{"id":31458,"date":"2024-01-22T17:53:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T17:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=31458"},"modified":"2024-02-14T19:16:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T19:16:45","slug":"how-to-make-a-powerpoint","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Step-by-Step)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31458\" class=\"elementor elementor-31458\" data-elementor-post-type=\"ht_kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d07041d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d07041d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-719f679\" data-id=\"719f679\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b53fc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"5b53fc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7b8588a elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>January 22, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19aac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c19aac3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this beginner\u2019s guide, you will learn step-by-step how to make a PowerPoint presentation from scratch.<\/p><p>While PowerPoint is designed to be intuitive and accessible, it can be overwhelming if you\u2019ve never gotten any training on it before. As you progress through this guide, you&#8217;ll will learn how to move from blank slides to PowerPoint slides that look like these.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85ebd58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85ebd58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-48.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42256\" alt=\"Example of the six slides you&#039;ll learn how to create in this tutorial\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-48.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-48-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-48-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549b0b6 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"549b0b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__549b0b6\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__549b0b6\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__549b0b6\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d78740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d78740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Additionally, as you create your presentation, you&#8217;ll also learn tricks for working more efficiently in PowerPoint, including how to:<\/p><ul><li>Change the slide order<\/li><li>Reset your layout<\/li><li>Change the slide dimensions<\/li><li>Use PowerPoint Designer<\/li><li>Format text<\/li><li>Format objects<\/li><li>Play a presentation (slide show)<\/li><\/ul><p>With this knowledge under your belt, you\u2019ll be ready to start creating PowerPoint presentations. Moreover, you\u2019ll have taken your skills from beginner to proficient in no time at all. I will also include links to more advanced PowerPoint topics.<\/p><p>Ready to start learning how to make a PowerPoint presentation?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551dd0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"551dd0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"49188\" class=\"elementor elementor-49188\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-389aa92e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"389aa92e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-660b31d\" data-id=\"660b31d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d7947a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74d7947a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Take your PPT skills to the next level<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e10034f\" data-id=\"2e10034f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f6a61e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55f6a61e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBreak free from PowerPoint struggle and reclaim your time. Amplify your PowerPoint knowledge with proven advanced methods taught in the\u00a0PowerPoint Pro Membership.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc35d25 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc35d25\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04377e3\" data-id=\"04377e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a0a646 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1a0a646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/join-powerpoint-pro-membership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BECOME A MEMBER<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79de545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79de545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Start with a Blank Presentation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c136611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c136611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Before you open PowerPoint and start creating your presentation, make sure you\u2019ve collected your thoughts. If you\u2019re going to make your slides compelling, you need to spend some time brainstorming.<\/p><p>For help with this, see our article with tips for nailing your business presentation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/5-tips-nail-next-business-presentation\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p>The first thing you\u2019ll need to do is to open PowerPoint. When you do, you are shown the <strong>Start Menu<\/strong>, with the <strong>Home<\/strong> tab open.<\/p><p>This is where you can choose either a blank theme (1) or a pre-built theme (2). You can also choose to open an existing presentation (3).<\/p><p>For now, go ahead and click on the\u00a0<strong>Blank Presentation (1)<\/strong>\u00a0thumbnail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c83db7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c83db7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42077\" alt=\"In the backstage view of PowerPoint you can create a new blank presentation, use a template, or open a recent file\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-1-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc7b772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc7b772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Doing so launches a brand new and blank presentation for you to work with. Before you start adding content to your presentation, let&#8217;s first familiarize ourselves with the PowerPoint interface.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f479ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f479ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The PowerPoint interface<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc3999 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcc3999\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42081\" alt=\"Picture of the different parts of the PowerPoint layout, including the Ribbon, thumbnail view, quick access toolbar, notes pane, etc.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-2-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-2-50x31.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5340bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5340bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here is how the program is laid out:<\/p><ol type=\"A\"><li>The Application Header<\/li><li>The Ribbon (including the Ribbon tabs)<\/li><li>The Quick Access Toolbar (either above or below the Ribbon)<\/li><li>The Slides Pane (slide thumbnails)<\/li><li>The Slide Area<\/li><li>The Notes Pane<\/li><li>The Status Bar (including the View Buttons)<\/li><\/ol><p>Each one of these areas has options for viewing certain parts of the PowerPoint environment and formatting your presentation.<\/p><p>Below are the important things to know about certain elements of the PowerPoint interface.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e03754e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e03754e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The PowerPoint Ribbon<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94d90a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"94d90a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-3.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42086\" alt=\"The PowerPoint Ribbon in the Microsoft Office Suite\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-3.1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-3.1-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-3.1-50x7.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-247325a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"247325a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ribbon is contextual. That means that it will adapt to what you\u2019re doing in the program.<\/p><p>For example, the Font, Paragraph and Drawing options are greyed out until you select something that has text in it, as in the example below (A).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f067b9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f067b9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42088\" alt=\"Example of the Shape Format tab in PowerPoint and all of the subsequent commands assoicated with that tab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-4.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-4-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-4-50x20.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9a085 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b9a085\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Furthermore, if you start manipulating certain objects, the Ribbon will display additional tabs, as seen above (B), with more commands and features to help you work with those objects. The following objects have their own additional tabs in the Ribbon which are hidden until you select them:<\/p><ul><li>Tables<\/li><li>Pictures<\/li><li>Online Pictures<\/li><li>Screenshots<\/li><li>Shapes<\/li><li>Icons<\/li><li>3D Models<\/li><li>SmartArt<\/li><li>Charts<\/li><li>Zoom<\/li><li>Text Boxes<\/li><li>WordArt<\/li><li>Equations<\/li><li>Video<\/li><li>Audio<\/li><li>Screen Recording<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e85c49b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e85c49b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Slides Pane<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f915ed1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f915ed1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42092\" alt=\"The slides pane in PowerPoint is on the left side of your workspace\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-5.