Powerpoint to xml converter

[N3051M]

Hey peeps, does anyone know any programs (preferably free) or method of converting powerpoint files to .xml files?

in particular i need something with a batch processing capability to be able to do this, since there is a quite considerable amount of presentation files to cover...

Thanks. N30.

 

[Nodsu]

Uhm.. XML for what?

XML is not a defined file format. Do you mean the Office 2003 XML? Or the new Office 2007 "Open" XML? Or the OpenOffice Impress presentation?

 

[DelJo63]

Not likely to exist. Powerpoint is a presentation tool, akin to a browser.
XML is a data description tool, and it's only through a special DLL that IE
displays XML data.

What are you attempting to achieve by exporting into XML?

 

[N3051M]

ok.. my church is trailing this new presentation software called Luminous (link: http://kevin.chong.id.au/luminous/ ) and in the section where you can select the songs to add to the presentation list (like slide sorter in powerpoint) it has a button that says "export/import from XML".

Upon further investigation it seems to have this format, after using a few songs as a test by copy/pasting it the old fashion way and exporting it using the button mentioned above (see attached test.xml file), which seems to be a program specific function to easily import song lists from other users of the software.. so i guessed i jumped abit over myself when i saw that function and realizing that theres more to xml..

Now the question is, can i turn some powerpoint slides to this format through any means? even if i have to learn a bit of scripting of some sort..

 

[DelJo63]

Two issues; reading the native Powerpoint and then processing it and generating
XML output.
The latter is not trivial and requires in-depth study of XML as well as the
language used to perform the task.

I suggest that the former is unlikely and the latter is far more difficult than you
can imagine.

 

[N3051M]

ok.. so copying and pasting it is...

thanks for the input
n30.

 

[Tedster]

openoffice will do this.

 

[N3051M]

ok.. care to expand?

 

[DelJo63]

openoffice will do this.

I would expect this for Word and Excel as it's but a rewrite of the RTF outputs,
but Powerpoint Slides with graphics and transition effects?