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PowerPoint 200710 Things You Need To Know About

Jeffrey Roach | EncoreTech

December 15, 2009

PowerPoint 2007The File Format Matters

The XML file format is more important in PowerPoint than any other product in

the Office System.

75% Smaller

Supports All Features

Nearly Bulletproof

The File Format Matters

The XML Formats

XML Presentation | .pptx

Macro-Enabled XML Presentation | .pptm

XML Template | .potx

Macro-Enabled XML Template | .potm

Macro-Enabled XML Add-In | .ppam

XML Show | .ppsx

Macro-Enabled XML Show | .ppsm

PowerPoint 2007News Slide Masters and Layouts

The concept of a slide master has been updated and we can create custom layouts with our own

placeholders and prompts

PowerPoint 2007The Office Fluent User Interface Makes Sense

The Fluent User interface is visual and PowerPoint takes advantage of all the cool

functionality for real-time editing.

PowerPoint 2007Surprisingly Powerful Effects

PowerPoint is an excellent resource for creating sophisticated graphics that rival what you can

do in traditional desktop publishingproducts like Photoshop

PowerPoint 2007New Text Options

Typography is the most underutilized design element in PowerPoint and 2007 gives you more

control over text than ever

PowerPoint 2007Simplified Selection

Custom layouts Achilles heel is that selecting individual elements can be a real nightmare; the

selection pane is about to change all of that.

PowerPoint 2007Updated Presenter View

The presenter view continues to evolve and in this release Microsoft giveth and

Microsoft taketh away.

PowerPoint 2007New Tools For Sharing Your Presentation

Sharing presentations can be a real challenge; a handful of new features try to ease the pain.

PowerPoint 2007Save As PDF Baked-In

Office 2007 has built in support forsaving (and sending!) files as PDF.

PowerPoint 2007Enterprise Savvy Features

If your marketing department has a vice-like grip on your corporate colors and media, boy are they

gonna be in for a treat

PowerPoint 2007Amazing Add-Ins

PowerPoint is more than just a product for creating presentations; it’s a platform for

developing everything fromeLearning to slick, Flash animations.

PowerPoint 2007A Few Things Are Missing

It wouldn’t be an upgrade without a couple of your favorite features going AWOL;

here’s a few things I miss.