Saving a Presentation
After you create a presentation, you'll want to save it. PowerPoint enables you to save a presentation in a variety of ways, including as
A regular presentation readable by either the current or previous version of PowerPoint
A Web page as a folder or a Web archive as a single file
A design template
A PowerPoint show, ready to run on its own
A graphic image, enabling you to display a slide as a graphic on a Web page, for example
An outline, which you can format later in Word or another program
To save a PowerPoint presentation you created, follow these steps:
Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar or press Ctrl+S. If this is a new presentation, the Save As dialog box appears, shown in Figure 2.12.From the Save In drop-down list, select the folder in which you want to save your presentation.
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The default folder in which to save your presentations is My Documents. You can customize the default folder on the Save tab in the Options dialog box (Tools, Options).
Your presentation doesn't get saved in the right location? See “Choosing a Save Location” in the “Troubleshooting” section near the end of this chapter.
Figure 2.12. Specify Save As parameters in this dialog box.
Enter a name for the presentation in the File Name field.
Caution
The drop-down list in the File Name field includes previously saved presentations. Be sure that you don't choose one of these filenames and accidentally overwrite an existing presentation. PowerPoint will warn you if you try to do this.
Choose the file format from the Save As Type drop-down list.
Presentation is the default file type, but you can also save your PowerPoint presentation as a Web page, as a design template, or in a previous PowerPoint version format such as PowerPoint 2000 or 97. Table 2.1 lists the available options for saving your presentation.
→ To learn more about saving a presentation as a Web page, see “Saving a Presentation as a Web Page” in Chapter 16, “Using PowerPoint's Web Features.”
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After you've saved a presentation, clicking the Save button on the toolbar once saves your changes without opening the Save As dialog box.
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To set and modify Save options such as fast saves and AutoRecovery, choose Tools, Options and go to the Save tab of the Options dialog box.
→ To learn more about advanced save options, see “Setting Save Options” in Chapter 21, “Customizing PowerPoint.”