You work as an Office Assistant for InfoWorld Inc. You are creating a presentation through
PowerPoint 2010. You want to save the presentation, so that it always opens in the Slide Show view
rather than in the Normal view. Which of the following file extensions will you use to save the
presentation?
A.
.ppsm
B.
.pptx
C.
.ppsx
D.
.pptm
E.
.thmx
Explanation:
The .ppsx file extension is used to save a presentation, so that it always opens in the Slide Show view
rather than in the Normal view. Whenever a user first creates a slide, the screen opens in the
Normal view. It is the default view and is used for designing. It provides a large view of a single slide
at a time. The Slide Show view is only used for viewing all the slides.Answer option B is incorrect. The .pptx extension is used to save a PowerPoint 2010 presentation in
an XML-enabled file format.
Answer option E is incorrect. The .thmx extension is used to save a style sheet that includes
definitions of a color theme, font theme, and effect theme.
Answer option A is incorrect. The .ppsm extension is used to save a slide show that includes preapproved macros that a user can run from within a slide show.
Answer option D is incorrect. The .pptm extension is used to save a presentation that contains Visual
Basic code for applications.