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Rahul980
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Nov 04, 2023

Microsoft Word online error 'we are having difficulty creating your presentation

Microsoft Word online error 'We are having difficulty creating your presentation. Unable to convert the work document into PowerPoint presentation. 

  • oisinmcweeney's avatar
    oisinmcweeney
    Copper Contributor

    Hello, Has anyone been able to solve this issue? I have been presented with the same message "We're having difficulty....." I have tried everything and no luck. Would love to know if anyone else has found a way to export their word doc into a powerpoint - thanksRahul980 

    • Charles_Kenyon's avatar
      Charles_Kenyon
      Bronze Contributor

      oisinmcweeney 

      Hi,

      See Stefan Blom's response.
      "everything" does a good job of expressing your frustration but does not tell us what you have tried.

       

      You may want to first set your Word document up as an Outline, collapse the Outline, and export or paste that. Outlining in Microsoft Word 

       

      Again, my experience has been that the Export tool for this, when it does work, does not do much to produce a good presentation. It gives you a start, at best.

      • Stefan_Blom's avatar
        Stefan_Blom
        MVP

        tarun_shimla 

         

        In PowerPoint for Windows, use File > Open > Browse to display the Open dialog box. Choose "All Outlines" in the file type box and browse for and open your Word document. 

    • JoGhosh74's avatar
      JoGhosh74
      Copper Contributor

      Stefan_Blom 

       

      I'm also facing the same issue. Microsoft is unable to create the power point for me. I tried to restart power point but of no use.

      • Charles_Kenyon's avatar
        Charles_Kenyon
        Bronze Contributor

        JoGhosh74 

        Did you try simply starting PowerPoint and importing?

         

        Note, unless you have very unusual content, your are not likely to be happy with what this process produces. It can give you a starting point but much that is in a regular Word document will not show up in PowerPoint. If your Word document is an Outline, then you are more likely to be happy with the result.

        The desktop versions of Word currently do not have the Export to PowerPoint option, only the (otherwise inferior) Online program has this feature.

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