The conversion isn't done in one step: you must do the following steps sequentially. 1. First, import your PowerPoint files to Excel. If your PowerPoint files are in PowerPoint 2023 format, then do this first. 2. You must click the “File” button, then select “Convert” from the “File menu”. (In order to convert the PowerPoint files to Excel, you need to do this step first.) 3. Click the “Text” tab and check “Show data cells”. If you do not, you will get an error. The text will be highlighted. After this step is done, you can delete the data cells that are highlighted with the “Show Data Cells” option. 4. Click “File” again. You will see a new window with a file called “Convert PowerPoint to Excel”. This window contains the following: 5. Click “Next” to start PowerPoint conversion. 6. Click on “Cells” in the “File Menu”. (In the “File Menu”: select “Insert”, then select “Object”.) Click on the “Paste” button. (In the Insert tab, check “Show data cells”. If you do not, you can't paste data, just as you can't highlight the text in Excel. Click on the “Paste” button.) You will see a “Paste Complete” window. Click OK. 7. Click “File” again. You will see a new window with a file called “Convert PowerPoint to Excel”. This window contains the following: The contents of the file, as displayed by PowerPoint: Click “Next”. 8. Click “Cells” in the “File Menu”. (In the “File Menu”: select “Insert”, then click “Object”). Click on the “Paste” button. (In the Insert tab, check “Show data cells”. If you do not, you can't paste data, just as you can't highlight the text in Excel. Click on the “Paste” button.) It will take you a while to copy your data, but when you are done, you will see an output like this, You can download the Excel file used for conversion from this point (if you want to save the file for your own reference): Converting PowerPoint to Excel: You don't need to convert the whole PowerPoint file, just the files that contain your data.