Hi All, I have almost the same question, except it is about converting an Excel file to a Word .doc or text file. Can this be done in somewhat the same fashion as converting a Power Point file to text file? Or, is there another way to convert an Excel file to a Word doc or text file? I am running XP/Office Home Jaws 9 & 10. Thank you all very much for your advice and help.
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] software to convert PowerPoint files to plane text You do not need any special software to convert a PowerPoint Slide Presentation to a MS-Word file. There are 2 ways to accomplish this. Option 1: 1. Open your presentation in PowerPoint. 2. From the File menu, select Save As. 3. From this dialog box select where you want to save your new file, enter a name for your file, and select the file type as a *.rtf. 4. Open MS-Word. 5. Open your newly created *.rtf file. Option 2: 1. Open your PowerPoint presentation. 2. Use Shift+F6 to move to the Payne on the left side of your screen where you can view your presentation in such formats as thumbnails and outline. Depending on how you have your view set, you might not find this Payne, and for now you can forget about using this option. 3. If outline is not showing, you will need to Route the JAWS cursor to the PC cursor. 4. Move the JAWS cursor around, probably up, until you find the word Outline. 5. Left click on the word Outline. Now you are in the Outline view. 6. Change back to the PC cursor. 7. Move to the top of the outline. 8. Select All. 9. Control+C to copy. 10. Open MS-Word. 11. Control+V to paste the Outline into MS-Word. Things to keep in mind: Graphics, text boxes and some other types of objects will cause havoc when converting a PowerPoint presentation in either of the above methods. If you cannot read the info when it is in a PowerPoint slide in the edit/design mode, you probably will not be able to read it when you convert the file. hTH, Annette -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of THAO VY Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:46 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] software to convert PowerPoint files to plane text Hello, Could anyone recommend an accessible software to convert from PowerPoint files to Word files or plane text ? Thanks. Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
