I have a Powerpoint Presentation (.pptx) file with 100 slides. I want to take all of the text from it and save it as a plain text file.
How can I do this? PowerPoint doesn't seem to let you save it as a .txt file directly, and I don't want to go through each slide to copy the text.
Best Answer
If all of the text in the presentation is visible in the Outline view, you should be able to do File | Save As | Choose Outline (RTF).
Otherwise, you'll need a bit of VBA. There are a couple of examples on my PowerPoint FAQ site:
Export Text to a text file, extract text from PowerPoint (Mac or PC):
See: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00274_Export_Text_to_a_text_file-_extract_text_from_PowerPoint_-Mac_or_PC-.htm