Closing a Presentation and Quitting PowerPoint

After you finish working on a presentation, you can close it. Closing a file makes more computer memory available for other activities. Closing a presentation is different from quitting PowerPoint; after you close a presentation, PowerPoint is still running. When you're finished using PowerPoint, you can quit the program. To protect your files, always save your presentations and quit PowerPoint before turning off the computer.

Close a Presentation

Click the Close button on the presentation window, or click the Office button, and then click Close.

Timesaver

Press Ctrl+W.

Important

When you hide all windows in the taskbar, the Close button for the presentation window appears.

If you have made changes to any open files since last saving them, a dialog box opens, asking if you want to save changes. Click Yes to save any changes, or click No to ignore your changes.

Quit PowerPoint

Click the Close button on the PowerPoint window, or click the Office button, and then click Exit PowerPoint.

Timesaver

Press Ctrl+Q.

If you have made changes to any open files since last saving them, a dialog box opens asking if you want to save changes. Click Yes to save any changes, or click No to ignore your changes.