Creating a Presentation

New Presentation
You can start a new presentation from a blank slide, a template, existing presentations, or a Word outline. To create a new presentation from a blank slide:

Click the Microsoft Office Button
Click New
Click Blank Presentation

To create a new presentation from a template:

Click the Microsoft Office Button
Click New
Click Installed Templates or Browse through Microsoft Office Online Templates
Click the template you choose

To create a new presentation from an existing presentation:

Click the Microsoft Office Button
Click New
Click New from Existing
Browse to and click the presentation

To create a new presentation from a Word outline:

Click the slide where you would like the outline to begin
Click New Slide on the Home tab
Click Slides from Outline
Browse and click the Word Document that contains the outline

Save a Presentation
When you save a presentation, you have two choices: Save or Save As.
To save a document:

Click the Microsoft Office Button
Click Save

You may need to use the Save As feature when you need to save a presentation under a different name or to save it for earlier versions of PowerPoint. Remember that older versions of PowerPoint will not be able to open PowerPoint 2007 presentation unless you save it as a PowerPoint 97-2003 Format. To use the Save As feature:

Click the Microsoft Office Button
Click Save As
Type in the name for the Presentation
In the Save as Type box, choose Excel 97-2003 Presentation

Add Slides
There are several choices when you want to add a new slide to the presentation: Office Themes, Duplicate Selected Slide, or Reuse Slides.
To create a new slide from Office Themes:

Select the slide immediately BEFORE where you want the new slide
Click the New Slide button on the Home tab
Click the slide choice that fits your material

To create a slide as a duplicate of a slide in the presentation:

Select the slide to duplicate
Click the New Slide button on the Home tab
Click Duplicate Selected Slides

To create a new slide from another presentation:

Select the slide immediately BEFORE where you want the new slide
Click the New Slide button on the Home tab
Click Reuse Slides
Click Browse
Click Browse File
Locate the slide show and click on the slide to import

Themes
Themes are design templates that can be applied to an entire presentation that allows for consistency throughout the presentation. To add a theme to a presentation: