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SmartArt graphics add color, shape, and emphasis to your text and data, and they're a snap to use. You can easily try out a variety of SmartArt graphics to see which one works best for getting your point across. Watch the demo to see how easy it is to add dimension and impact to your text.

If you prefer to use the keyboard instead of the mouse, the programs that use the Ribbon, which is part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface in the 2007 Microsoft Office system provide keyboard shortcuts that enable you to quickly perform tasks without reaching for the mouse

To run a presentation on a computer on which Microsoft Office PowerPoint is not installed, or to distribute a self-contained presentation to an audience that might not have PowerPoint installed, use Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer.

Watch this demo to get familiar with the new design, and to see for yourself that you won't have to learn PowerPoint all over again.

This article is a great place to start learning (or remembering) how to use PowerPoint. By the end of this article, you will have a new PowerPoint presentation, and a solid foundation of knowledge and confidence about using Office PowerPoint 2007.

Slack provides some additional space in your project, so that if a task slips, pushing the schedule out, the project finish date is still met. This short demo shows you how to add slack to your project.

A template is a pattern or blueprint of a slide or group of slides. You can create your own custom templates and store them, reuse them, and share them with others. You can also find hundreds of different types of free templates on Office Online and on other partner Web sites.

Read about transforming presentations into dynamic—even conversational—speaking experiences similar to conversations in a Cafe. This article by Robert Lane and Dr. John Sweller introduces you to strategies that might be useful in your presentations and shows you how to use PowerPoint to create dynamic, navigation-based slide shows.

In this article, Robert Lane interviews Chantal Bosse, a presentation professional offering development and training services in the province of Quebec, Canada. She specializes in visually interactive presentation techniques for improved learning and sales results and shares some of her top tips for creating great presentations, and five common mistakes that she sees in presentations.

If you work with layered items on PowerPoint slides, the Selection Pane, new in the 2007 Office release, can make that task easier. The Selection Pane lists each item on your slide so you can apply custom effects to just that item, without having to click through the layers on the slide itself. When you finish, you can preview the effects and unhide all the items — and your slide is ready to go. Watch the demo and you'll be a Selection Pane pro in no time.

To prepare you for working with PowerPoint 2007, this article introduces eight of the product's new or significantly improved features. If you’re upgrading to PowerPoint 2007 from a previous version, you’re probably most interested in the differences between the old and new versions and how they will affect you, as well as how to find out about them in the quickest possible way.

Here are the top 10 ways that PowerPoint 2007 helps you increase your productivity and improve collaboration with others.

If you want your presentation to contain more than one theme (layouts that contain colors, fonts, and effects), apply muliple slide masters to your presentation This article shows you how.

In this article, Microsoft writer Joy Miller demos how to use PowerPoint 2007 to create your own photo album slide show and download a free photo album or travel-related template from the main Office Online Templates page and customize it to meet your needs.

In this month's column, Michael C. Oldenburg shows you how to use your favorite Microsoft Office 2007 programs on your cell phone.

You can run your PowerPoint 2007 presentation from one monitor (at a podium, for example) while your audience views it on a second monitor.

To ensure that you can open your Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation (.pptx) in an earlier version of PowerPoint, you can save a copy of it that is compatible with PowerPoint 97-2003, or you can download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats.

In this article, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Glenna Shaw discusses three things you can add to your presentation to compensate for auditory limitations, such as hearing impairments, background noise, poor sound equipment, or presentations delivered in a different language. By adding captions, subtitles, or annotations, you can increase the reach of your presentation and ensure that your message is delivered clearly.

In this article, Microsoft writer Joy Miller explains that, to create color-coordinated slides with matching fonts and backgrounds in your next PowerPoint 2007 presentation, you should understand the difference between PowerPoint 2003 and earlier design templates and PowerPoint 2007 themes.

Take a look at this article if you can't find a feature or command in PowerPoint 2007 that you used in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier.