How to View Layers in Powerpoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
To view layers in PowerPoint, simply go to the “Home” tab, click on “Select” in the “Editing” group, and then “Selection Pane.” The Selection Pane …
Microsoft Powerpoint How-To Guides
View our library of Microsoft Powerpoint tutorials that can help you with the different settings and features of Microsoft’s slideshow application.
Not sure where to start? Check out our featured Microsoft Powerpoint guides below:
- How to Add a Checkmark Symbol in Powerpoint – learn where to find the check mark symbol so that you can use it in a slide.
- How to Curve Text in Powerpoint – use one of the tools in Powerpoint to curve some of the text in your presentation.
- How to Insert a Timeline in Powerpoint – if you need to present a timeline of events in your slideshow, we can show you how.
How to Make GIFs as a Background on PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Have you ever wanted to spice up your PowerPoint presentation with some animated fun? Adding GIFs as a background can not only make your slides …
Setting All PowerPoint Slides to Switch After 10 Seconds: A Step-by-Step Guide
Setting all PowerPoint slides to switch after 10 seconds is a breeze. All you need to do is access the “Transitions” tab, set the timing …
How to Insert Clipart in PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Inserting clipart in PowerPoint is a simple task. First, open PowerPoint and select the slide where you want the clipart to appear. Next, go to …
Can You Create a PowerPoint on an iPad? Here’s How!
Creating a PowerPoint on an iPad is simple! All you need is to download the PowerPoint app from the App Store, sign in with your …
How to See Notes on PowerPoint on the Laptop: A Step-by-Step Guide
Seeing notes on a PowerPoint presentation on your laptop can be quite handy, especially when you’re presenting or rehearsing. To do this, all you need …
How to Outline a Font in PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Outlining a font in PowerPoint is a simple process that can add emphasis and style to your text. To do this, you’ll need to select …
How to Create a Matrix in PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Creating a matrix in PowerPoint is a relatively simple process that can be done by inserting a table into your slide. Once you have the …
How to: Effortlessly Create PowerPoint Looping Presentations
Looping presentations in PowerPoint can be a game-changer for those needing to display information continuously. It’s a straightforward process: Set up your slides, head to …
How to View a PDF in PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Viewing a PDF in PowerPoint is a simple process that can be accomplished in a few steps. Firstly, you’ll need to have both Adobe Acrobat …
How to Embed a GIF in PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Adding a GIF to your PowerPoint presentation can spice things up and keep your audience engaged. Here’s a quick rundown: Firstly, find a GIF you …
The Footer is Stuck on the Page in PowerPoint: How to Fix It
To fix a stuck footer in PowerPoint, you need to access the slide master, select the footer placeholder, and adjust its position or delete it …
How to Put a Subscript in PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Putting a subscript in PowerPoint is a simple task. All you need to do is select the text you want to format, click on the …
What Are Benefits of PowerPoint? A Comprehensive Guide
PowerPoint, a presentation software developed by Microsoft, offers a multitude of benefits for individuals and businesses alike. By following this quick overview, you’ll gain an …
How to Copy a PowerPoint to a New PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Copying a PowerPoint to a new PowerPoint is a straightforward task. You simply need to open the original presentation, save it with a new name, …
How to Start PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
Starting PowerPoint is as easy as opening the program and selecting a template or a blank presentation. Once you’ve got the program open, you’ll be …
How to Add a Watermark to One Slide in PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Adding a watermark to one slide in PowerPoint is a practical way to brand your presentation or protect your content. To do this, simply go …
How to Rotate a Slide in PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Rotating a slide in PowerPoint is a nifty trick that can add a creative twist to your presentation. To rotate a slide, first, select the …
How to Install Fonts on PowerPoint for Mac: A Step-by-Step Guide
Installing fonts on PowerPoint for Mac is a simple process. It involves downloading the font, unzipping the file if necessary, and installing it onto your …
How to Flip an Image in Powerpoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Flipping an image in PowerPoint is a simple task that can be done in a few clicks. First, select the image you want to flip. …
How to Convert a PowerPoint to Word and Edit with Ease
To convert a PowerPoint to an editable Word document, simply open your PowerPoint presentation, click on “File,” then “Export,” and select “Create Handouts.” A dialog …
How to Fill Screen in PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
Filling the screen in PowerPoint is a simple task. Open your presentation, go to the “Design” tab, and click on the “Slide Size” button. Choose …
How to Print an Outline of the Presentation in Powerpoint
When you are creating a slideshow in Powerpoint for school or work, someone might ask you to also make an outline. At first, this might …
How to Erase Part of a Picture in Powerpoint for Office 365
Microsoft Powerpoint has some tools that you can use to edit your images without even leaving the application. One of these tools lets you crop …
How to Insert Slides from Another Presentation in Powerpoint 2010
Did you create a slide in another Powerpoint presentation that would be helpful in your current project? You might have tried to manually recreate that …
How to Duplicate a Slide in Powerpoint 2010
Have you created a slide in Microsoft Powerpoint that would be a good template for other slides in your presentation? You might have started making …
How to Insert a Table in Powerpoint 2013
Slideshows in Microsoft Powerpoint usually do a better job of keeping an audience’s attention when they contain media. This could be something like a picture …
How to Add a Shape in Powerpoint 2013
If you’ve edited Microsoft Powerpoint presentations before, then you might already know how to add text boxes and pictures to a slideshow. But there are …
How to Hide a Selected Slide in Powerpoint 2013
Microsoft Powerpoint makes it easy for you to copy and paste entire slides or put them in a different order in a presentation. But you …
How to Skip the Backstage Area in Powerpoint 2013
When you work in an application like Microsoft Powerpoint on a regular basis, you grow accustomed to doing things a certain way. So when something …
How to Insert Slide Numbers in Powerpoint 2013
When you are giving a Powerpoint presentation or creating one with a group, it can be difficult to reference specific content, especially if there are …
View Your Powerpoint 2010 Slideshow in Grayscale
Presentations often look their best when you use a lot of colors. It helps to capture the reader’s attention and often presents the information in …
How Do You Print Handouts in Powerpoint 2010?
When you are giving a presentation, it can be useful for the audience to have something to help them follow along. Rather than trying to …
How to Do a Powerpoint Screenshot
For a document that is often very reliant on visual imagery, the inclusion of pictures can really help to improve the way an audience experiences …
How to Insert a GIF Into Powerpoint 2010
Using an animated GIF in a document or a slideshow can be a good way to break up text or objects that might be a …
How to Set Time for Slides in Powerpoint
When you are giving a presentation you have a lot of things that you need to manage. You need to make sure that you are …
How to Change Line Spacing in Powerpoint for Every Slide at Once
Much like documents that you create in Microsoft Word, there is spacing between your words and lines. The amount of space here can affect not …
How to Enable Grammar Check in Powerpoint 2013
While it’s likely that you have used spellcheck in Powerpoint to check the spelling on your slides and in your text boxes, you may want …
How to Turn a Powerpoint Slideshow Into a PDF
Have you ever tried to share a Powerpoint presentation with someone and they couldn’t open it? Or maybe you attempted to upload the file somewhere, …
How to Insert Check Mark in Powerpoint for Office 365
It’s surprising how often you might find yourself in a situation where you need to add symbols to documents or slideshows. But despite the usefulness …
Can I Create a Timeline in Powerpoint?
Microsoft Powerpoint users have a lot of tools at their disposal when it comes to customizing slides. You’ve probably figured out how to add pictures …
How to Change Hyperlink Color in Powerpoint 2010 (An Easy 5 Step Guide)
A lot of the changes that you need to make to Powerpoint slideshows can be found on the intuitive navigational ribbon. But if you are …
How to Save Powerpoint as PDF with Notes
While presentations and slideshows are much easier for people to view now with the popularity of online presentation software such as Google Slides and Powerpoint …
How to Make Curved Text in Powerpoint 2013
Applying different effects and styles to the content of your slides in Microsoft Powerpoint is a crucial part of making your presentations look good. Some …
How to Hide Background Graphics in Powerpoint 2013
Pictures in a slideshow are usually an important part of making the presentation look good. A bunch of text on slides, regardless of how compelling, …
How to Loop a Slideshow on Powerpoint 2013
If you’ve ever seen a Powerpoint presentation at a trade show or a retail store you might have noticed that it seemed to be on …
How to End Powerpoint on Last Slide in Powerpoint 2010
As you give Powerpoint presentations, you will discover that there are certain aspects of it that you don’t like and want to change. One of …
How to Delete a Slide in Powerpoint 2010
When you are creating a document in Microsoft Word or a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel you will inevitably need to delete some content or data …
Can You Save a Powerpoint as a Video in Powerpoint 2013?
