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COURVO
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 Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:45 am Post subject: PowerPoint WordCount? |
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'Client sends me a monster project all wrapped up in a . t file. (Power Point)
That's fine: split screen...graphics and some words to be displayed in the top half....and my narration script in the bottom half.
But, how to do a word count without copying and pasting everything into Word, and NOT counting the words in the "display" half of the presentation?
'Just haven't encountered that one.
Thanks in advance,
CourVO
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Mike Harrison
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:24 am Post subject: |
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Dave....
Some versions of Powerpoint (mine is from Office 2004 for Mac) offer a word count here:
File --> Properties --> Statistics
But in the test I just did, it appears that this word count includes not only text in the slides, but that which is found on notes pages, as well. I mention the notes pages because, in 90% of the Powerpoint scripts I do, the slides are strictly visuals and the notes pages contain the narration.
Maybe, if Microsoft is aware of the issue, a future release of Powerpoint will provide the option to select whether a word count is derived from slides or notes.
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COURVO
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Thanks, Mike...I'll play with it some more... maybe, if I'm lucky... the clients conceived the copy on Word, and ported it over... meaning THEY may have a word count.
So, how much do I trust THEM? heh
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Deirdre
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Don't forget— transferring a T file to a usable, readable file is a prep cost.
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Mike Harrison
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | transferring a T file to a usable, readable file is a prep cost |
We would certainly think so. I once did a job that, after accepting it, I learned the script was in the form of a web-based slide show. That would've been fine, perhaps, if I had the luxury of reading from a monitor. But you can't go to a web-based slide show and say 'Print all slides.' When I told the production company I needed to charge a fee for the time required to call each slide (web page) up and send it to the printer, the client was suddenly able to come up with a printed version of the script.
Technology is great... unless it's in the wrong hands! 
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