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opportunities for a better life most
features in Microsoft Office including
PowerPoint are geared towards saving and
sharing files online this is done with
onedrive which is an online storage
space for your documents and files so
you can access them even when you're
away from your computer if you want to
use onedrive make sure that you're
logged into PowerPoint with your
Microsoft account whether or not you're
using onedrive most new projects and
PowerPoint begin the same way with
creating or opening a new presentation
all you have to do is go to the
backstage view and choose new if you
prefer to start from scratch go ahead
and click the thumbnail that says
blowing presentation or you can take a
look at one of the built-in themes where
you should find several different
designs to choose from if you want a
little more
no you can always start with a template
you'll find them in the very same place
in the backstage view like themes
templates come with their own design and
color scheme but they can also include
tips or placeholders that will help you
further develop your slides to use a
template you can either click one of the
suggested search terms or search for
something more specific if you see a
template you like just click to view a
preview then click the Create button and
you can start adding your own content to
the slides opening an existing
presentation is also pretty easy again
you'll want to go to the backstage view
but this time click open in the left
pane if the presentation you are looking
for is something you've worked on
recently it may appear on the list on
the right in fact you can pin certain
presentations here so you always have
access your most frequently used files
all you have to do is hover the mouse
over a file then click the pushpin icon
to unpin it just click the icon again if
the file you're looking for hasn't been
opened recently just look to the other
options under onedrive for instance you
can access files that are saved online
to your onedrive account under this PC
you can access files that are saved to
the computer or you can click browse
then locate and select the file you want
click open
will appear sometimes you may find
yourself working with a presentation
that was created in an older version of
PowerPoint when you open one of these
files it will appear in something called
compatibility mode this mode is designed
to disable certain features so people
who have older versions of PowerPoint
can still collaborate on the file if
this isn't a concern for you though you
can easily convert the file to the
current version to do this go to the
backstage view then click the button
that says convert choose where you want
the copy to be saved and you can give it
a different file name if you want do
keep in mind that converting an older
presentation can cause a few unexpected
changes to your slide layout however it
will also give you access to all the
current features and commands okay those
are the basics now you know how to
create open and convert presentations in
PowerPoint
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