news about our new themes , you may have noticed that the Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering blog also announced the ability to insert Clip Art in the PowerPoint Web App. High quality images and more Many of you may be wondering why you should be excited by this. Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “Clip Art” is this frie.. more »

Can you think of the last time you went to the cinema to see a long movie? Whether a drama, a comedy or an action-packed thriller, if you had some pop-corn with soda, at some point you probably felt the need to relieve yourself. As the images flash back in front of your eyes in a cool and futuristic warping white light, can you recall what were you .. more »

  Over the past few months, we have shared our excitement about the new features of PowerPoint 2010, such as Collaboration, Video Editing, Photo Effects, Background Removal, Presentation Broadcast, Slide Show Enhancements, Interface Customization, New Transitions, Slide Editing Improvements, and the brand new PowerPoint Web App available on S.. more »

We’ve explained before how you can use the new PowerPoint Web App to view presentations in a browser We’re excited to let you know how you can enjoy the same experience when you’re far away from your desk, using your mobile phone. As long as you have a phone with a browser, you can be sure that you’ll never miss a presentation when you’re on the go .. more »

Today, the Office Web Apps are available on Windows Live. The initial release is available to Windows Live customers in the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland with support for English, Spanish (USA) and French (Canada). More languages and locales will be added over the coming months. This release includes PowerPoint, Word, Excel and OneNote.  R.. more »

The Office Engineering blog has been talking about , introducing us to Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 for Windows phones, and briefly describing the Office applications that are designed to keep you productive on the move. , they take a detailed look at PowerPoint Mobile which now features the ability to review and edit slides, and even acts as a .. more »

Has it really been over four years since I wrote that opening to the PowerPoint team blog entry? Wow. We’ve come a long way since then, since a few program managers on the team decided to start writing about all the cool stuff we were working on, and all the cool stuff you could do with PowerPoint. I sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed it so far, and will.. more »

Dear readers: the MSDN blog servers will be upgraded to support new features. As part of the upgrade process we will be disabling comments from Sunday, May 16 at 8:30pm PST to Monday, May 24 . We apologize for any inconvenience. We are excited to introduce new functionality to the blog, such as invisible captcha (you won’t need to enter numbers be.. more »

It's a pleasure to announce the official release of a great tool for working with PowerPoint files, Microsoft Producer allows you to take an existing presentation file, capture and synchronize video and audio narration, add additional media content, and produce a unified set of content ready for viewing in a browser on your corporate intranet or a .. more »

I’m excited to announce that our new PowerPoint Viewer is now available here for free download . By installing the PowerPoint Viewer, you can open and watch PowerPoint presentations in all formats, no matter what computer you’re using. We’ve revamped our viewer to display PowerPoint presentations, including those created in 2010, in full-f.. more »

As we noted in the last post about , a lot of the work for Office 2010 has been about improving workflow for image insertion and editing. I’m going to show you how to use the new tool on pictures to make a slide like this: The Remove Background button will isolate the foreground object in an image and remove the background elements. Here’s the orig.. more »

Part of our work in PowerPoint 2010 makes the process of adding and editing images easier. Many of your pictures come from your camera or the internet. Another common source is your computer screen. Taking a screenshot and pasting it into the application can be tedious, because in most cases you really only want to show a portion of the screen. For .. more »

Today’s post is a guest post from Alex Simmons, a Program Manager on the OneNote team. OneNote 2010 is included in every edition of Office 2010, so make sure to try it out! Hi everyone, we've built a new feature in OneNote 2010 that allows you to take more meaningful notes while reading in other applications. We call the feature Linked Note Ta.. more »

Are you waiting for Office 2010 to arrive before you make the purchase? Good news for you: there is no need to wait any longer. If you purchase and activate Office 2007 now, you can download Office 2010 for free when it becomes available in June, thanks to the Here’s what you need to be eligible: The Office 2010 Technology Guarantee will be fu.. more »

By: Troy Chollar, PowerPoint MVP My company, TLC Creative Services, is busy, especially at the beginning of the year with clients ramping up 2010 marketing campaigns, corporate meetings and new marketing materials. So what is it about the MVP Summit that pulls me away from my office for an entire week during this profitable time? I have been a part .. more »

All About PowerPoint’s New Picture Presentation feature. It is not unusual to hear the criticism that Microsoft employees just design features for themselves. It’s not true; we spend an incredible amount of time seeking out feedback and concerns, then analyzing it, and finally figuring out the best mix of features to satisfy specific customer scen.. more »

In PowerPoint 2010 there is a new way to align shapes we call Aligning shapes is a very common task. We’ve always had an array of tools to ease this process, such as those found under the These commands do the job, but they are all three clicks away. There is also a grid on your PowerPoint slides which is spaced at 1/12 of an inch by default. To sh.. more »

Combine Shapes For more information on how to add items and customize your Ribbon and QAT, see In just a few clicks, you can quickly and easily create intricate and unique geometries by combining simple shapes in various ways. Here’s an example where we create a key shape using only ovals, rectangles, and triangles. Draw the silhouette of a key.. more »

As one of the newest program managers on the PowerPoint team (and a recovering history major), I’m always fascinated to hear the stories behind features I now can’t imagine living without. And as one of the engineers responsible for Accessibility in PowerPoint, I care a tremendous amount about the accessibility of the software we build. So you can .. more »

Microsoft Office Labs just released a fun new concept test called Ribbon Hero that lets you play games to improve your Office skills. Earn points while using Office, play a challenge to discover new features, or connect with Facebook to compete with your friends. Learn more over at the Office Labs blog, and see how high you can get your PowerPoint .. more »