There are related MDLs to this which are listed in: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Import_PowerPoint#See_also

Today I agree with Joseph, which is a change from my thinking In 2006 and 2007 There has been a continued stream of posts about importppt and now a lack of importpptX in the Lesson Forum. From an increasingly growing pptx user base, it appears to be broken, While it should be removed form the standard, it should ALSO be placed in contributed code for the old ppt users.

Being able to create pages from other sources that have content is important.. This saves data entry and provides the basis for transforming a forward/back series into an adaptive series of content pages. An additional reason for importing is that these other sources tend to have an easier interface to basically sort, edit and change the content , that the Lesson activity interface.

Hmm, well I think it was my comment that suggested we should completely re-think the Moodle Docs page on PowerPoint import.
I agree with Joseph taking the idea further and that the code/feature should be removed, although Moodle 2.0 might be too soon, perhaps for Moodle 2.1 (which is activity focused).
It causes constant confusion and frustration for many teachers.
Of course, it would be preferable to have a .ppt/.odf import that works

Reassigning this to moodle.com for the time being, since Mark Nielsen is not maintaining Lesson any more. Please comment/vote/patch any crucial bugs that affect you for 2.0 to help us prioritise fixes for the upcoming release.

BUMP ! Any hope of seeing the Powerpoint import feature removed from the Moodle Lesson module once for all in current versions of Moodle?

Until this feature will be resolved, it is better to be removed. There are several workarounds but not very good. Repair it and then let us play with it. So... it's a vote up!

Just adding a link to the forum discussion mentioning this issue http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=193631

Seems that I've solved the bug. Patch remove Import Powerpoint option from the Lesson module.

Just wanted to bump this again as another user was confused by it on the Moodle forums today

@Mary,
I fail to understand why the Powerpoint Import option has not yet been removed once for all from the Lesson activity. This requests has gathered 13 votes, it keeps making users confused, it has NEVER worked properly, it should never have been part of the Lesson module to start with.
I do not know what more we can do...

BUMP! Is anyone listening? The Powerpoint import option must be removed from the Lesson activity, as it makes users falsely believe they can import Powerpoint files and then they post to the Lesson forum for help.

I am listening but I have no powers Bump bump bump!!

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the long delay.

I will start working on this.

Hi Rosie,
Reviewed the following:
[Y] Syntax
[NA] Output
[Y] Whitespace
[NA] Language
[NA] Databases
[Y] Testing
[NA] Security
[N] Documentation (This needs documentation and needs to be mentioned in upgrade.txt(may be?))
[Y] Git
[Y] Sanity check

Reviewing this in master. The patch works as expected.
Thanks

Just commented to Rosie privately, my +1 for this to apply to the stable branches too as its broken. But should have ui_change tag

(i'd say no to upgrade.txt, since thats really for developers, and I think the notice is for the users)

Thanks for commenting Dan.

I created patch for 2.2 and 2.3 and added 'ui_change' and 'docs_required' labels.

Submitting this for peer review.

Great This will be a real pleasure to document!

For more ammo to completely remove this from the stable branches:
"marycooch: I'm just thinking of all the people who ask on forums why their imported powerpoint doesn't work - they will no longer be sent down a misleading path.."

Mary, please comment about these things more! It makes the integrating decision much easier!

Sorry, but is it correct to delete the strings in stable branches...? Shouldn't we keep them there forever, no matter the functionality is out? (I know it's broken and so on, so anybody using older stable won't get anything useful... but... stable strings shouldn't be deleted ever IMO).

I'm reopening this for a final iteration...ciao

Moving this reopened issue out from current integration. Please, re-submit it for integration once ready.

Yes, you are right. String shouldn't be removed from stable.

I updated the patch by putting the string back to stables.

Re-submit for integration review.

Thanks Rosie, i've integrated this now.

(I also bumped the version number in order to reflect the differing 'state' of the lesson module without this functionality)

Test result: Success!

The option is gone. Farewell.

Your issue has dug up some gold.
It works great i've been told.
Go forth, be brave, be bold.

yay! "All your thoughts are belong to everyone."

Thanks and ciao!

Removing docs_required as it's now documented here http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Building_Lesson#Import_a_powerpoint and in 2.2 docs. Joyous day

As the original reporter of this bug I'd like to thank all who voted for, watched and contributed to the removal of this obnoxious feature from the Lesson activity. And thanks also to Mary for amending the docs accordingly.
Bye-bye, Powerpoint import option
Joseph