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Quick — how many file formats (types) can PowerPoint save to? If you count every single format from the necessary to the irrelevant (and forget the missing ones), then the number is 26 formats for PowerPoint 2010, the latest Windows version of this program!
Some of these could be genuinely helpful (such as the new WMV export in PowerPoint 2010) and others such as GIF, JPG, PNG, WMF, and EMF ensure that you get good graphic outputs. And RTF outlines can be a boon sometimes.
Read more about PowerPoint file types.
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PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials
It looks like PowerPoint 2010 is getting more mainstream every day. More users are upgrading from PowerPoint 2003 to 2010 and skipping version 2007 in the bargain. It’s strange that when I think I about this, I see them moving from the File menu to another File menu, and they will never work with the Office Button in PowerPoint 2007.
Yes, PowerPoint 2010 brings back the File menu — yet the new File menu is something entirely different than what you may have seen before because it is the gateway that reveals the Backstage view — that again is a new feature in PowerPoint 2010.
Learn more about the File menu and the Backstage view here.
And discover the Backstage view’s Save and Save As options here.
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PowerPoint 2010
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Charts in PowerPoint comprise several elements that we call chart elements. Typical chart elements include series (and this could be one or more series with values), categories (again this can be one or more categories), Axes (horizontal, vertical, and in some cases a third axis as well), plot area (the active chart area), legend, chart title, etc. In this tutorial we’ll learn more about these individual chart elements.
Learn more about chart elements in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
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PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Charting, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials
Charts in PowerPoint can be customized by changing the appearance of various chart elements. The legend is also a chart element and typically it is a box or area that codes via color or pattern all the series in a chart. The legend can be formatted to be placed at various locations within the chart area, and you can hide it altogether.
Learn more about formatting the chart legend in PowerPoint 2003.
Learn more about formatting the chart legend in PowerPoint 2007.
Learn more about formatting the chart legend in PowerPoint 2010.
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Charts and Diagrams
Tagged as: Charting, PowerPoint 2003, PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials
Inserting a chart in PowerPoint is very simple and you can take two approaches to adding one on your slide. Either you choose a layout for your slide that already has a content placeholder, or you use the Insert tab of the Ribbon, and then click the Chart button.
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PowerPoint 2010
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