To save you presentation in the standard format, simply go to the Office Button located at the top left, then choose Save.

However to save the presentation in other formats, instead of going to save, go to Save as

There are multiple formats that the presentation can be saved as.

PowerPoint Presentation

This is the default format, the presentation will be saved as a PowerPoint 2007 file.

PowerPoint Show

In this format when the PowerPoint file is launched the presentation will automatically start.

PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation

This means that the file will be saved in an older format, increasing the presentations compatibility with older version of PowerPoint.

PDF or XPS

This format is entirely different from PowerPoint meaning that when the save file is launched, it will be launched in a PDF/XPS viewer. The reason for saving the presentation in this format, is to ensure your printed or viewed file keeps the original formatting.

Lets begin.

Below shows the current color of the hyperlink in my presentation. In this case the link feels a bit dark and may be difficult for the audience to see. So lets change it to a brighter color so it stands out.

To change this

• Go to the Design Tab located in the Microsoft Office Ribbon

• Choose the Colors button

This will open a drop down menu.

• Click the  Create New Theme Colors option
  

A new window pane will appear. It is in this window that the color of the hyperlink can be changed.

• Scroll down to the Hyperlink option and change the color to the color of your choice. Then hit Save.

Here is a example of the new Hyperlink color. It stands out a more than the previous color.

Done! Let me know if you have any other questions

Follow these steps to create you very own PowerPoint 2007 Template

Step 1. Go to the View tab
Step 2. Click Slide Master

This is the area in which the slide master (template) is created.  This section allows you to customize  the template in various of way such as Background style, Font, Theme, and Slide Orientation.

Here are the customizations that can be made.

Change background

1. Select  Background Styles

In here there are various premade background styles that can be used. If you would like to create a background from scratch..

2. Choose Format Background

This will open a new window that allows more flexibility in the color scheme.

Solid Fill, With this option which ever color you choose the background color will be that color with no difference in shades or texture.

Gradient Fill, with this option you are able to giving your back ground a more interesting appearance by mixing shades, colors and patterns.

Picture or Texture Fill, This options allows you to add a image as the background or pattern as the background. Examples of these Patterns can be seen below.

Change Font

Another option you can add to the PowerPoint template is the default font used.

You do this by

• Going to the Edit Theme section
• Choosing Fonts.

There are a lot of aspects of the template that can be changed to meet your style and preference. In the image above are some of those options.

After all the changes, the final step is to save all your hard work as a PowerPoint Template.

• Go to the Office button
• Choose Save As

This will open a new window.

• Click the Save as type
• Choose PowerPoint Template.

Hit Save and your PowerPoint Template is all ready to go!

To access your template

• Go to the Office Menu
• Choose New
• Click My Templates and choose the template you just created

To insert a comment in PowerPoint 2007

Go to the Review tab followed by choose the New Comment option

This will open a new box in which comments can be inserted.

The comments can be dragged and position anywhere on the slide, by clicking on the position labelled above.

Here are some examples of uses of comments.

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1. First select all the objects by holding down CTRL and click each object that you would like to be part of the group

2. Go to the Format tab, then click the Group button and select Group.

3. Heres an example of how a group of objects would look like. Notice that instead of having multiple boxes there is simply one.

4. To ungroup objects, select the group box , then go to the Format Tab, click Group and select Ungroup.

5. Another method of grouping and ungrouping is to right-click the selected objects , go to Group and select group/ungroup

On the ribbon go to the Insert Tab and choose the Table option.

This will open a window that allows you to choose the amount of columns and rows that the table will consist of.

After you have selected the size of the table, the table will be added to the slide. The design of the table will be based on the current theme of the presentation.

If however you would like to change the design of the table this can be done in the ribbon under the Design tab.

In this section you deal with the position in which you would like the countdown timer to be placed, the font, style and general look of the timer.

For the this tutorial I decided to keep it simple, making it easier to follow

Step 1. Go to the Insert tab

Step 2. Choose Text Box

Step 3. Select the Text Box position

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Step 4. Go to the Animations Tab

Step 5. Choose Custom Animation

Step 6. Choose a Exit effect

I choose the Box effect but it doesn’t matter what is chosen its personal preference

Step 7. Change the time located in the Automatically After section

The amount of time you want to place here is seconds, so for example in this case I put 1second. What this means is every second the slide will switch to a new slide.

Why is this important? You will see as we continue

The next step is to duplicate the original slide 5 times. The reasoning for this is each slide represents one second of the countdown so 5 – 4- 3- 2- 1.

After you have duplicated the slides, make sure the first slide’s text box has the largest number then change the number in the text box for the other slides so that it counts down.

In this case my first slide text box contains 05 and the following has 04, then 03, and so forth.

After youve done this your countdown timer is done. Go ahead give it a try. You can experiment with other backgrounds, transition, etc to see which best fits you.

Step 1. Go to the Insert tab

Step 2. Choose Photo Album

This will open a new window. This is the window that will be used to customize and add photos to the album.

Step 3. Click File/Disk

Choose the images that you would like to be added to the PowerPoint photo album.

Step 4. Go to Create

End Result

To insert a video in PowerPoint 2007

Step 1. Go to the Insert tab

Step 2. Click the Movie icon

This provides you with 2 options

Insert a Movie from file

The video will be inserted from a file that you have located on your computer

insert a Movie from clip organizer

You will choose from a group of clips that are provided by Microsoft.

After you have chosen the video clip to use, this window will appear

Automatically

The video will play as soon as the slide the video is insert on appears.

When Clicked

When the slide with the video appears, the video will not play until you click on it.

Once you selected, the video is inserted and your are done!

To insert a slide number in PowerPoint, simply follow these steps.

Step 1. Go to the Insert Tab

Step 2. Click Slide Number

This will open a new window, which is shown below.

Tick Slide Number, once this is selected you have 2 options.

Apply

This adds the slide number only to the currently selected slide.

Apply to All

This adds the slide numbers to all slides in the PowerPoint presentation, including the title slide.

If you would rather the title not have a slide number, tick don’t show on title slide.

Your done!

To insert a footer into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation, follow these steps.

Step 1. Go to the Insert tab

Step 2. Click on the Header & Footer located in the text section

This will open a new window, providing you with a few options.

To add the footer, tick the Footer option and type in the information you would like to appear in the footer.

Apply will add the footer to the currently selected slide and Apply to All will add the footer to all slides in the presentation.

One of the features of PowerPoint is the abilty to create a motion path. A motion path is simply a path an object follows as it goes from Point A to Point B.

First select the object that you would like the PowerPoint motion path to be applied to.

Step 1. Go to the Animations Tab

Step 2. Click Custom Animation

This will open a new section called Custom Animation located at the right side of the PowerPoint presentation.

There are preset motion paths that can be chosen  or a motion path can be completely customized.

After a path selection you will be able to apply that path to the object. Below are some examples of what the path will look like.

Note: The lines will not appear on the slide

Custom Path – Line

Custom Path – Scribble

To see the motion path in action, click play located below the Custom Animation Task pane.

Your done! The PowerPoint motion path is now part of the presentation

If your using PowerPoint 2007, to add multiple slide masters follow these steps:

Step 1. Go to the View tab

Step 2. Click Slide Master

IMPORTANT: Before you do Step 3. be sure to click below the final slide of the current master. If you do not the Step 3. will replace your current master and not add a new one.

Step 3. Choosing Insert Slide Master, adds a Master that has no theme.

Choosing Theme allows you to pick a premade theme for the Master

Close the Master view.

The Master is now added to your PowerPoint presentation, to access it. Go to New slide located under the Home tab. The new slide master will be available there