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• Advice
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This article shows you how to create a presentation with Microsoft PowerPoint. PowerPoint is a Microsoft Office program that is available on both Windows and Mac computers.

Steps

Part 1 of 6: Create a new Power Point presentation

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   right side icon New Slide on the toolbar.
2. Clicking the blank page icon above this option will add a blank page to your presentation.

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   Choose a site type. Click on one of the following categories in the drop-down list to add it to your presentation:
   • Title Slide (Title page)
   • Title and Content (Title and content)
   • Section Header (Section title)
   • Two Content (Two contents)
   • Comparison (Compare)
   • Title Only (Title only)
   • Blank (White page)
   • Content with Caption (Content with captions)
   • Picture with Caption (Photo with caption)

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   Add more pages if you need. You can add pages during content rollout, but adding a few pages in advance will give you an idea of ​​the layout of your presentation along the way.

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   Order the pages as needed. Once you have multiple pages in your PowerPoint presentation, you can move them by clicking and dragging the page preview up or down in the left column of the PowerPoint window.
   • Normally, the title page is the first page in your presentation, meaning that the page is always number one in the left column.
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Part 4 of 6: Adding content to pages

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   Choose a site. In the page preview column on the left, click on a page to edit to open it in the main presentation window.

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   Find the data entry box. If you have selected a page with an input box available, you can import text to that page.
   • Skip this step and the next two steps if the selected site uses a template without an input box.

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   Add content to the page. Click in the input field and type in the text you want.
   • Input boxes in PowerPoint automatically format the data for you (such as adding bullet points) based on the text of the body text.

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   Format the content on the page. If necessary, select the part of the text you want to change, then click the tag Home and view the text format choice in the "Font" section of the toolbar.
   • You can change the typeface of the selected piece of text by clicking on the name of the current font and then clicking on another font of your choice.
   • If you want to change the text size, click in the number selection box and click on a larger or smaller number depending on whether you want to enlarge or reduce the text.
   • You can also change the color, bold font, italic style, underline text and many more options here.

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   Add pictures to the page. If you want to add a photo to the page, click the tag Insert (Insert), then select Pictures (Image) in the toolbar and select an image.

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   Organize the content of the page. Similar to the title page, you can move the content around the page by clicking and dragging.
   • Pictures can be enlarged or zoomed out by clicking and dragging the edge of the photo or dragging in one of the corners of the photo.

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   Repeat this for each page of your presentation. After you've created each page of your presentation, you can go to the next step.
   • Keep in mind, you should avoid making your pages confusing and distracting. Better yet, each page should be 33 words or less.
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Part 5 of 6: Adding transition effects

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   Choose a site. In the left column of the PowerPoint window, click on the page you want to animate.

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   Click the card Transitions (Transition effects) at the top of the PowerPoint window. This will open the tool Transitions near the top of the window.

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   See the available effects. Effects make your page interesting and engaging throughout the actual presentation; You will see a list of available effects at the top of the window.

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   Effect preview. Click an effect at the top of the window to see how the page moves.

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   Choose an effect to use. When you want an effect, you click on it to select it. The current page will have the effect you selected.

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   Add effects to the content on the page. You can add effects to specific content on the page (for example, pictures or bullet points) by selecting the content, clicking on the tags. Animations (Motion effect) at the top of the window and select the effect you want to use.
   • The content on the page will display in the order that you set the effects. For example, if you animate an image and then a title, the picture will appear before the title.
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Part 6 of 6: Check and save presentation

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   View your PowerPoint. After you've finished animating the content of your PowerPoint presentation, you swipe through the pages to make sure there aren't any mistakes.

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   Click the card Slide Show (Slideshow) at the top of the window to open the widgets section Slide Show.

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   Click From Beginning (Starting from first page) in the left corner of the toolbar to open your PowerPoint presentation as a slide show.

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   Browse the slideshow. You can use left and right arrows to move between slides in your presentation.
   • If you want to exit the presentation, press the key Esc.

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   Make some necessary changes before proceeding. After flipping through the presentation, you can add forgotten details, remove unnecessary content, and do some other editing.
6. Save your PowerPoint. This saves your presentation as a file that can be opened on any Windows or Mac computer with PowerPoint installed:
   • On Windows Click File (File), select Save (Save), double-click This PC (This PC), select a folder, enter a name for your presentation, and click Save.
   • On Mac Click File (File), select Save As ... (Save As), enter a name for the presentation in the "Save As" field, select a save folder by clicking "Where" and choose a folder then click Save (Save).
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Advice

• Without Microsoft Office, you can still use Apple's Keynote or Google Slides software to create PowerPoint presentations.
• Regularly click save during execution to avoid losing content when the computer suddenly shuts down or crashes.
• If you save your PowerPoint presentation in .pps format instead of the default .ppt format, double-clicking the PowerPoint file will immediately display the content as a slide show.

Warning

• If you want a great PowerPoint presentation, don't add too much text on a page.
• Your PowerPoint presentation (or some features thereof) might not be able to open using earlier PowerPoint software.