How to Print with Speaker’s Notes in Powerpoint 2013
Even if you have been working on a Powerpoint presentation for a very long time and know it by heart, it can be easy to …
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 Insert an Excel Spreadsheet Into Powerpoint 2013
Excel spreadsheets can be an effective way to communicate data in a Powerpoint presentation, but switching between multiple files is not an ideal solution. Fortunately, …
How to Make Powerpoint Portrait in Powerpoint 2010
The default orientation in Microsoft Powerpoint 2010 is landscape, but that may not always be the best choice for every slideshow that you create. Occasionally …
How to Remove Slide Numbers in Powerpoint 2013
Slide numbers in a Powerpoint 2013 presentation can be useful to both you and your audience as a way to keep track of which slide …
How to Change Where Slide Numbers Start in Powerpoint 2010
Powerpoint presentations are often a collaborative work that can be broken into multiple parts. The individual parts can then be combined into one large slideshow …
How to Add a New Section in Powerpoint 2010
Powerpoint presentations with a large number of slides can quickly become difficult to manage. The default layout of the program only shows a handful of …
How to Change the Page Size in Powerpoint 2010
Learning how to change the size of a Powerpoint slide is a useful thing to know if you use Powerpoint with some regularity. Typically the …
How to Convert a Powerpoint Into a PDF in Powerpoint 2010
Creating and editing files in Powerpoint 2010 provides you with a lot of ways to customize the content and appearance of your slideshows. But once …
How to Merge Files in Powerpoint 2010
When you create a lot of Powerpoint presentations, especially when they are about similar topics, it is likely that you will have a slide that …
How to Zip a Powerpoint 2010 File
Many Powerpoint files can become very large, especially if you have included a lot of media such as pictures, audio, or video. If a Powerpoint presentation …
How to Convert Powerpoint to Video in Powerpoint 2010
It is not difficult to imagine a Powerpoint presentation as a video. If your presentation includes recorded narration and specified timings, then it already has …
Get a Word Count in Powerpoint 2013
If you are creating a Powerpoint presentation as part of an assignment for class, then you might have a word count requirement that you need …
How to Email One Slide from Powerpoint 2013
When you are collaborating on a Powerpoint presentation with someone, a common way to divide the work is for different individuals to work on different …
How to Use a Laser Pointer in Powerpoint 2013
Have you recently watched a Powerpoint presentation and noticed that the presenter’s mouse looked like a laser pointer instead of a typical mouse cursor? This …
How to Stop Compressing Images in Powerpoint 2013
Many Powerpoint presentations will use images to make the slides more visually appealing. But if you include hi-res images directly from a digital camera, then …
How to Save a Powerpoint 2013 Slide as a Picture
Do you need to create a picture with text on it or with a group of objects that you cannot assemble in another program? Powerpoint …
How to Delete a Slide in Powerpoint 2013
Presentations can be difficult to create, as you are often trying to establish a delicate balance between being informative and entertaining. So while a slide …
How to Add a Background Picture in Powerpoint 2013
Powerpoint presentations are very visual in nature, and are often improved with the help of visual aids like pictures and graphs. So you might decide …
How to Embed a YouTube Video in Powerpoint 2013
Powerpoint presentations can be very different depending upon the style of the person creating them. But most presenters will agree that keeping your audience attentive …
How to Insert a Hyperlink in Powerpoint 2013
Hyperlinks on Web pages provide a simple and convenient way for people to navigate to a different Web page. These hyperlinks can also be used …
How to Print Black and White in Powerpoint 2010
If you have a large Powerpoint file that incorporates a lot of colors in the images or layout, then it can use a lot of …
How to Save as .ppt By Default in Powerpoint 2013
The Office 2003 suite of programs was very good and as a result of their effectiveness, many businesses have continued to use these programs rather …
How to Preview Your Slideshow in Powerpoint 2013
Whenever you are done creating a document, it is always a good idea to proofread or double-check your work to ensure that it is free …
How to Compress Media in Powerpoint 2013
