Is it true if you have a lot of text that you want to use in presentation it is always easier to just type it into PowerPoint rather than typing it into a word processing program first?

Answer 1

Sometimes it is better to put it direct into Powerpoint. It depends on how much text and what formatting may be needed. As a general rule, you should not have large amounts of text on one slide, as it can be hard for people to read and be off-putting for the audience watching your presentation. It is better to take key points and put them on the slide and then give more details as you talk to your audience.

Sometimes it is good to plan a show and so you may have initially worked with your text in a word processor, before transferring it to slides in the show. Sometimes the show will have an accompanying document, which will have some of the same text, so you may need to use both applications. Extra detail may be in the word processing document, with just the key points in the show, as mentioned earlier. Some features in the word processor might make it better to work with than doing them in Powerpoint. Text is easier to manage and work on in a word processor, so you could get everything the way you want, and then copy it into Powerpoint.

If you are fairly sure of what you want to do, then it can be easier to work directly with Powerpoint and not use a word processor at all. You can do all your formatting in Powerpoint.