Do I need to cut and paste each slide or is there a better way?

Which version of PowerPoint are you using? The easiest way is to open both 
presentations, put them into the slide sorter view and drag from one to the 
other. Keeping in mind that the slides that your putting into the new 
presentation will take on whatever the new presentation looks like, dependig 
on which version of PowerPoint your using.

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  Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint



"Ellen" <Ellen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> Do I need to cut and paste each slide or is there a better way? 

If you are using Office 2007 you can go to "new slide" then choose "reuse 
slides"  this will open another window which will allow you to browse out to 
where the other presentation is located.  This will then populate each of 
those slides into that window.  You can pick and choose which slides you want 
to copy into your new presentation.  Not sure if this feature is available on 
older versions of powerpoint or not.
 

"Ellen" wrote:

> Do I need to cut and paste each slide or is there a better way?

In older versions of PowerPoint (version 2000 for sure and maybe 2003 as 
well): Insert<Slides From File
Then browse and select the presentation you want to copy.
Then choose the slides you want--or "Insert All" to copy the whole thing.
The copied slides will not retain their original formatting; they will 
follow the formatting of the presentation where you are pasting them, based 
on your Slide Master settings.


"Tammy" wrote:

> If you are using Office 2007 you can go to "new slide" then choose "reuse 
> slides"  this will open another window which will allow you to browse out to 
> where the other presentation is located.  This will then populate each of 
> those slides into that window.  You can pick and choose which slides you want 
> to copy into your new presentation.  Not sure if this feature is available on 
> older versions of powerpoint or not.
>  
> 
> "Ellen" wrote:
> 
> > Do I need to cut and paste each slide or is there a better way?

Exactly.

Insert | Slides | From File is definitely available in PPT 97, 2000, 2002 
and 2003. In 2007 it was moved (as Tammy mentioned) to Home tab | New Slide 
| Reuse Slides, and it remains there in PPT 2010 (in the release candidate 
version, anyway, and I don't see any reason to expect it to move again).

I just can't remember if it was available in PPT 95. (I think it was). Does 
anyone still use PPT 95?

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"PianoMan" <PianoMan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> In older versions of PowerPoint (version 2000 for sure and maybe 2003 as
> well): Insert<Slides From File
> Then browse and select the presentation you want to copy.
> Then choose the slides you want--or "Insert All" to copy the whole thing.
> The copied slides will not retain their original formatting; they will
> follow the formatting of the presentation where you are pasting them, 
> based
> on your Slide Master settings.
>
>
> "Tammy" wrote:
>
>> If you are using Office 2007 you can go to "new slide" then choose "reuse
>> slides"  this will open another window which will allow you to browse out 
>> to
>> where the other presentation is located.  This will then populate each of
>> those slides into that window.  You can pick and choose which slides you 
>> want
>> to copy into your new presentation.  Not sure if this feature is 
>> available on
>> older versions of powerpoint or not.
>>
>>
>> "Ellen" wrote:
>>
>> > Do I need to cut and paste each slide or is there a better way? 

In article <3DB6A08D-23EA-4B33-BD9B-3D0262C57317@microsoft.com>, Echo S wrote:
> Exactly.
> 
> Insert | Slides | From File is definitely available in PPT 97, 2000, 2002 
> and 2003. In 2007 it was moved (as Tammy mentioned) to Home tab | New Slide 
> | Reuse Slides, and it remains there in PPT 2010 (in the release candidate 
> version, anyway, and I don't see any reason to expect it to move again).
> 
> I just can't remember if it was available in PPT 95. (I think it was). Does 
> anyone still use PPT 95?

Do I still have to use it to be able to claim that I remember?  
If so, then I must not remember.
But if not, then yes, it was available.

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