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it's important to save your work
frequently in case PowerPoint or your
computer shuts down unexpectedly but
there's more than one way to save in
PowerPoint 2013 you can also save and
share your presentations online so you
can collaborate with friends or
coworkers in SkyDrive we'll take a look
at the regular save command first you'll
find it in the upper left corner on the
quick access toolbar all you have to do
is click and if the presentation is a
new file you'll be taken to the
backstage view here you can save the
presentation to SkyDrive or your
computer in this example we're going to
choose computer and then click browse to
choose a location next enter a file name
for the presentation then click the Save
button when you're done now you can save
your file anytime as you continue to
work all you have to do is click Save on
the quick access toolbar again and it'll
be saved in the same location
automatically if you want to save an
extra version of the file maybe in a
different location or with a different
file name you can go to the backstage
view click save as and follow the exact
same steps remember you can choose
between either SkyDrive or your computer
now if you primarily save presentations
to your computer you might want to
change the default settings so computer
is always selected to do this navigate
to options in the backstage view then
click Save in the left pane and check
the box that says save to computer by
default remember to click OK when you're
done if you ever forget
save or if PowerPoint crashes while
you're working on something not to worry
the autorecover feature saves a backup
copy of your presentation automatically
to recover a file that was lost without
saving all you have to do is reopen
PowerPoint the document recovery pane
should appear on the left here you can
access any autosaved versions of the
file by default PowerPoint auto-saves
every 10 minutes only so if you're
working on something for less than 10
minutes you may not be able to rely on
this feature to restore a copy of your
file next I'd like to show you how to
export your presentation to an
alternative file type you can access
your options in the backstage view under
export for instance if you need to send
your presentation to someone who doesn't
have PowerPoint you can save it as a PDF
instead you could even get creative and
turn your presentation into a video
which can be played on its own or
uploaded to a site like YouTube under
change file type there are several other
formats to choose from depending on what
you need if the person you're sharing
with has PowerPoint for example but it's
PowerPoint 2003 or earlier you'll need
to send them a 97 to 2003 presentation
instead finally let's take a look at
more ways that you can share your work
by going to share in the backstage view
here your choices will vary depending on
whether or not the file is saved to your
SkyDrive account for example if it is
saved to SkyDrive you can share the
presentation online and invite other
people to view and edit it with you
this lets you work on the exact same
file with friends co-workers and other
SkyDrive users so you don't have to keep
track of multiple versions or pass the
presentation back and forth there's
another useful option called present
online that'll actually let you give
your presentation as a web-based
slideshow this can be especially helpful
if you're in a conference call a web
meeting or something else that's being
done remotely
how you choose to save and share in
PowerPoint is up to you it just depends
on the presentation with so many options
you should be able to accomplish exactly
what you need whether it's exporting
your file as a video or sharing it
online