Reinstate export handouts to Microsoft Word
In older versions of PPT (prior to Windows 10, PPT2013 and prior) the function Export Handouts to Microsoft Word worked beautifully. Not so much since these latest upgrades. PPT sends an error message that simply isn't fix-able. "PPT cannot write to Word". The 'HELP' isn't helpful (technicians do not understand the issue and have no reasonable suggestions to overcome it). "Community" offers many suggestions, none of which overcome this. Very frustrating to lose this capability.
Pam Proctor
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jai Luster
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When do you plan to fix this problem? I see that many people have written in and Microsoft has not fixed the bug yet. I use windows 10. I am using an office 2019 version of powerpoint. and have office 2019 version of Microsoft word
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CB
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How could you (MS) release something so potentially useful and so badly engineered? It's like the 90's all over again. Sorry for the attitude but memory issues... This isn't finished software. Let me know if you need a repro. (From a former MS FTE).
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David Carpenter
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Memory has nothing to do with it. Gaming computer with four small data can't create handouts. Others are saying the same on forums
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Anonymous
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Please fix the problems with this functionality. It is almost useless now. I keep getting the error "ppt can't write to word" and it is incredibly frustrating as it used to work fine - granted that was a while ago. I just never had time to contact you about it until now. Just got off the phone with the helpdesk who basically said "sorry. no good workarounds." Not good. This is a very important feature that doesn't work. Please fix!!
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Anonymous
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I experience the same issue. After latest upgrade handout creation sometimes stops before any slide is written to Word.
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E Travis
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I have been dealing with this problem for many years!. Why can't Microsoft fix this once and for all. It is an essential feature for those of us using powerpoint to create courseware.
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Anonymous
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Agree. The loss of this function is a huge drawback. Please fix this issue. Q? Why is memory an issue with Office 365 but not Office 2013 desktop? I don't want to restart my computer multiple times or split my presentation into smaller chunks to export to handouts and then have to merge them in word. This suggested work around is not reasonable when Instructional Designers have been able to do this quickly and efficiently in earlier versions of Office. Please escalate this issue. Thank you.
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Anonymous
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This feature is important to me and I've tried all the fixes. People have been complaining and asking for years and it is still unworkable. Have 2019 version and STILL unworkable. Please, what needs to be done so you can fix it?
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Lisa
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Agree 100% that this feature is an integral part of creating and delivering a Powerpoint presentation and should be corrected!
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Anonymous
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This was such a useful feature for us instructional designers. Please add it to Mac version of Office 365.
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Meredith Reitman
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Worked great until today - tried all the solutions and nothing is helping.
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Nancy R Warfield
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Microsoft, please reinstate export handouts to Word. If it ain't broke, don't eliminate it!
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handout with notes...major fail.
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exporting handouts is key for me, particularly because of the ability to include notes under or next to slides so that I can then also print multiple slides per page with the notes. Thing is whenever I want to export to handout with notes it fails...without blank lines it works, but I dont need lines...i need the notes. Please find a fix for this or incorporate a way to print the notes version right from pptx that also allows multiple slides per page!
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John Cook
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Same problem as mentioned by a number of other users.
Unable to transfer ppt into student handouts.
Very frustrating. Bought new laptop with Windows 10 not expecting this to be a problem.
The pop up answer not helpful at all -
Helena Cilliers
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Please bring back the option that the handouts contain presenter text and then only JPGs of the slides. This crazy option you offer means pasting a PPT inside a Word doc ... this means that the Word docs are at least 5 times bigger than the original PPTs. Handouts are NOT supposed to be 200 MB and larger - it makes printing incredibly difficult. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop the madness.
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Jesse Zhu
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fix this please
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Francisco Dias
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Não tem a aba criar folhetos no meu powerpoint. Não consigo enviar do powerpoint para o word
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Glenda
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Totally agree with the comment by Pam Proctor. This is an extremely valuable feature that no longer seems to be working properly.
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Anonymous
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What Dan Warfield says...productivity is hurting, not to mention human frustration...FIX please
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Dan Warfield
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This is a huge problem for anyone needing to provide handouts to students or meeting attendees.
It is a memory management bug in the export to handouts function.
There is a support page at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/edit-or-print-powerpoint-handouts-in-word-09256fc0-3b3e-4a43-9c83-3cfde594fed4 that provides some lame workarounds that can be used but these can take hours of manual work vs. the minutes of automated work that was required before this broke.
This is a memory management bug in the export to handouts function.
This has been unfixed for a few years now. I would be happy to work with someone in Microsoft on recreating and documenting this bug so it can be sent to the right team backlog as a high priority.
This is a memory management bug in the export to handouts function.
Please fix it.