
Since you previously ensured that Word is running in the background, you should no longer encounter the ‘Powerpoint Couldn’t Write to Microsoft Word’ error. Once you are ready to create the handout, click on the Export tab > Create Handouts > Create Handouts. After you’ve ensure that Word is opened, go to Photoshop and open the file that you’re encountering the ‘Powerpoint Couldn’t Write to Microsoft Word’ error. Open Word and wait until the program is opened, then put it in the background – it’s not necessary to open up a document (it’s important that the main process of Word is running). Here’s a quick step by step guide on ensuring that the Word application is open and ready to accept handouts before initiating the procedure via Photoshop: If this scenario is applicable, you should be able to fix the issue by opening Word manually. However, if Powershell and Word come from different Office installations, they might not be able to communicate properly with each other. Keep in mind that this is not a requirement – in most cases, Powershell will be able to call upon Word whenever it needs to work with it. Some affected users have confirmed that they were able to complete the exporting procedure successfully once they realized that Powerpoint needs Word to be opened in order to create the handouts. In this case, you should be able to fix the issue by doing an Online Repair. In rare circumstances, the handout feature will be entirely broken due to a corrupted Office installation. But in case the error occurs because your PowerPoint presentation is too large, breaking it up in smaller presentations and re-combining them into a large word file should fix the issue.
The first one implies creating a proxy folder that will be used whenever you need to create a handout for Word. Some affected users have been using a couple of workarounds to resolve the issue temporarily. If that doesn’t work, modify the default PowerPoint Option in order to force the program to save the presentations locally. However, if the issue is caused by a series of temporary files, try opening PowerPoint in Safe Mode and see if the error repeats.