[Docutils-users] reST to Powerpoint by rst2outline

[Stefan M. <sm...@oe...>]

Hi!

Recently once again I was looking for a way to import my thoughts done
in reST into PowerPoint (I have to use PowerPoint - it's not that I
want it...).

This time I was lucky to find an article_ on Powerpoint being able to
import plain text files!

.. _article: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00246.htm

From this it was just about an hour to `rst2outline.py` :-) . It
creates a tabbed outline which can be imported into Powerpoint - even
into an existing presentation! This way you can continue thinking in
reST and then port your thoughts to PowerPoint. Of course this doesn't
compensate for all the shortcomings of PowerPoint such as no support
for navigation or multi-level titles but it's better than nothing.

I put the tool to the sandbox_. It consists only of the script and
there is a `setup.py` included.

.. _sandbox: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/rst2outline/


						Grüße

						Stefan