If you use Microsoft PowerPoint, you can export your plan from Project KickStart to PowerPoint in a click of a button. Your project appears as a formatted PowerPoint presentation in a .ppt file.

To export to Microsoft PowerPoint:

1. In the Schedule step, click the Export to list arrow below the Gantt chart, click Microsoft PowerPoint, and then click the Go button. You can also click File on the menu bar, point to Export to, and then click Microsoft PointPoint.

The Export to PowerPoint dialog box opens, where you can choose a PowerPoint design template if you like.

2. Click the Start button.

Your tasks, days, start and finish dates, and costs appear in a PowerPoint presentation, with an image of the Gantt chart in one or more slides at the end of your slide show.

Once you have created a PowerPoint presentation, you can enhance your slides in several ways:

• Delete slides that are not appropriate for your presentation.
• Rearrange the order of the slides.
• Add colors for emphasis.
• Add graphics, such as company logo, clip art and colors.
• Shorten any long task titles.

Benefits of using Project KickStart and PowerPoint

• Save time: You can dramatically save time in creating a PowerPoint presentation on your project.
• Present projects to others: Present project details in webinars, presentations, and corporate meetings. Create template presentations or "how tos" for implementing an installation, product introduction, or corporate policy, for example.
• Communicate plans: Email project plans in .ppt format to colleagues and presentors.

Tips

• If you use a PowerPoint design template, choose one that has a white or light background for maximum legibility of the Gantt chart in the presentation.
• The Gantt chart image in the PowerPoint presentation is generated “on the fly”. Change the Timescale settings of the Gantt chart considering how it will be reflected in the number of images of the Gantt chart. For example, the Day view results in more Gantt chart images than the Months view.