Transform a Word document into a PowerPoint presentation from “Inside Microsoft PowerPoint” Dec. 2000 (Element K Journals) Suppose you’ve just spent several days creating an outline in Word, and now you’ve decided to create a presentation based on the information in that outline. You can convert any Word document into a PowerPoint presentation with minimal effort. To do so, you can either export your Word document toPowerPoint directly from Word, or you can import it into PowerPoint. Both methods convert your Word document content into individual PowerPoint slides based on the outline levels you’ve assigned throughout your Word document. You can then turn the converted document into an impressive presentation byapplying a template, customizing slide layouts and formatting, and adding any visual and audio effects.In this article, we’ll discuss how PowerPoint interprets Word outline levels and organizes them intoindividual slides. Then we’ll show you how to use both the export and import conversion methods to generate a PowerPoint presentation from your existing Word document.