1. Ten or more useful features in PowerPoint 2007 For existing users who are upgrading to PowerPoint 2007. This workshop will cover valuable new features including: Custom Slide Layouts, Picture Styles, and the Selection Pane. The workshop will also introduce features standard to all Office 2007 programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access) including: Ribbons, SmartArt, and Open XML file formatting. David Wicks | Assistant Professor | Director of Instructional Technology Services | Seattle Pacific University | dwicks@spu.edu 0

2. Quick Tour Office Button Quick Access Tabs Group Ribbon Command Mini Toolbar

3. Open XML file formatting XML - Extensible Markup Language Smaller file size Improved recovery of damaged files File format is open and available for other vendors to use when creating translators. Backwards compatible with other versions of Office – Link to compatibility packLink to compatibility pack 2

4. Live Previews Quickly see formatting changes before you apply them Can be confusing if you aren’t aware of this feature 3

5. Text Treatment Kern text Clear all formatting Line spacing Text Direction Home > command 4

6. Slide Master Controls the look of slide in single location Add New Slide Masters Add/Modify Master Layouts Add Placeholders 5 View > Slide Master

7. Charts Shares chart engine with Excel More options Easier to use Insert > Chart 6

8. SmartArt Convert lists into pictures Shared technology with other Office application Can start by: – Insert> SmartArt – OR – Select text > Convert to SmartArt 7

9. Reset Reset position, size, and formatting of any slide that is messed up Home > Reset 8

10. Picture Tool Insert > Picture Double click on image to bring up Format Picture Ribbon Have fun, don’t waste too much time 9

11. Finally…The Selection Pane Use when formatting picture or creating animation to select elements that may be covered by other elements – May want to bring them forward or back – May want to add or remove an effect Life is good 10

12. Questions and Comments? 11