How to Save a PowerPoint Presentation

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A PowerPoint presentation is an excellent way of presenting information or ideas to an audience. The software is easy to use and offers a lot of cool effects for your slideshows, too. But, what's all the use of this if you don't even know how to save your finished PowerPoint? This wikiHow will teach you how to save your file.

Design your PowerPoint presentation.

You don't have to wait until you're totally finished to save your work. It can help to save along the way, too, to ensure you don't lose any progress.

Open the File menu when you're ready to save.

Click the File tab at the top-left corner of the screen. A menu will expand.

Choose the Save or Save As option.

Click Save to save to the current file, or Save as to create a new file. If you've already saved the file at some point, you'll have the option to click Save, which simply saves your changes to that file. Otherwise, choose Save as to create a brand new file.

Decide where to save the presentation.

Click Browse and choose a folder. You can save the presentation to any folder on your computer, on OneDrive, to an external drive.

Name and save your presentation.

Type a name for your presentation and click Save . You can name it whatever you want, as long as you don't already have a file saved under that exact name.

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