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In Power Point 2007 all of the menus are organized at the top of the screen. Instead of
pull-down menus that display just words, the menus in PowerPoint 2007 (and in all
Office 2007 products) have a more graphical look to them. Small icons give you a visual
sense of what the menu item is for instead of just reading text. Everything you need is in
the top menu bar. The menu bar is locked down and cannot be moved. There still are
some specialized menus on the right-hand side, such as the Custom Animation menu.
Don’t be intimidated by the menu bar. You will notice that when you find where to go for
a certain function, that the menus that occur on the 2
nd
level are the same as in
PowerPoint 2003.
Getting Help Finding menu items
If you are searching in the new menus and can’t find what you want, try this.
Microsoft has developed very good support tools for the transition from 2003 to 2007.
Whenever you can’t find how to do something in 2007, but you remembered where it was
in 2003, Use the Command Reference Guide on Microsoft’s website.
Go to http://office.mircosoft.com
In the Search box type: “powerpoint command reference guide” then search
From the search results you will see, a link to the
”Interactive: PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 Command Reference Guide”
Click on it and then bookmark the location in your browser so you can find it
later.
This guide will show you PowerPoint 2003 and let you click on a menu item. Then it will
show you PowerPoint 2007 and highlight exactly how to get to the same item using the
menus in 2007.
c) Some New Features
SmartArt Graphics
Ability to set a multitude of attributes for text, shapes and pictures such as soft
edges, reflections, 3D rotations, bevels, glows and shadows just to name a few
Quick change view (zoom in or zoom out) slider in bottom right
Chart advanced features like changing data on x and y axis
PhotoAlbum - Create a slideshow with one picture on each slide very quickly
with this feature.
Add Comments and Mark-ups similar to Word
Inking - Add drawings to your slide with the mouse or if you have a table PC with
a pen on the screen.
Protect Presentation - Restrict access to presentations
Preview your presentation in black and white or grayscale