How to Save OpenOffice Impress Presentations as PowerPoint Presentations

If you use OpenOffice Impress to create presentations, you may want to save the Impress presentation as a PowerPoint file. You can quickly save or convert your Impress presentations to PowerPoint with these tips.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Start OpenOffice Impress. Open a presentation you want to convert to a PowerPoint presentation or create a new presentation for conversion.

2. Choose the "File" menu and click "Save As." Even if you have already saved the file as an Impress presentation, this is a necessary step so you can save the presentation as a PowerPoint file.

3. Select where you would like to save the presentation on your computer using the "Save in" drop down menu.

4. Type in a file name in the "File name" text box. If you have already saved the presentation as an Impress presentation, you will see a name in this text box. You can just leave the name there if you want to retain the title for your PowerPoint presentation.

5. Click the drop-down menu beside "Save as type" to display the different formats for saving the Impress presentation.

6. Click the "Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP (.ppt)" option to save the Impress presentation as a PowerPoint presentation.

7. Click the "Save" button to complete the save in PowerPoint.