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that appear in the Search Results window. If you’re using Vista, you can
simply type some or all of the filename in the Instant Search box that
appears in the Start menu.
The fastest way to open a file from the Open dialog box is to double-click
the file. This spares you from having to click the file once and then click OK.
Double-clicking also exercises the fast-twitch muscles in your index finger.
PowerPoint keeps track of the last nine files that you’ve opened and displays
them on the File menu. To open a file that you recently opened, click the File
menu and inspect the list of files on the right side of the menu. If the file that
you want is in the list, click it to open it.
Closing a Presentation
Having finished and saved your presentation, you have come to the time to
close it. Closing a presentation is kind of like gathering your papers, putting
them neatly in a file folder, and returning the folder to its proper file drawer.
The presentation disappears from your computer screen. Don’t worry: It’s
tucked safely away on your hard drive where you can get to it later if you
need to.
To close a file, click the Close button that appears at the top right of the
PowerPoint window. Alternatively, you can click the Office button and then
choose Close, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+W. But clicking the Close
button is the easiest way to close a file.
You don’t have to close a file before exiting PowerPoint. If you exit Power-
Point without closing a file, PowerPoint graciously closes the file for you. The
only reason that you might want to close a file is that you want to work on a
different file and you don’t want to keep both files open at the same time.
If you’ve made changes since the last time you saved the file, PowerPoint
offers to save the changes for you. Click Yes to save the file before closing or
click No to abandon any changes that you’ve made to the file.
If you close all the open PowerPoint presentations, you might discover that
most of the PowerPoint commands have been rendered useless (they are
grayed on the menu). Fear not. If you open a presentation or create a new
one, the commands return to life.
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