New PowerPoint/Word Features

By: Bri Varela and Lily Firnhaber

Automatically Save Your Presentations

AutoRecover makes it possible to retrieve old versions of your presentations and is useful if you forget to save or if you save unwanted changes.

To set your presentation to automatically save every time you edit:o Click Fileo Click Optionso Click Saveo Check Save AutoRecover information box

Embed Videos in Presentations

When they are added to your presentation they become part of the presentation file. Makes for easy access and editing to videos.

To embed a video:oInsertoVideo…Then from file or Clip Art

Turning Your Presentation into a Video

This feature allows you to control the size and the quality of your video.

To make your presentation into a video:o Fileo Save & Sendo Create Video

Turn Your Mouse into a Laser Pointer

Pick your laser color under Slide Show, Set Up Slide Show.

In Slide Show view:oHold down CTRLoClick the left mouse button

Organize Your Slides Into Sections

Name your sections that you can find groups of slides. They can also be used to outline major points in your

PowerPoint presentation. Go to Slide Sorter, Right Click in between the slides and then

click Add Section.

Broadcast your Slide Show You control the presentation while

someone else watches from a different location

All you need is PowerPoint and your audience needs a browser and a phone

Use your Windows Live Account

Merge and Compare Your Presentations

Very helpful if you are working with others to create your slide show.

Go to the Review Tab and click Compare. Then choose the file that you want to compare with.

Work in Word Anywhere Use Word Mobile on your Windows

Phone 7 to edit and view your Word documents on your phone anytime.

It is already downloaded on your phone so all you have to do is get started.

Document Navigation Pane and Search

You can easily find your way through long documents.

You can do partial searches so you don’t have to know exactly what you are searching for.

Just click on the Home Tab and click Find.

Customize Your Workspace You can organize your commands so the ones

you use most frequently are all together. Click the File Tab. Hit Options. Find Customize

Ribbon on the left hand side. Organize it the way you want it.

References

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/what-s-new-in-word-2010-HA010372687.aspx?CTT=1

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/what-s-new-in-powerpoint-2010-HA010336563.aspx#_Toc273966421