Extract images and sounds from PowerPoint
Problem
You have a PowerPoint presentation that contains embedded sounds or images. You want to be able to convert these to standalone files so you can use them in another presentation, edit them or ... well, whatever.
Solution
In PowerPoint 2007:
- Choose Office Button | Save As
- In the Save As dialog box make sure that the "Save as type:" is set to "Web Page (*.htm, *.html)
- Choose a folder to save to and give the file a name
- Click Save
In PowerPoint 2000 through 2003:
- Choose File, Save As Web Page
- In the Save As dialog box make sure that the "Save as type:" is set to "Web Page (*.htm, *.html)
- Choose a folder to save to and give the file a name
- Click Save
PowerPoint creates a single HTML file using the name you just specified. In the same folder, it creates a new sub-folder called [Name]_Files ... for example, if you named the HTML file MyFile, PowerPoint creates a file called MyFile.htm and a folder called MyFile_Files.
Open that folder. There you'll find a whole bunch of files. The original embedded sounds and original image files from your presentation will be among them.
