How to Use Different Background in the Same PowerPoint Presentation

Have you ever met this situation? In the same presentation, you can to express different things in different slide, but after you choosing the powerpoint template, all the slides have same backgrounds.

Don't worry, follow the steps to color and rich your slideshow!

Step 1 Open your powerpoint file, click the slide or slides you want to change background style.

Step 2On the Design tab, click Background Styles

• Right click the background style you want. Then you can Apply to Selected Slides.



• Click Background Styles - Format Background.

        Under Fill, you can customize your background style.
        1. Customize a solid color background for your presentation
        2. Customize a gradient background for your presentation
        3. Add a texture background
        4. Use a picture as a slide background
        5. Delete or reset slide background

You can find multiple types of PowerPoint backgrounds:

• FREE Download Epiphany PowerPoint Backgrounds
• Free Download Halloween PowerPoint Backgrounds
• Free Download "The Lion King 3D" PowerPoint Backgrounds, Wallpapers and Posters
• FREE Download Sports PowerPoint Background

Save Microsoft PowerPoint as OpenDocument Presentation & Open OpenDocument Presentation with Microsoft PowerPoint

Open an OpenDocument Presentation file in PowerPoint

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

1. Click the File tab.
2. Click Open.
3. In the File of type list, click OpenDocument Presentation.
4. Click the file you want to open, and then click Open.

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Open.
2. In the File of type list, click OpenDocument Presentation.
3. Click the file you want to open, and then click Open.

Save a PowerPoint presentation in the OpenDocument Presentation format

If you want to switch your default file format to or from ODF or OpenXML (or other formats) , do the following:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 

1. Click the File tab.

2. Under Help, click Options.
3. Click Save, and then under Save presentations, in the Save files in this format list, click the file format that you want to use by default.

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and click Save As.
2. Click OpenDocument Presentation.

Important   If you want to keep a PowerPoint version of your file you must first save the file as a PowerPoint document, for example in the .pptx file format, and then save it again in the OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) format.

Export A Presentation from Keynote to Your Computer

As Apple devices are stronger and stronger in hardware, softwares in APP stores are upgrading at the same time. More and more people prefer iPad as their office tablet, because iWork is making effort to equal Microsoft Office which is not able to installed on APPLE devices.

Have you ever want to export a presentation you made on iPad to your computer, maybe to burn it to dvd or show it on large screen? The words below will tell you how to do this.

Export a presentation from keynote to your computer

1. Open the presentation you want to export, and then tap in the toolbar.
2. Tap “Share and Print,” and then tap “Copy to iTunes.”
3. Tap the document format you want to export to: Keynote, PDF, or PowerPoint (PPT).
4. Connect your mobile device to your computer and open iTunes on your computer. After a moment, your mobile device appears in the left side of the iTunes window (under Devices).
5. In iTunes, select your mobile device, and then click Apps.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the Apps window, and then select Keynote (in the Apps list under File Sharing).
7. Select the name of the presentation you want to transfer to your computer, and then click “Save to.”
8. In the window that appears, navigate to the location where you want to store the presentation, and then click Choose.

Import Microsoft PowerPoint from PC to Keynote

iPad is really a good device for showing cause of its larger screen than phones, and lighter weight than PC.

But since it is not strong enough in office document processing, do you have ever thought to import documents you make on PC to iPad?

Import PowerPoint to Keynote

Keynote'09 is the latest presentation APP. Today, I like to talk about how to import PowerPoint files to Keynote from PC.

 
1. Connect your mobile device to your computer and open iTunes on your computer. After a moment, your mobile device appears in the left side of the iTunes window (under Devices).

2. In itunes, select your mobile device, and then click Apps.

3. Scroll to the bottom of the Apps window, and then select Keynote (in the Apps list under File Sharing).

4. Click Add, and then locate the presentation you want to import in the “Choose a File: iTunes” window that appears.

5. Select the file, and then click Choose.

6. Open Keynote on your mobile device.

7. In Presentations view, tap , and then tap iTunes.

8. Tap the name of the presentation you want to import in the list.

The presentation downloads to your mobile device and appears in Presentations view.

You can repeate the steps above when you want to import powerpoint files into any other Apple devices, such as iPhone, iPod touch, and etc. 

