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LITE Session: What’s New in PowerPoint 2010

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What’s New in PowerPoint 2010:  Being an introduction as to how to use the new PowerPoint and by so doing start down the road to presentation awesomeness.

Thursday, February 3 at 3pm
Addlestone Room 120

PowerPoint, SchmowerPoint.  So, what’s the big deal with the new PowerPoint 2010 anyway?  Come find out how the new Office 2010 product has become much more than a helpful rearranging of buttons and the addition of a festive ribbon. In this first Addlestone LITE session of the semester we will give an overview (and hands-on) of the new capabilities of PowerPoint 2010 and how you can use them to more easily create presentations and  enrich them with video, graphics, and animations.  Also, learn how to more easily distribute your presentations with file compression and video creation (easily, really).

Register here, then dress casual, and show up smiling.

What’s new in PowerPoint 2010 Registration Form

What’s New in PowerPoint 2010?

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This Thursday, November 11th
3 – 4:30pm
Addlestone Library, Room 120

Among other new features and buttons to mash, PowerPoint 2010 now includes built-in video editing features. You can trim videos, add effects, and do much more. Other great improvements? You can now convert your presentations to videos, embed videos easier with enhanced features and update your presentations with improved animations and slide transitions.

This session is limited to 20 registrants who should be aquainted (at least on a first name basis) with MS Office 2010.  To register for this session please email vanarnhemj@cofc.edu.

15 Minutes a Day: A Few Tips to Reduce PowerPoint File Size

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Excerpt from http://www.ppt-to-video.com/blog/a-few-tips-to-reduce-powerpoint-file-size.html

  • Use compressed graphics file formats to reduce the size of PowerPoint. There may be many images in graphic formats like bitmap (.bmp) in your PowerPoint presentation. The suggestion is to open bitmap image with a program that converts images and save the image in one of the following graphic file formats: jpg, gif, tif, wmf.
  • Once your image has been saved under another format, you can reinsert it into your slide. If you do this for all your images, your presentation will be much smaller and it will run smoothly and fast.
  • Save your presentation under a new name to reduce the size of your presentation.  PowerPoint usually stores lots of redundant information (earlier drafts, previous used images). Once your presentation has been saved as another file, the unnecessary redundant information is purged.
  • Choose E-mail (96 ppi) output to reduce the size of PowerPoint.
    • Tools >>Format >> Compress Pictures >> Options >> Target Output >> E-mail (96 ppi)

Compression Settings Screenshot

  • For PowerPoint XP and 2003, right-clicking the image >>Format Picture >> Compress >> Web/Screen) This will change all the pictures used in your presentation to an optimal size.
  • Insert a hyperlink instead of inserting an object to reduce the size of PowerPoint.  Remember, you will need the Internet for this option!
  • Insert >> Picture >> From File >> Select the image you want to insert >> Click the little down arrow besides Insert >> Link to File