Case 21-1 Clay Is Creating a Presentation About Innovations in Agriculture

question 43

Multiple Choice

Case 21-1 Clay is creating a presentation about innovations in agriculture that he will post on the Internet. He doesn't want his personal information to be saved along with the presentation file that he posts online. Clay wants to email the presentation to someone but wants to make sure they can't edit or use the slides in a slide show. What format should he save it in?

• A) PDF
• B) DOCX
• C) PPTX
• D) HTML

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