The slideshow format that is used for Powerpoint presentations is ideal for giving presentations to a group. But occasionally you may need to present that …
How to Unhide a Slide in Powerpoint 2013
Many of the productivity applications that you use every day include some elements that you might want to hide. In Microsoft Excel, you can hide …
How to Check Word Count on Powerpoint 2010
Creating a document or file that meets a minimum number of words or pages is a common task for people in school or at a …
How to Add Page Numbers in Powerpoint 2010
You can spend a lot of time customizing an individual slide in your Powerpoint presentation, and a specific slide with a lot of useful information …
How to Put a Picture Behind Text in Powerpoint 2010
While you may have already discovered how to add text boxes or how to add pictures to a slideshow in Microsoft Powerpoint, you may have …
How to Put Embedded Youtube Video in Powerpoint 2010
Since Powerpoint presentations are by nature a visual medium, it’s helpful to include digital objects that are eye-catching. This could be a picture or a …
How to Size Your Slides for Legal Paper in Powerpoint 2013
Microsoft Office products are often configured for your current geographic location. This can mean default paper sizes, or margins on your document. But much like …
How to Make a Powerpoint Slide Vertical in Powerpoint 2013
Powerpoint slides are in the landscape, or horizontal, orientation by default. But you may have a presentation that would be better if it were in …
How to Compress Audio and Video in Powerpoint 2010
Reducing the file size in Powerpoint 2010 is important when you need to share your file through email, but it’s too large. Use these steps …
How to Flip a Picture in Powerpoint 2010
Every picture that you create or download from the Internet has its own orientation. Sometimes that orientation is different than your situation requires. Use these …
How to Create a Hyperlink in Powerpoint 2010
Adding links to documents, such as in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft Powerpoint, gives your readers the option to view additional information on the …
How to Hide a Slide in Powerpoint 2010
Powerpoint presentations can often be used for multiple purposes, and every slide in a presentation might not be suitable for each of those purposes. Use …
How to Print Powerpoint with Comments
Microsoft Powerpoint provides a tool that lets you and others add comments to your slides, but they don’t print by default. Use these steps to …
How to Outline Text in Powerpoint
Powerpoint provides you with a variety of tools that allow you to customize your text. Use these steps to outline text in Powerpoint. Our article …
How to Pause a Slideshow in Powerpoint
In a perfect world, a Powerpoint presenter would be able to give the presentation that they have created by simply showing their slides and reading …
How to Convert Microsoft Powerpoint to PDF
While Microsoft Powerpoint is a very common tool in both organizational settings and school, not every situation requires a Powerpoint file. You may find yourself …
How to Make a Powerpoint Into a Video
Powerpoint presentations offer a lot of flexibility for the presenter, as you are able to customize many aspects of the process. But if you are …
How to Stop Hyperlinking Screenshots in Powerpoint for Office 365
Powerpoint has some really helpful tools that let you perform actions within the application rather than using something else on your computer. Aside from its …
How to Add a Footer in Powerpoint 2013
While the content that you include on the slides in your Powerpoint presentation will often vary from slide to slide, there might be information or …
Why is My Powerpoint Presentation Black and White?
Is your Powerpoint presentation displaying in black and white or grayscale, even though you know it should have color? Powerpoint 2013 has a mode that …
How to Loop a Powerpoint Presentation in Powerpoint 2013
You may find yourself in a situation where you need to learn how to loop a Powerpoint presentation if you are creating something that is …
How to Convert Powerpoint to MP4 in Powerpoint 2013
We have previously written about adding YouTube videos in Powerpoint, which lets you add a video element to your presentation. But you may encounter a …
How to Duplicate a Slide in Powerpoint Online
Some slides that you create in Powerpoint Online can take a while. Getting all of the correct data and formatting in place can be tedious, …
How to Add a YouTube Video in Powerpoint Online
With visual media like a Powerpoint slideshow, the appearance of the data on your slides is important in keeping your audience engaged. One effective way …
How to Show or Hide the Speaker Notes in Powerpoint 2013
Even if you have spent an extraordinary amount of time crafting the perfect presentation about a topic that you know inside and out, it can …
How to Reset a Slide in Powerpoint 2013
While there are several different slide formats that you can select from when you create a new slide, it’s pretty common for you to add …
How to Turn off Automatic Lists in Powerpoint 2013
Is Powerpoint turning everything into a list whenever you type a dash at the beginning of a line? Luckily you can learn how to turn …
How to Enable Presenter View in Powerpoint 2013
There are usually two sides to a Powerpoint presentation. Your audience is viewing the contents of your slides and taking in your presented materials, while …
How to Show the Vertical Ruler in Powerpoint 2013
The rulers in programs like Microsoft Word and Powerpoint can be very helpful for placing document elements or for getting a good idea of how …
How to Move a Comment in Powerpoint 2013
Do you often need to comment on a slide in Powerpoint 2013, but you’re frustrated with the fact that the comment only shows at the …
How to Put a Border Around a Picture in Powerpoint 2013
Images and other types of visual media are important components of Powerpoint presentations. They are typically better at holding your audience’s attention than plain text, …
Can I Open a Word Document in Powerpoint 2013?
