Saving an Impress File as a PowerPoint File

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Impress Guide

Chapter 10: Printing, e-mailing, exporting, and saving slideshows

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• Introduction
• Quick Printing
• Controlling Printing
  • Selecting General Printing Options
  • Printing Multiple Pages on a Single Sheet of Paper
  • Selecting Slides to Print
  • Selecting Other Information to Print
  • Printing in Black and White (on a Color Printer)
  • Printing Handouts, Notes, or Outlines in Impress
  • Selecting Default Print Options
• Printing a Brochure
• Exporting to PDF
  • Quick Export to PDF
  • Controlling PDF Content and Quality
    • General Tab of PDF Options Dialog
    • Initial View Tab of PDF Options Dialog
    • User Interface Tab of PDF Options Dialog
    • Links Tab of PDF Options Dialog
    • Security Tab of PDF Options Dialog
• Exporting as Web Pages (HTML files)
• E-mailing a Presentation
  • Digital Signing of Documents
• Removing Personal Data
• Opening and Saving a PowerPoint File
  • Saving an Impress File as a PowerPoint File
  • Opening a PowerPoint File in Impress

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Saving an Impress File as a PowerPoint File

1. Choose File → Save As from the menu bar.
2. Select the location where you want the PowerPoint file saved and type a name for the file.
3. Under File type, choose Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP (.ppt).
4. Click  Save . If you have the “Warn when not saving in ODF or default format” option set in Options → Load/Save → General, the message shown in Figure 209 appears. Click  Keep Current Format  to confirm that you want to save the file in Microsoft PowerPoint format. You can deselect the Ask when not saving in ODF format checkbox, and the message will not be shown again unless you re-enable it in the Options.

Figure 209: Warning message when saving in Microsoft PowerPoint format

Always save your work in Impress OpenDocument format (.odp) before saving in Microsoft format. Keep the Impress file as your working copy; if you need to change the presentation, change it in the Impress version and then save it again as PowerPoint. You are much less likely to have problems than if you open a file previously saved in PowerPoint format, edit it, and save it again.