Show PowerPoint on iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch with all original PowerPoint effects

Since Keynote can't keep the powerpoint files intact, embedded audios, videos and animations will be destroyed. If you want a more funny presentation, save PowerPoint as video is the best way. With Leawo PowerPoint to iPad Converter, your PowerPoint files will be shown on iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch with with all original PowerPoint effects such as animations, transitions, music, narrations, video clips, fonts and languages, etc.

How to save powerpoint slides as pictures?

PowerPoint 2010

1. Click the File tab.
2. Click Save As, and then in the Save as type list, select the graphics file format that you want.
    For example, in the Save as type box, select one of the following:

• JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg)
• TIFF Tag Image File Format (*.tif)
  
• PNG Portable Network Graphics Format (*.png)
  
• GIF Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
• Device Independent Bitmap (*.bmp)

3. In the File name box, type a new name for the document, or do nothing to accept the suggested file name.
4. Click Save.
5. Do one of the following:
• If you want to save only the current slide select Current Slide Only.
• If you want to save every slide in a presentation select Every Slide.

PowerPoint 2007

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, point to the arrow next to Save As, and then click PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation.
2. In the File name box, type a new name for the document, or do nothing to accept the suggested file name.
3. In the Save as type list, select the graphics file format that you want.
4. Do one of the following:
• If you want to save only the current slide select Current Slide Only.
• If you want to save every slide in a presentation select Every Slide.

PowerPoint 2003

1. Display the slide you want to save as a picture.
2. On the File menu, click Save As.
3. In the Save as type list, select the graphics format you want, and then click Save.
4. Do one of the following:
• If you want to save only the current slide select Current Slide Only.
• If you want to save every slide in a presentation select Every Slide.

3 Methods to Convert PowerPoint to Word

I found many users who asking how to copy text from PowerPoint files to Word documents these days. Today, I list 3 methods to convert ppt to doc for you. They are all free and easy to operate by following the steps below.

Method 1: Save PowerPoint Outline in Word (Office 2010/Office 2007)

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.
• If you look at the Outline of the PowerPoint, you can view all the text contents excluding the text which are in the Text Box.

• Click Office Button and click Save As. From the Save as type, choose Outline/RTF.

• When you view the output file in Word, you can view all the text contents.

Method 2: Send to Word

Converting PowerPoint 2010 to a Word Document

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.
• Select File > Save & Send > Create Handouts > Create Handouts

This will open Send To Microsoft Word window with different options like Note next to slides, Blank lines next to slides, Notes below slides, Blank lines below slides and Outline only. Except for outline only format, it will reproduce the slide within the Word.

Converting PowerPoint 2007 to a Word Document

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.
• Click on the Office button > Publish > Create Handouts in Microsoft Word

Convert PowerPoint 2003 to a Word Document

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.
• Choose File > Send to > Microsoft Office Word

Convert PowerPoint 2000 (and earlier) to a Word Document

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.
• Choose File > Send to > Microsoft Word

Method 3: Export all Text in PowerPoint Slide including Text in Text Box

First save the PowerPoint as PDF and then use Save as Text option from PDF. This will help you to get all the texts from a PowerPoint but usually this option gets you the text in unformatted way.

Add Music in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

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Add Music in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

A PowerPoint presentation can convey a lot of information in a short time. That information is usually in the form of text, graphics, charts, and tables, but it might also consist of audio content.Audio or background music is necessary in an excellent PowerPoint presentation. You can easily incorporate sounds into slide transitions.

Compatible Audio File Formats in PowerPoint 2010

FILE FORMAT	EXTENSION	FILE FORMAT	EXTENSION
AIFF Audio file	.aiff	AU Audio file	.au
MIDI file	.mid or .midi	MP3 Audio file	.mp3
Windows Audio file	.wav	Windows Media Audio file	.wma

How to add audio into powerpoint 2010?

Insert > Audio and then open the audio clip. However, when it comes to adjusting the audio, the option you might be looking for can be difficult to find. 

In a perfect world, you would be able to make adjustments to an audio clip by either right-clicking a slide's sound icon, or by using the Audio Tools. And for some things, these techniques work. For instance, if you need to trim the audio, select the audio clip on the slide and choose Audio Tools Playback > Trim Audio. 

But what if you wanted to stop the audio after three slides? What if you wanted the audio to play across all of the slides, but you don't want the audio to start until you click? You won't find these options among the Audio Tools or by right-clicking the audio icon. For these tasks, you'll need to use the Animations tab. Even then, the options are buried.