Microsoft Office programs like Word, Excel, and Powerpoint have a lot of functionality that integrates between the different programs. You can also use each program …
How to Show the Date and Time at the Bottom of Each Slide in Powerpoint 2010
Some of the presentations that you will create in Powerpoint 2010 are time or date-sensitive. Whether this is because the presentation is updated on a …
How to Add Alt Text to a Picture in Powerpoint 2010
Many of the pictures that you encounter on the Internet include something called alternate text, or “alt text.” This is a description of the picture …
How to Hide Spelling and Grammar Errors in Powerpoint 2013
The spelling and grammar checking capabilities of Microsoft Office programs have been a lifesaver for many users of the program. Powerpoint 2013, for example, can …
How to Change the Font Size for Notes in Powerpoint 2013
The speaker notes that you include on your Powerpoint presentation slides can be very important, so you might be looking for a way to change …
How to Print Powerpoint 2013 Handouts Without the Date and Time
Handouts are an important part of Powerpoint presentations, as they allow your audience to follow along with the information on the presentation, while also serving …
How to Remove a Transition in Powerpoint 2013
Transitions and animations are relatively minor changes to a Powerpoint slideshow that can help to increase the entertainment level of the presentation. Powerpoint 2013 makes it a …
Where is Page Setup in Powerpoint 2013?
if you are a longtime user of Powerpoint, then you have probably come to rely on the Page Setup menu that allows you to change …
How to Create a Custom Slide Show in Powerpoint 2013
A great Powerpoint presentation can often be re-used and shown to new audiences multiple times. But occasionally, a Powerpoint file will contain some slides that …
How to Delete a Table in Powerpoint 2013
Powerpoint tables are great tools for presenting data in an organized, familiar way. But if you have created a table in your presentation, and you …
How to Save a Slideshow as a PDF in Powerpoint 2013
Opening a Powerpoint file on your computer requires you to have either Powerpoint installed, or another presentation application that is compatible with Powerpoint file types. …
Powerpoint 2013 – How to Hide the Toolbar in Fullscreen Mode
Putting a presentation into full screen mode in Powerpoint 2013 is a very common method for sharing that presentation with other people. While there are …
How to Turn Off Superscript in Powerpoint 2013
Microsoft Office programs will often apply certain types of formatting when you type a particular sequence of letters. This could be a horizontal line when …
How to Hide the Ruler in Powerpoint 2013
Microsoft Office programs typically include a ruler as a means for you to properly size your documents and position objects symmetrically. Since your printed document …
How to Embed Fonts in Powerpoint 2013
Choosing the correct font for a presentation can have a surprising impact on the way that your audience evaluates your slideshow. But the font files …
How to Increase the Maximum Number of Undos in Powerpoint 2013
Many of the programs on your Windows computer will allow you to undo actions that you have performed. In Powerpoint 2013, you can do this …
How to Change Slide Order in Powerpoint 2013
Creating an effective Powerpoint presentation can be difficult, especially when the content of the presentation does not lend itself to an obvious order. So while …
How to Print at High Quality By Default in Powerpoint 2013
Are there some elements of your presentation that aren’t printing from Powerpoint 2013, and you can’t find a reason why? Powerpoint will not print certain things, …
How to Disable ScreenTips in Powerpoint 2013
You can turn off Powerpoint 2013 ScreenTips by going to File > Options > ScreenTip Style > Don’t Show ScreenTips. There are a lot of …
How to Change the Page Size in Powerpoint 2013
Powerpoint 2013 sizes its slides to fit on a widescreen display by default. But the default size being used in Powerpoint 2013 may not be …
How to Add Keywords to Document Properties in Powerpoint 2010
Files can really start to accumulate on a computer after you have been using it for a while, especially if you have to create and …