Let's save a presentation
If you created or edited a presentation in PowerPoint, let's save the presentation. In PowerPoint, when you interrupt your work or quit, you must "Save" or you will lose your work. When you "Save", the presentation is saved as a "file" on your computer. Later, you can open the file, modify it and print it.
Let's save a presentation using the following steps.
- Click the
(Save button).
Click the in the Quick Access toolbar.
- Specify the location where you want to save the presentation.
Specify the location where you want to save the presentation in the Save in box. The previously selected My Documents folder is displayed here.
The first line of text in the presentation is pre-filled in as the file name in the File name box.
To change the file name, type in a new file name.
Click Save.
- The presentation is saved as a "file".
The file name in the Title Bar changes from "Presentation1" to the saved file name.
- Check the location where the file was saved.
Click the 
(Start button), and then click My Documents.
Let's check that the saved file is in the My Documents folder.
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Tip: Characters that cannot be used in file names
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Please note that the following characters cannot be used in a file name.
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Slash |
| * |
Asterisk |
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Hyphen |
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Back slash |
| ? |
Question mark |
| : |
Colon |
| >< |
Less than or greater than sign |
| " |
Double quotation mark |
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Let's open a presentation
Let's open the presentation file you just saved. Opening the file lets you resume your work.
Let's open the presentation file using the following steps.
- Click the (Start button), and then click My Documents.
The saved file is in the My Documents folder.
- Double-click the file.
The PowerPoint startup screen appears, and the presentation is displayed.
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Tip: You can also use the Office Button's Open
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Tip: You can also open presentations you have saved recently from "History"
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When you click PowerPoint's  (Office Button), a list of recently saved files appears in the lower part of the displayed menu as "History". You can select a file from this "History" list, and open it.
Click (Office Button), and then select the presentation file that you want to open from the "History" list.
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