How to Specify When Music Playing Across Multiple Slides Will Stop

1. Select the icon for the sound file on your slide.
2. From the Animations tab, locate the Effect Options button and click the More Arrow below it to Show Additional Effect Options.
   
   
   
   The Play Audio dialog box will appear. 
3. Ensure the Effect tab is selected, and from the Stop playing section, select After and then use the up and down arrows in the slides field to indicate for how many slides the audio should play.

 How to Start Music that Plays Across All Slides On-Click

1. Follow steps 1 and 2 above.
2. Select the Timing tab. 
3. From the Start drop-down menu select On Click.
4. From here you have two options. If you would like the sound to play by clicking anywhere on the screen, say after a title appears, then select Animate as part of click sequence. Just be sure if you select this option, that you properly arrange the sound on the Custom Animation pane so that it begins in the desired order. If you do not want the sound to start at a specific time, but rather by clicking a specific object, select Start effect on click of and then choose the object that will trigger the sound from the drop-down menu.
   
   Note: If you would like to be able to click the sound icon on your slide during the presentation to start the audio, select the Audio Settings tab and ensure that Hide audio icon during slide show is not selected. It will, after all, be difficult to click the sound icon if you can't see it.

Insert, Play, and Modify Sounds in PowerPoint 2007

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Sound effects, such as music and voice recordings, can add another level of professionalism to your slide presentations. Music is an effective way to introduce or end a presentation and it gives your audience something to listen to as they enter and leave the presentation room. You could play a movie theme song as background music for several slides, or play a voice recording that contains advertising slogans to insert on a single slide, for example.

Compatibe Audio File Formats For PowerPoint 2007

FILE FORMAT	EXTENSION	FILE FORMAT	EXTENSION
AIFF Audio file	.aiff	AU Audio file	.au
MIDI file	.mid or .midi	MP3 Audio file	.mp3
Windows Audio file	.wav	Windows Media Audio file	.wma

How to insert, play, and modify sounds in PowerPoint 2007?

 

You can insert the following types of sounds on slides:

1. Audio files. You can insert an audio file by clicking the Sound button in the Media Clips group on the Insert tab, and then selecting the file.

2. Sound clips. The sound clips that ship with PowerPoint 2007 include applause and a ringing telephone. You insert a sound clip by clicking the Sound arrow in the Media Clips group on the Insert tab, and then clicking Sound From Clip Organizer to display the Clip Art task pane, where you select the sound you want. If you are connected to the Internet, clicking the Clip Art On Office Online link in the task pane takes you to the Clip Art and Media page of the Office Online Web site, from which you can download hundreds of clip art images, photos, sounds, and videos.

3. CD audio tracks. You can insert music tracks or other audio tracks from a CD into a slide. After inserting the CD in your CD-ROM drive, you click the Sound arrow in the Media Clips group and then click Play CD Audio Track to display the Insert CD Audio dialog box. You then enter the starting and ending track numbers. You can specify that the selection be repeated, and you can set the volume. To play the tracks during a slide show, the CD must be in the CD-ROM drive.

4. Recorded sounds. You can record a sound or narration and attach it to a slide, all from within PowerPoint.

While inserting a sound, you can specify whether it should play automatically when the slide containing it appears or only when you click its icon. The sound object appears on the slide represented by an icon indicating the type of sound. You can change the appearance and size of the icon and move it to meet your needs.

When the sound object is selected, PowerPoint adds Format and Options contextual tabs to the Ribbon. You can format the icon representing the sound in much the same way that you would format a picture. You can adjust its size, position, and volume; specify whether the icon is displayed on the slide; and specify how the sound is activated.

To play a sound, you must have a sound card and speakers installed. In Normal view, you can test the sound associated with a particular slide by double-clicking the sound icon, or by selecting the icon and clicking the Preview button in the Play group on the Options contextual tab. In Slide Show view, the sound plays either automatically or when you click its icon, depending on your specifications.

Add Music in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

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A PowerPoint presentation can convey a lot of information in a short time. That information is usually in the form of text, graphics, charts, and tables, but it might also consist of audio content.Audio or background music is necessary in an excellent PowerPoint presentation. You can easily incorporate sounds into slide transitions.

How to insert music into PowerPoint 2003?

