Creating a Blank Presentation

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If you are not sure how you want your presentation to look, you can start a new presentation from scratch. You can create a blank presentation when you first start PowerPoint or after you have already started PowerPoint. Either way, a blank presentation appears, ready for you to use. When you create a new presentation, PowerPoint names them Presentation1, Presentation2, etc. until you save and name them. The presentation name appears on the title bar and taskbar buttons .

Start a Blank Presentation

Start PowerPoint.

A blank presentation appears when you first open PowerPoint.

Click the Office button, and then click New .

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To create a blank presentation without a dialog box, press Ctrl+N .

The New Presentation dialog box appears, display the Blank and recent category.

Click Blank Presentation .

Click Create .

A new blank presentation appears in the PowerPoint window.

Creating a Presentation Using a Template

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PowerPoint provides a collection of professionally designed templates that you can use to help you create presentations. Start with a template when you have a good idea of your content but want to take advantage of a template's professional look. A template is a PowerPoint presentation file (.potx) that provides you with a unified presentation design, which includes layouts, themes and slide masters, so you only need to add text and graphics. In the New Presentation dialog box, you can choose a template from those already installed with PowerPoint or from Microsoft Office Online, an online content library. You can choose a Microsoft Office Online template from one of the listed categories or from the Spotlight ( New! ) section, which highlights new PowerPoint content.

Create a Presentation with a Template

Click the Office button, and then click New .

Choose one of the following:

Click the Blank and recent category to open recently used templates.

Click the Installed Templates category, and then click a template.

Click the My Templates category to open a dialog box.

Click the Featured category, and then click a template from the Spotlight section.

Click a Microsoft Office Online template category, and then click a template.

Click Create or Download .

If necessary, click the template you want, and then click OK .

Did You Know?

You can download template packs on the Web. Go to www.microsoft.com, click the Office link, and then search for PowerPoint Templates.

Opening a Presentation

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You can open an existing presentation from within PowerPoint by using the Office button. On the Office menu, you can choose the Open command to locate and select the presentation you want or choose a recently used presentation from the Recent Documents list. The Recent Documents list allows you to pin documents ( New! ) to the list that you want to remain accessible regardless of recent use. The Pin icon on the Recent Documents list makes it easy to pin or unpin documents as needed. When you open a presentation from PowerPoint 97-2003, PowerPoint 2007 goes into compatibility mode ( New! )indicated on the title barwhere it disables new features that cannot be displayed or converted well by previous versions. The presentation stays in compatibility mode until you convert it to the PowerPoint 2007 file format.

Open a Presentation

Click the Office button, and then click Open , or click a recently used presentation.

If you want to open a specific file type, click the Files of type list arrow, and then click a file type.

If the file is located in another folder, click the Look in list arrow, and then navigate to the file.

Click the PowerPoint file you want, and then click Open , or click the Open button arrow, and then click one of the following options:

Open Read-Only to open the selected file with protection.

Open as Copy to open a copy of the selected file.

Open in Browser to open the selected Web file in a browser.

Open and Repair to open the damaged file.

Did You Know?

You can pin or unpin a recently used document to the Office menu. Click the Office button, and then click the Pin icon (right-side) to toggle between a grey pin (document is unpinned) and a green pin (document is pinned) on the Recent Documents list.