If it’s a static presentation that should do it. If, however, they have moving images in their presentation, this will not work. In that case I would use a screen capture utility like My Screen Recorder v2.46 ($29) or HyperCam 2 ($39). Both will record your presentation as it plays.

~jr

Very nice little macro! Thanks for sharing!

Oh wow, that's a much better answer than I was even hoping for!
Thanks Liam!
Randy

Geez! I can't seem to get the durned thing to work.
When I open it it appears to open an instance of Power Point, right? Instuctions state:

Open your presentation and the PowerpointImageExporter.ppt
Under "Tools->Macro->Macros Select .." it appears to be asking what Macro to run but I can't get to it from the drop-down. I extracted the download to Microsoft office/ macros...was this a dumb thing I did. I gotta admit I'm pretty ignorant with Power Point (not to mention macros which I assume is like a script?)
Thanks for your patience!
Randy

We always use a scan converter....works great!

Did you read the insturctions about macro security?

Yes... it is a powerpoint "macro" (writen using Visual Basic for Applications).

Not sure I can help you all that much from there.... it's a pretty durned simple tool.

I stumbled across something on a recent project that involved very detailed PPT slides that did not look good when saved out as regular graphics files. Instead, I saved them out as *.emf files and then used IrfanView to convert them to PNGs.

Two cavets here. The first is that, when opened in Irfanview, they come up as 5000 x 3750 pixels in size!! Some resizing will be necessary. Does wonders for any pan/scan work though :-)
The second is that, if there's a lot of animation on one slide, it may get messed up on the final save. The cleaner they are, the better this will work.

Mike

very detailed PPT slides that did not look good when saved out as regular graphics files.

That's likely because you saved them using Powerpoints own "Save As - Jpeg" capability. In which case you have little control over the resolution. By default they will be saved as low res. The size is related to the "page size" as defined for the project.

This is why I created the little tool above. You can save them as whatever size you want as either Jpeg, PNG or GIF.

Not that I am claiming it is a perfect tool for every job... but I do use it a lot.

For slides with custom animations I often resort to duplicating those slides with each slide "building" up the original animation.

it's a pretty durned simple tool. and
This is why I created the little tool above.
Yes I would think it would be pretty simple for youLiam but can you tell me what I'm doing wrong based on my post above?
TIA,
Randy.

I mean is the name of the macro "PowerpointImageExporter.ppt" ? When I enter that in the "macro name" box the run button stays greyed out.

As far as enabling macros, the instructions state "(Tools->Options->Security->Macro Security)."
When I get as far as options I have these tabs: view,general,edit,print,save, spelling and style.
Under tool->macros->security I have "low" checked.

I think I can help Randy. Like you, I had one he** of a time with it - until just now.
First of all, when you run Liam's file, select "enable macros" (not sure if this is necessary but I did it anyway).
Secondly (what you want/need), when you go the Tools - Macros - Macros, select All open presentations in the drop-down box. Then double-click on this filename to run it. Works like a charm. Enjoy.
And thanks to Liam for it !!

Mike

Ahhhh, thank you Mike! And you Liam for creating it.
Your dumb-ass pal,
Randy : )