Use one of the following three methods to insert the sound clip:

1. To browse through the Clip Organizer for a sound clip, on the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Sound from Clip Organizer.

PowerPoint will display the Clip Art task pane and will select Sounds in the Results Should Be drop-down list. You can use the Clip Art task pane to locate a sound clip stored on your computer or on the Office Online Web site.

2. To insert a sound clip from an existing sound file on a local disk, a shared network location, or an Internet site (if you haven’t imported the file into the Clip Organizer), on the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Sound from File.

The Insert Sound dialog box will appear. Select the sound file that you want, and then click the OK button.

3. To record your own sound clip (you must have a microphone attached to your computer) and add it to the slide, on the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sound, and then click Record Sound.

PowerPoint will display the Record Sound dialog box. Use the controls in this dialog box to record your sound and then click the OK button.

How to modify the way the sound clip plays during a slide show?

1. Right-click the sound icon in your slide.

2. To adjust the volume or change the sound object display options, on the shortcut menu, click Edit Sound Object and then select the options you want.

The Sound Options dialog box also indicates where the clip is stored. If it’s stored within the presentation file, the dialog box will display the location Contained In Presentation. If it’s stored in a separate linked file, it will display the file path. (PowerPoint normally stores a sound clip in a separate file if it’s larger than 100 KB.) In the latter case, if you are going to present your slide show on another computer, you’ll need to take the linked file with you.

Tip: The easiest way to copy a presentation plus all linked files to a portable medium that you can bring to another computer is to use the new Package for CD feature.

3. To modify the way the sound clip plays during a slide show, on the shortcut menu, click Custom Animation, and then use the controls in the Custom Animation task pane.

4. To control the action that takes place when you either click the sound icon or move the mouse pointer over it, on the shortcut menu, click Action Settings.

5. To preview the sound clip, on the shortcut menu, click Play Sound.

View, Open, Edit and Save PowerPoint 2010 in PowerPoint 2003 or Earlier

How to view PowerPoint 2010 in PowerPoint 2003? How to save PowerPoint 2010 as an old version format? How to edit PowerPoint 2010 in PowerPoint 2003 or ealier?

Microsoft Office has been updated for a long time. But if you have only installed the old version of MS Office and don't want to update it, or you need to view PowerPoint 2010 on computers which only install PowerPoint 2007 or earlier, this article will help you.

How to view PowerPoint 2010/2007/2003 or earlier version without PowerPoint installed?

If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer, you can still open and view PowerPoint presentations by using PowerPoint Viewer. It's free. All transitions, videos and effects appear and behave the same when viewed using PowerPoint Viewer as they do when viewed in PowerPoint. With PowerPoint Viewer, you can open, view and print presentations, but you cannot edit them.

This download works with presentations created in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 and later.

Save PowerPoint 2010 presentations in PowerPoint 97-2003 format

1. In PowerPoint 2010, open the presentation that you want to save as a PowerPoint 97-2003 file.
2. Click the File tab.
3. Click Save As.

4. In the File name box, enter a name for your presentation, or do nothing to accept the suggested file name.
5. In the Navigation bar, select the location that you want to save your presentation to, or do nothing to accept the suggested location.
6. To the right of Save as type, click PowerPoint Presentation, and select PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation.
7. Click Save.The file is saved as a PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation (.ppt) file that you can open in PowerPoint 97 through 2003.

How ot open, edit and save your PowerPoint 2010 in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier?

To open, edit, and save your PowerPoint 2010 presentation in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier without first saving it in another file format, you can download the Microsoft Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

On the computer that has a version of PowerPoint earlier than PowerPoint 2007 installed, do the following:

1. Navigate to the Microsoft Office Downloads and Updates Web site.

2. Download the Microsoft Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

After you install the updates and converters, all PowerPoint 2010 presentations that you open are automatically converted so that you can edit and save them.

Determine whether a PowerPoint 2010 presentation is compatible with PowerPoint 2003 or earlier?

To ensure that you can open your Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier, and to minimize significant losses of functionality and fidelity, you can run the Compatibility Checker in PowerPoint 2010. The Compatibility Checker finds potential compatibility issues between PowerPoint 2010 and earlier versions of PowerPoint, and creates a report to help you resolve any issues.

