Changes in Powerpoint 2007

**TheAtheist** · 03-25-2009, 04:29 PM

Changes in PowerPoint 2007

The first key change in the new PowerPoint is the new functions in the Insert Ribbon.
In previous versions, when inserting images the photo stayed in its original size which then required a large amount of resizing to make it fit onto the size of one slide. In 2007 however, regardless of the size of the image, it fits onto the frame of the slide.
Also new to PowerPoint 2007 is Smart Art Graphics. These are fairly simple graphics that allow you to professionally and quickly add, for example, hierarchical maps to a PowerPoint if for example you wanted to present a family tree without drawing all the graphics yourself.

In the example below, Smart Art graphics have been used to insert Blooms Taxonomy into a PowerPoint. If this task was done by the user, it would take a lot more time to do this task.

Another new feature of the new PowerPoint is “Photo album”. This allows you to create an entire PowerPoint with all the images pre-positioned and aligned rather than having to do each slide on its own.

A small warning, from the authors own personal experience, doing more than about 50+images is likely to cause your computer to come to a grinding halt, or PowerPoint at the very least. It is possible to do it in small stages and edit in extra images as required.

Which results in the following layout

03-25-2009, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheAtheist Mentor, Articles Team Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portishead, Bristol Posts: 1,312 OS: xp sp3 My System	Changes in Powerpoint 2007 Changes in PowerPoint 2007 The first key change in the new PowerPoint is the new functions in the Insert Ribbon. In previous versions, when inserting images the photo stayed in its original size which then required a large amount of resizing to make it fit onto the size of one slide. In 2007 however, regardless of the size of the image, it fits onto the frame of the slide. Also new to PowerPoint 2007 is Smart Art Graphics. These are fairly simple graphics that allow you to professionally and quickly add, for example, hierarchical maps to a PowerPoint if for example you wanted to present a family tree without drawing all the graphics yourself. In the example below, Smart Art graphics have been used to insert Blooms Taxonomy into a PowerPoint. If this task was done by the user, it would take a lot more time to do this task. Another new feature of the new PowerPoint is “Photo album”. This allows you to create an entire PowerPoint with all the images pre-positioned and aligned rather than having to do each slide on its own. A small warning, from the authors own personal experience, doing more than about 50+images is likely to cause your computer to come to a grinding halt, or PowerPoint at the very least. It is possible to do it in small stages and edit in extra images as required. Which results in the following layout __________________ Submit New Articles "Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds, which follows from the advance of science" - Darwin Join the TSF folding team - Team 85015 Last edited by TheAtheist; 10-06-2009 at 06:27 AM.