PowerPoint 2010: Create Presentations

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To Create a New, Blank Presentation: 1. Click the File tab. This takes you to Backstage view.
2. Select New.
3. Select Blank presentation under Available Templates and Themes. It will be highlighted by default.
4. Click Create. A new, blank presentation appears in the PowerPoint window.

To Open an Existing Presentation: 1. Click the File tab. This takes you to Backstage view.
2. Select Open. The Open dialog box appears.

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When you open PowerPoint 2010, the first thing
you’ll see is a blank presentation with
a single empty slide. But what if you had
another presentation in front of you that
wasn’t blank, maybe something you’ve already
been working on? How would you go about creating
a new file?
Start by clicking the File tab to go to the
Backstage view, then click New. You can either
open a new blank presentation (which is highlighted
automatically); or a sample template that’s
installed on your computer; or a template
downloaded from Office.com, specifically designed
for PowerPoint presentations and slides.
A template is just a file that’s already
been put together, both to help you save time
and create a presentation that looks professional.
Some PowerPoint templates include graphic
themes, animations - even tips to help you
develop your presentation. This time, however,
let’s go ahead and select the blank presentation
here, click Create, and it will open in a
new window.
To open an existing presentation that’s
already saved to your computer, click File
to return to the Backstage view. If the presentation
you’re looking for is something you’ve
worked on recently, you might be able to find
it under Recent, where your most recent files
are listed here on the right. Otherwise, the
easiest way to open any file is to click Open,
which takes you to the files and the folders
on your computer. Now select the presentation
you’re looking for, click Open, and it appears
in
a new window.