Any Windows/office developers out there

[timwilky]

Do you know of a tool, or how to build one that will get a nagging woman off my back.

She is a corporate communications type, her problem is that she has over 1500 different power point presentations she wants to be able to :-

Search her library for keyword matches, view slides within presentations that have the keywords and drop them into a "basket" for inclusion within new presentations.


From the playing about I have done. Searching for the keywords using IFilter should identify the presentations. But it is the slicing up to extract individual slides that is beyond by capabilities (Simple Java application developer when I am permitted to do techy stuff, never played with MS office documents before).

Added complexity is that these are predominately office 97/2000 originated.

So is there a tool out there?, anyone willing to sell me one?

[timwilky]

err... Found this http://www.presentationpro.com/products/PresentationManager_Help1.asp

[Colby]

Office 2007 I THINK allows you to do exactly what she wants....

[timwilky]

Office 2007 I THINK allows you to do exactly what she wants....


Problem is, we have about 40,000 PC's worldwide. We cannot simply upgrade individual end users. License costs are so horrific that we don't simply upgrade for the sake of having the latest software and I don't think because 1 person in an obscure communications dept has a need would be seen as justification to buy/install 40,000 copies of office 2007.

I have tried the tool I found above, it works well and for $199 it looks as if it will meet her requirements.

Now if open office XML ever takes off. As a proper standard and not *******ised to fit a MS offering. and everyone complies. Then that might be a justificiation.

[gettin2dizzy]

Get a mac, spotlight is priceless.

[Filipe M.]

Get a mac, spotlight is dangerous.

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