
5. Double-click the document to insert the text.

Note  You can insert text from a .doc, .rtf, .txt, or .htm file. The text from the .htm file appears on a single slide, in a text box.