PowerPoint allows you to save slides as pictures. This might come in handy if you need to put a slide on a web page, or incorporate a slide into a publication.
To do this, in PowerPoint 2007, click on the Office Button and then click Save As... When the Save As dialog opens, click on the Save as Type dropdown. Among various file formats, towards the bottom of the list you will find various picture formats, such as .gif, .jpg, .png etc. Choose the formate appropriate for your needs and then just save it like you would any other file.
There may be times in programs like PowerPoint, Word and Excel where you have added a graphic or drawn a shape where you want to be able to duplicate the object. Instead of the usual copy and paste method, a little known method to duplicate objects in Microsoft Office programs is to use Ctrl Dragging.
Using this technique is simple. Simply select whatever shape or picture you wish to duplicate and then hold down the Ctrl key. While holding down the Ctrl key, grab the object with your mouse and then drag in any direction you wish as if you are moving the object. However, instead of moving the object, the object should be duplicated. Be sure to let go of the mouse button before letting go of Ctrl.
For those of you that use Adobe programs, a similar shortcut works the same way. Except that instead of holding Ctrl, you use the Alt key.