Improvements in PowerPoint 2010

This week in our Hands on With Office 2010 series, we dive into the latest release of PowerPoint. Microsoft added a lot of great features that make PowerPoint easier to use, and share your presentations. A lot of very necessary improvements have been made that will save people a lot of hassle when working with PowerPoint. Here are some of the reasons to upgrade to 2010 when it comes out this month.

Broadcast Slide Shows

With Office’s new Web Apps and PowerPoint 2010 it is easier than ever before to give presentations remotely. Now you can provide a unique URL where users can watch your Presentation live.

Record Slide Shows as Videos

A huge issue I had with PowerPoint in the past was sharing Slide Shows. In college it was always a gamble bringing in Slide Shows to class from an older or newer version of PowerPoint and hoping everything was displayed as I intended. With the new Record Slide Show Feature this is no longer something to worry about. Now you can rest assured knowing that your presentation is displayed correctly by presenting it as a video. Recording your slide show as a Video also makes it easier to share online, to users without PowerPoint.

Better tools for Handling Video

PowerPoint now offers new tools that let you add all sorts of videos to your slide shows. You can now add videos from your favorite video sharing websites, by copy and pasting the embed code from the site, and the video ends up in your presentation. You can also import videos to your presentation from your hard drive. Once a video is added to your presentation, PowerPoint provides you with a lot of features for editing your video. This saves a lot of time and hassle, and makes adding videos to your Slide Show a breeze.

These are just some of the great new features in PowerPoint 2010. Keep your eyes on Software News Daily as we dive even deeper into Office 2010. Need to buy a copy of Office today? Don’t worry if you purchase Office 2007 today you will be eligible for a free upgrade to 2010 when it’s released this month.

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