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PowerPoint 2010 – first look

A look at the ribbons and menus in the next version of PPT.

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A look at the ribbons and menus in the next version of PPT.

We’ve already looked at Word 2010, Excel 2010, OneNote 2010 and Outlook 2010 plus the new look Office button menu.

These sneak peeks into the Office 2010 Technical Preview. Nothing is guaranteed but most, if not all, of these changes will be in the released Office 2010. Click on any image to see a full-size version.

As with all the major Office 2010 programs the ‘Office button’ has been shrunk down and the Quick Access Toolbar moved to the left.

PowerPoint 2010 - Office button detail image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 - Office button detail

See our separate article Under the Office 2010 ‘Office’ button.

Reading View

The status bar hasn’t changed except for the addition of a ‘Reading View’ which displays the slides. Reading View has replaced Slide Show view on the View tab.

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Reading View image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Reading View

There is menu control at bottom right.

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Reading View menu detail image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Reading View menu detail

Home

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Home tab image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Home tab

Insert

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Insert tab image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Insert tab

Design

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Design tab image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Design tab

Transitions

Transitions is a new tab for those features in Powerpoint.

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Transitions tab image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Transitions tab

At first it seems that the transitions have been severely reduced from the long list available in PowerPoint 2007 (on the animations tab).

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Transitions to this slide gallery image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Transitions to this slide gallery

What Microsoft has done is shrink the gallery list down to each core transitions type (Wipe, Shape etc) to which you then add Effect Options that change to match the transition you’ve selected (for Wipe you get eight options like From Right, From Left, From Top etc.).

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Transitions tab - Effect Options example image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Transitions tab - Effect Options example

Animations

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Animations tab with animation gallery image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Animations tab with animation gallery

Slide Show

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Slide Show tab image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Slide Show tab

Review

Compare features are new for PowerPoint 2010.

PowerPoint 2010 TP - Review tab image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - Review tab

View

The new Reading View gets a button on this tab.

PowerPoint 2010 TP - View tab image from PowerPoint 2010 – first look at Office-Watch.com
PowerPoint 2010 TP - View tab


Article posted: Tuesday, 26 May 2009

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