# Saving Powerpoint as a Word document

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-powerpoint-as-a-word-document/510095>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-powerpoint-as-a-word-document/510095 "2009-09-14T22:08:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![blood63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-powerpoint-as-a-word-document/510095/1 "2009-09-14T22:08:43Z")

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I have been working on a slideshow using Powerpoint 2007. Is there a way to save the content as a Word document? Other versions seem to allow this but this one doe not.

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**Author:** ![Ikkyu\_Sojun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cdc98d/32.png) [@Ikkyu\_Sojun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ikkyu_Sojun)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-powerpoint-as-a-word-document/510095/2 "2009-09-15T01:56:26Z")

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It is now changed to “publish as”, not “save as”. So just click the big-as-hell button, and choose Publish --\> Create Handouts in Microsoft Office Word.