Click on the LAYOUT button in the SLIDES group on the HOME ribbon. Click on the RESET button on the SLIDES group, HOME ribbon. Type in a FILE NAME. 5. Click on SAVE.

Download free ebooks at bookboon.com PowerPoint 2010 32 2 Creating A Presentation To change a slide layout Mouse 1. Click on the Slide you wish to change the layout for.

2. Click on the LAYOUT button in the SLIDES group on the HOME ribbon.

3. Select a layout you wish to apply by clicking on the desired layout from the displayed list with the let mouse button. 4. his will apply the selected slide layout to the current slide Reapplying a slide layout Mouse 1. A layout can be reapplied to a slide by repeating the steps above. Or 2. Select the slide you wish to return to the default content layout for that slide type

3. Click on the RESET button on the SLIDES group, HOME ribbon.

4. his will reset the layout if you have moved your placeholders or deleted some. Download free ebooks at bookboon.com PowerPoint 2010 33 2 Creating A Presentation Saving a presentation It is important to save your presentation regularly so that your work is not lost in the event of a system crash or a power failure. Name And Save A Presentation File he irst time you save a presentation that you have created, you will need to allocate a ile name. To save and name a presentation ile: Mouse 1. Click on the File Tab and select, Save As. 2. Use the SAVE IN dropdown ield to select the drive in which to save the presentation 3. Double click on a folder to open it. Repeat as necessary until the required folder is displayed in the SAVE IN ield.

4. Type in a FILE NAME. 5. Click on SAVE.

• Files, by default in 2010 are saved with the SAVE AS TYPE extension PPTX and are not compatible with earlier versions of PowerPoint. To make compatible with earlier versions 1. Save as previous but before clicking on the SAVE button change the SAVE AS type by using the drop down arrow to the right of that box and change to SAVE AS TYPE of the version you wish 97-2007 ile format Download free ebooks at bookboon.com PowerPoint 2010 34 2 Creating A Presentation • File Names can contain up to 255 characters and can include characters such as spaces and hyphens. Subsequent Saves Once you have given a presentation a name and speciied a location, you should then save that ile regularly as you work. To save a presentation: Mouse

1. Select FILE TAB and SAVE