Extract Content of Powerpoint files in Readable Format?

Question

I'm trying to extract information from Powerpoint files in a readable format. By "readable" I mean removing the "slides" factor and flowing more like a word document, preserving images and basic formatting such as bolding, italics, bullets, etc.

I have no idea how to proceed. Is this something that only a VB script can achieve? Does such a script already exist to anyone's knowledge?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I can help with the readable part, not the formatting: Upload the PowerPoint file into Google Docs, select it, from the "More..." dropdown select "Download..." and then "Plain text". You'll get the textual content in a .txt file.

Both PP and Docs allow you to save to PDF, if all you need is a formatted, yet widely readable format.