Help with opening and saving P.P. presentations

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Abby

Hi,

This is a pretty big request, but I'm hoping someone will help me out. I
would "REALLY APPRECIATE" it.

This Power Point thing is confusing!

My professors have sent class notes by way of Power Point. I have a list of
14 files (chapters 1-14). I would like to open one chapter (file) at a
time, view it, probably modify it a bit, and then print it.

When I click on the "open" option in the WinZip- Power Point Notes.zip
window ("new", "open", "favorites", "add",
"extract", etc.), all I get is the another WinZip-Power Point Notes.zip
window with the same list of files I'm trying to open. So, instead, I've
been double clicking on a each file in order to open it. But, then I was
told this is not the right thing to
do. I'm supposed to be extracting the file...HUH?

Can someone please tell me the steps involved (in VERY simple terms) when
opening a file (presentation) in Power Point? Also, can I change the slides
to black and white and then save them like that? Or, do I save it as is (in
color I mean), and set my printer to print in grayscale? Help.

Abby
 
Your way works too, but there is a more "permanent" approach that will allow you
to modify the files and save them separately.

Open WinZip and use File > Open Archive. Locate your Zip file and select it.
The 14 individual files contained in the archive will be listed, but they have
not yet been extracted. Click on the Extract button/icon and tell it where you
want the files to be saved. Exit WinZip when the extract is complete. Open
PowerPoint. Go to File > Open and locate your 14 files (the folder you
extracted them to) and select one and click OK.

Now you have access to all functions of PowerPoint. If you want to print in
Black and White you can first go to View > Color/Grayscale to see what it will
look like in B&W. The slides of the presentation remain in color, but this
allows you to see how they'll look when printed in B&W. Go to File > Print and
set your printer to print in Grayscale or Pure Black and White.
 
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