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How do I convert a PowerPoint file to PDS and then edit?

Nov 24, 2011 7:25AM PST

I have a PowerPoint 2007 file, which contains a picture with text. I want to edit the text and then print off flyers/leaflets from this.

In order to do so, I converted the PowerPoint file to a PDS file. Then I tried to edit the text using Acrobat X Pro. The editing tool did not work.

Could you please advise me on the best way of doing what I'm trying to do.

My own software is MS Office 2010 Home and Business.

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(NT) Sorry but why didn't we edit our PowerPoint first?
Nov 24, 2011 7:38AM PST
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'Sorry but why didn't we edit our PowerPoint first?'
Nov 24, 2011 8:50AM PST

I tried to edit the PowerPoint file. I looked up instructions on the internet. But the instructions didn't seem to correspond to the layout of my tool bar. Possibly, because it was a PowerPoint 2007 file and i was using Office 2010. I'm not certain.

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Let's say that we want to edit that picture.
Nov 24, 2011 8:54AM PST

Could we copy that to PAINT? Edit there and paste it back?
Bob

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Thank You
Nov 25, 2011 8:57AM PST

Thank you to everyone who has offered advice.

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Power Point Viewer??
Feb 19, 2012 9:18AM PST

Are you sure you're not using PowerPoint Viewer to see the slides? You actually have to have the PowerPoint application - not the viewer - to edit PowerPoint slides.

And, I just looked up the PDS file extension on whatis and there is no extension like that listed, although I'm not saying there isn't one around. I think you mean Portable Document File or Portable Document Format as a PDF file don't you?

In any case, if you need to "see" AND "edit" those PPT files you're getting download the OpenOffice suite and set it up to SAVE AS the MS Office formats & Icons. You can then edit the documents, do a SaveAs MS PPT, and then - if you have PrimoPDF you should be able to turn it back into a nice PDF file to send out.