It’s getting easier to share large files with cloud storage services like Dropbox, but many email providers and websites still have low file size limitations. …
Insert Excel Data as a Picture in Powerpoint 2010
Microsoft Office programs like Word, Excel, and Powerpoint generally work pretty well together. But sometimes there is a hidden feature that allows them to work …
How to Remove Animation from Powerpoint 2010
Powerpoint 2010 has a rather robust set of animation options that can really help your slides stand out But it is very easy to overuse …
Powerpoint 2013 – Change Hyperlink Color
While there are many things that go into creating a good Powerpoint presentation, one of the simplest things that you can control is the appearance …
How to Make a Picture Transparent in Powerpoint 2010
Powerpoint 2010 has become a very capable program that you can use to customize nearly every element of your presentation. In fact, you may have …
How to Spell Check Uppercase Words in Powerpoint 2010
Spell check and grammar check tools are so common in programs and applications today that I take them for granted. While I consider myself to …
How to Save Powerpoint File as a Word Document
Microsoft Powerpoint and Word each have their own particular strengths. Sometimes, however, the audience for which you are creating a file might want that file …
How to Turn a Presentation into a Video in Powerpoint 2010
You may find that you need to turn a Powerpoint presentation into a video if you are going to be giving that presentation somewhere and …
How to Use a Gradient as a Background in Powerpoint 2010
Have you ever seen a gradient Powerpoint background and wondered how the slideshow creator got it? While they might have downloaded and set that picture …
How to Make a Picture Bounce in Powerpoint 2010
Powerpoint 2010 is a program where you need to create material to grab your audience’s attention. This is particularly true of audiences that might watch …
Stop Automatically Selecting Entire Word in Powerpoint 2010
While Powerpoint 2010 is primarily a visually-focused program, you will need to do some text editing while you are using the application. Thankfully Powerpoint employs …
How to Add a New Font to Powerpoint 2010
While there are many, many options for adjusting the way that elements and objects look in your Powerpoint 2010 presentation, perhaps one of the simplest …
How to Exit Slide Master View in Powerpoint 2010
The Master Slide in Powerpoint 2010 is similar to a template, as it stores information about layout items and themes that are shared by every …
How to Change All Instances of a Font in Powerpoint 2010
Choosing the right font for a Powerpoint 2010 presentation is an important aspect of how your entire presentation will eventually look. Unfortunately, the correct font …
How to Rotate an Image in Powerpoint 2010
Powerpoint 2010 slideshows are typically improved when you add media elements, such as images. However, many people that create or edit images for use in …
How to Print a Frame Around Slides in Powerpoint 2010
When you are printing your slides in Powerpoint 2010, either for your own records or as handouts for your audience, it can be difficult to …
How to Print 6 Slides Per Page in Powerpoint 2010
Microsoft’s Powerpoint 2010 lets you create slideshow presentations that are ideally displayed on a projector that is connected to your computer. But you might have …
How to Make a Picture Brighter in Powerpoint 2010
A lot of people can be intimidated by image editing programs like Photoshop and GIMP. Many will try GIMP because it is free and become …
How to Insert Bullets in Powerpoint 2010
The goal of almost any Powerpoint presentation is presenting as much information as possible in the simplest way. You want your audience to absorb your …
How to Email a Presentation Made in Powerpoint 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 products integrate really well together. Whether you are copying and pasting between applications, or you are using a feature in one program …
How to Put a Picture as a Background in Powerpoint 2010
By their very nature, Powerpoint 2010 presentations need to be eye-catching. The purpose of a Powerpoint slideshow is to catch the reader’s attention and keep …
How to Change Line Spacing in Powerpoint 2010
Does it seem like all of the text in your text boxes is running together? or is there so much space between your lines that …
How Do I Print Just the Notes in Powerpoint 2010?
Despite the many different uses that users have come up with for Microsoft’s Powerpoint program, it is, at heart, a presentation tool. A Powerpoint 2010 …