many features in office including
PowerPoint are geared towards saving and
sharing your files online this is done
through onedrive an online storage space
for your documents and files that lets
you access them even when you're away
from your computer if you want to use
onedrive make sure you're logged in to
PowerPoint with your Microsoft account
first let's take a look at the regular
save command on the quick access toolbar
just click and if it's a new
presentation
you'll be taken to the backstage view
where you can choose where to save your
file for now let's save it to our
computer click the Browse button to
choose a location for your presentation
then enter a file name
and click Save when you're done
now you can save at any time by clicking
the icon if you want to save a different
version maybe in a different location or
with a different file name you can go to
save as in the backstage view and follow
the same steps again you'll have the
option of saving to onedrive or to this
PC but if you primarily save files to
your computer you may want to change the
default setting so this PC is always
selected to do that click options in the
backstage view then select save in the
left pane now check the box that reads
save to computer by default when you're
done click OK if you ever forget to save
or if your computer crashes while you're
working don't worry the auto recovery
feature saves a backup copy of your
presentation automatically to recover an
unsaved file all you have to do is
reopen PowerPoint and the document
recovery pane should appear on the left
here you can access any recovered
versions of the file by default
PowerPoint Auto saves a backup copy
every 10 minutes so if you're working on
something for less than 10 minutes you
may not be able to use this feature you
can also export your presentations into
an alternate file type by clicking
export in the backstage view exporting
as a PDF is a good choice if you need to
send a presentation to someone who
doesn't have PowerPoint this format lets
them view but not edit the presentation
using a free program that anyone can
download under change file type you can
access several other formats depending
on what you need for example if the
person you're sharing with uses
PowerPoint 2003 or earlier you'll need
to send them a 97 to 2003 presentation
instead
to share your presentation with others
click the share button in the top right
corner next you'll have to upload your
presentation to onedrive so click on the
option associated with your account
once it's uploaded you can email an
invitation for others to view or edit
the file
there are more ways to share at the
bottom of the window like attaching your
presentation to an email or getting a
shareable link if you have office 365
you can use the autosave feature once
you upload your presentation to onedrive
whenever you make a change it will
automatically save your file however if
you want to disable this feature click
the button in the top left corner keep
in mind that if you deactivate
auto-saving
you'll need to click the Save button
every time you want to save with so many
options how you save and share your work
is up to you whether it's exporting your
file as a PDF or sharing your
presentation online
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