Re^2: extract text from powerpoint

thank you...I hadn't seen that reference though I have seen mention of using OO Impress to save the file as a DOC file and then look at that.

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Re^3: extract text from powerpoint by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 05, 2010 at 16:58 UTC
Well that's one approach. If I had to do this task I'd probably try using OpenOffice::UNO to automate the presentation opening, text selection and extract rather than save to another file format for parsing/extracting. Let us know how you get on. Martin	[reply]