PPTools
Shape Styles brings the power of styles to PowerPoint. Apply complex formatting with a single click
Merge Excel, CSV or tab-delimited data into PowerPoint presentations to create certificates, awards presentations, personalized presentations and more
FixLinks prevents broken links when you distribute PowerPoint presentations
Optimizer saves disk space and bandwidth, shrinks your PowerPoint presentations to the right size for email, screenshow or printing
PPT2HTML gives you full control of PowerPoint HTML output, helps meet Section 508 accessibility requirements
Prep4PDF preserves interactivity in PowerPoint presentations when you convert to PDF
Image Export converts PowerPoint slides to JPG, PNG, GIF, WMF and more
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Problem
You know how to find a command or setting in earlier Powerpoint versions.
Now you need to locate the same option in PowerPoint 2007 and you find that somebody's moved everything.
To start with, most if not all of the keyboard commands you know from earlier versions of PowerPoint will work in PowerPoint 2007. But to find where and what to click with the mouse, try this interactive tutorial from Microsoft
Here you'll find a downloadable Excel template that very clearly maps PPT 2003 menu and toolbar commands to the new PPT 2007 ribbon
Or this page that includes a link to an online interactive tutorial
If you'd like a more customizable approach to the Office 2007 ribbon, have a look at Patrick Schmid's RibbonCustomizer
For some more obscure click-trails ...
Equivalents
You'll note that quite a few of the PPT 2007 commands below begin with OfficeButton.
This is the big round button at the upper left of your PowerPoint screen:
| Operation |
PowerPoint 2003
| Powerpoint 2007
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| Install or uninstall a PPA addin |
Tools, Add-Ins |
OfficeButton, PowerPoint Options, Add-Ins, Manage:PowerPoint Add-Ins, Go |
| Set macro security |
Tools, Macro, Security |
OfficeButton, PowerPoint Options, Trust Center, Trust Center Settings
2003 setting / 2007 approximate equivalent
Very High / Disable all macros without notification (?)
High / Disable all macros except digitally signed macros
Medium / Disable all macros with notification
Low / Enable all macros
Note that the rules are different for macros in trusted locations |
| VBA Editor |
Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor (or Alt+F11) |
OfficeButton, PowerPoint Options, Popular, put check next to "Show Developer tab in the ribbon"; you can then click the Developer tab and click Visual Basic. Alt+F11 also works, whether or not you've enabled the Developer tab. |
| Customize toolbars, menus, buttons |
Tools, Customize |
OfficeButton, PowerPoint Options, Customize (very limited)
But right-click the Quick-Access Toolbar (QAT) and choose "customize quick access toolbar" to get here more easily.
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| Change AutoCorrect settings |
Tools, AutoCorrect Options |
OfficeButton, PowerPoint Options, Proofing, AutoCorrect Options |
| PowerPoint version and build number |
Help, About Microsoft PowerPoint |
OfficeButton, PowerPoint Options, Resources, About |
| Diagnostics/Repair |
Help, Detect & Repair |
OfficeButton, PowerPoint Options, Resources, Diagnose |
| Check for updates |
Help, Check for Updates |
OfficeButton, PowerPoint Options, Resources, Check for Updates |
| Inserting slides |
Insert, Slides, From File |
Home tab, Slides group, click New Slide, Reuse Slides. In Reuse slides pane, click Open a PowerPoint file. |
| Constrain line/freeform drawing |
Hold down shift while drawing |
No apparent equivalent |
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