To run the Compatibility Checker, do the following:

1. In PowerPoint 2010, open the presentation that you want to check for compatibility.

2. Click the File tab.

3. Click Info.

4. To the left of Prepare for Sharing, click Check for Issues, and then select Check Compatibility.

5. To learn about the messages that the Compatibility Checker returns, see Compatibility Checker.

Tips: PowerPoint 97-2003 does not recognize SmartArt graphics and newer visual objects that are available in PowerPoint 2010 and will convert them to bitmaps to maintain their appearance. You cannot change certain aspects of bitmaps, such as line width, fill color, and other PowerPoint 2010 specific properties. 

How to Convert PowerPoint to DVD/Video, Keeping Original Audios, Videos and Animations, and Play on More Devices

PowerPoint is a wildly used tool. We make PowerPoint presentation in business, education, or some important days in our daily life. But PowerPoint can only be played on devices which Microsoft Office has been installed at. How could us show it when there isn't any apropriate way?


Converting PowerPoint to other more popular formats is an easy method, such as some video or DVD, and just a video/dvd player is ok. Moyea PowerPoint to DVD Burner Pro will bring you this convenient solution. And you won't loss anything in your original file. Besides, the dvd/blu-ray disc is able to be kept and sent to your parteners or firends.

• Download the free trial and install on PC. Open it, you will see a friendly interface.

• Import. Add PPT documents you want to convert. Preview in the central window and set the time interval of playing PPT.

 

•  Option.Set the output file features as you like.

•  Menu. When you choose to output DVD or Blu-ray Disc, make a menu here.

• Music. Background music always take us to some situation, or express our feelings. You can insert several pieces of music from file or record by yourself.

• Logo.Add your company's logo or your own watermark. Adjust its location and Alpha value. Insert the background picture to your output file and modify the video layout if you want.

• Burn. Click Start and wait for the output files.

 

This is the output video I get from this tool.

How to Insert Local Video into PowerPoint 2010, 2007, 2003?

Microsoft Office has been updated to the version 2010. It contains more advanced functions. But some old version fans still stick to working with version 2007 and 2003.

Today, I’m going to talk about the steps of inserting video into all the popular PowerPoint version.

• For PowerPoint 2010

Tips:

1. Video format Office 2010 allows: Windows media files (asf, wmv), Windows video file (avi), QuickTime movie file, MP4 video, MPEG, MPEG-2 TS and Adobe Flash.

2. Keeping your movie in the same folder with PowerPoint

3.After clicking the video you want to insert, an alert box pops up asking "How do you want the movie to start in the slid show?" To play the movie automatically, click automatically. To start your movie by clicking the mouse, click When Clicked.

4.Right clicking on the embedded video gives many formatting and editing options. You can preview the video by clicking on ‘Preview’. The mini toolbar for sizing and positioning the video (seen above the right click context menu in the screenshot below) gives easy one click access to many settings like length, width of the video frame, adding subtitle text, bringing the video forward or backward, cropping and rotation.

5.You can chop the embedded video with desired start and end times. Right click on the video and choose ‘Trim Video…’ to cut the video by dragging the sliders in the timebar of the video or by manually entering the start and end times. The video will play for the set duration and from the set start time when you give the presentation.

6.Other Video Formatting features are Preview of video with the formatting before saving them, adding a bookmark to desired points in the video, setting fade options like duration and timein/timeout, Start on Click, Full Screen mode, Hide While Not Playing, Loop Until Stopped, Rewind after Playing, Show Media Controls etc. These Powerful Video editing and formatting tools can be accessed from the “Video Tools” ribbon as shown in the images below.

• For PowerPoint 2007

Tips:

1. Video format Office 2007 allows: AVI, MPEG and WMV

2. Keeping your movie in the same folder with PowerPoint

3.After clicking the video you want to insert, an alert box pops up asking "How do you want the movie to start in the slid show?" To play the movie automatically, click automatically. To start your movie by clicking the mouse, click When Clicked.

4.PowerPoint 2007 only has two control options of video: play or stop. So you can't select the playing time freely.

5.Videos clips appears on the slide as objects represented by icons that you can size and move to meet your needs.

• For PowerPoint 2003



Tips:

1. Video format Office 2007 allows: AVI, ASF, RAM/RA, MPEG, MOV and QT

2.You can edit the video size :under Video Tools, on the Format tab, in the Video Styles group, click Video Shape.

3.With the Trim Video feature, you can trim the beginning and end of your video clip.

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