Opening a Presentation

You can open an existing presentation in several different ways:

  • Select More Presentations in the Open a Presentation section of the New Presentation task pane. If this pane doesn't appear, select File, New.

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You can also open directly one of the previous four PowerPoint files you used by selecting it at the top of the Open a Presentation section of the New Presentation task pane. The File menu also displays these files at the end of the list of menu options.

  • Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar.

  • Press Ctrl+O from within PowerPoint.

  • Choose File, Open from the menu within PowerPoint.

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You can also double-click ...

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