Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 is one of the most powerful presentation suites available and its new user interface, a part of the Office Fluent user interface, makes it more user friendly, efficient and productive.
Not sure where the equivalent features from 2003 are in 2007? No problem, as Microsoft has provided an Excel spreadsheet that maps each command. The worksheet tabs in the spreadsheet are named in accordance with the menu and toolbar names in PowerPoint 2003.
The primary replacement for menus and toolbars in Office PowerPoint 2007 is the Ribbon. Designed for easy browsing, the Ribbon consists of tabs that are organized around specific scenarios or objects. The controls on each tab are further organized into several groups. The Ribbon can host richer content than menus and toolbars can, including buttons, galleries, and dialog box content. The illustration shows the Ribbon's concept:
Tabs are designed to be task-oriented.
Groups within each tab break a task into subtasks
Command buttons in each group carry out a command or display a menu of commands
- Contextual tools Contextual tools enable you to work with an object that you select on the page, such as a table, picture, or drawing. When you click the object, the pertinent set of contextual tabs appear in an accent colour next to the standard tabs.
Select an object in your presentation.
The name of the applicable contextual tools appears in an accent colour, and the contextual tabs appear next to the standard set of tabs.
The contextual tabs provide controls
for working with the selected item.- A standard tab on the Ribbon.
One of our favourite features is the ability to quickly and easily reuse custom layouts. You can define and save your own custom slide layouts, saving time by eliminating the need to cut and paste your layouts onto new slides or delete content on a slide with the layout you want. This also allows you to insert slides from other saved presentations on your own computer or through a shared network of libraries housed on a server*
Open the presentation that you want to add a slide to.
In the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click Slides, and then click where you want to add a slide.
On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click New Slide, and then click Reuse Slides. - In the Reuse Slides pane, click Open a PowerPoint File.
- In the Browse dialog box, locate and click the presentation file that contains the slide that you want, and then click Open.
These features are just a small taste of what Microsoft has included in their Office 2007 suite. To view more features, go to Microsoft Office Online. You will discover what's there for the taking.
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