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-5-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-5-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70402c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70402c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is where you can preview and rearrange all the slides in your presentation.<\/p><p><strong>Right-clicking on a slide<\/strong>\u00a0in the pane gives you additional options on the slide level that you won\u2019t find on the Ribbon, such as\u00a0<strong>Duplicate Slide<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Delete Slide<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Hide Slide<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f070734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f070734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42093\" alt=\"Right clicking a PowerPoint slide in the thumbnail view gives you a variety of options like adding new slides, adding sections, changing the layout, etc.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-6.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-6-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-6-50x26.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1731d00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1731d00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition, you can add sections to your presentation by\u00a0<strong>right-clicking anywhere in this Pane<\/strong>\u00a0and selecting\u00a0<strong>Add Section<\/strong>. Sections are extremely helpful in large presentations, as they allow you to organize your slides into chunks that you can then rearrange, print or display differently from other slides.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd1bca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd1bca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Slide Area<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-254eacd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"254eacd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42097\" alt=\"Content added to your PowerPoint slides will only display if it&#039;s on the slide area, marked here by the letter A\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-7.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-7-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-7-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3c746c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3c746c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Slide Area (A) is where you will build out your slides. Anything within the bounds of this area will be visible when you present or print your presentation.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Anything outside of this area (B) will be hidden from view. This means that you can place things here, such as instructions for each slide, without worrying about them being shown to your audience.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac5852e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac5852e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Notes Pane<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a13c1e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a13c1e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42098\" alt=\"The notes pane in PowerPoint is located at the bottom of your screen and is where you can type your speaker notes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-8.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-8-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-8-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc4134d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc4134d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The<strong>\u00a0Notes Pane<\/strong>\u00a0is the space beneath the Slide Area where you can type in the speaker notes for each slide. It\u2019s designed as a fast way to add and edit your slides\u2019 talking points.<\/p><p>To expand your knowledge and learn more about adding, printing, and exporting your PowerPoint speaker notes, <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/how-to-add-speaker-notes-in-powerpoint\/\">read our guide here<\/a>.<\/p><p>Your speaker notes are visible when you print your slides using the <strong>Notes Pages <\/strong>option and when you use the <strong>Presenter View<\/strong>. To expand your knowledge and learn the ins and outs of using the <strong>Presenter View<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/start-slideshow\/\">read our guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a592b00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a592b00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42121\" alt=\"You can click and drag to resize the notes pane at the bottom of your PowerPoint screen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-9.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-9-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-9-50x10.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e189e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26e189e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can resize the\u00a0<strong>Notes Pane<\/strong>\u00a0by clicking on its edge and dragging it up or down (A). You can also minimize or reopen it by clicking on the Notes button in the Status Bar (B).<\/p><p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Not all text formatting displays in the Notes Pane, even though it will show up when printing your speaker notes. To learn more about printing PowerPoint with notes, <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/print-powerpoint-with-notes\/\">read our guide here<\/a>.<\/p><p>Now that you have a basic grasp of the PowerPoint interface at your disposal, it\u2019s time to make your presentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e968dab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e968dab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Adding Content to Your PowerPoint Presentation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c272bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c272bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Notice that in the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Slide Area<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">, there are two rectangles with dotted outlines. These are called&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Placeholders&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">and they\u2019re set on the template in the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Slide Master View<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p>To expand your knowledge and learn how to create a PowerPoint template of your own (which is no small task), <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/how-to-create-a-powerpoint-template\/\">read our guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78664f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78664f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42125\" alt=\"Click into your content placeholders and start typing text, just as the prompt suggests\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-10.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-10-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-10-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8238abd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8238abd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As the prompt text suggests, you can click into each placeholder and start typing text. These types of placeholder prompts are customizable too. That means that if you are using a company template, it might say something different, but the functionality is the same.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c1c853 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c1c853\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42126\" alt=\"Example of typing text into a content placeholder in PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-11.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-11-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-11-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b1b200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b1b200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0For the purposes of this example, I will create a presentation based on the content in the Starbucks 2018 Global Social Impact Report, which is available to the public on their website.<\/p><p>If you type in more text than there is room for, PowerPoint will automatically reduce its font size. You can stop this behavior by clicking on the\u00a0<strong>Autofit Options<\/strong>\u00a0icon to the left of the placeholder and selecting\u00a0<strong>Stop Fitting Text to this Placeholder<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Next, you can make formatting adjustments to your text by selecting the commands in the <strong>Font area<\/strong> and the\u00a0<strong>Paragraph area<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>Home\u00a0<\/strong>tab\u00a0of the Ribbon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9ff16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e9ff16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-12.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42130\" alt=\"Use the formatting options on the Home tab to choose the formatting of your text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-12.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-12.1-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-12.1-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d435b16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d435b16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Reset Command:<\/strong>\u00a0If you make any changes to your title and decide you want to go back to how it was originally, you can use the <strong>Reset<\/strong> button up in the <strong>Home tab<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a35969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a35969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42131\" alt=\"Hitting the reset command on the home tab resets your slide formatting to match your template\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-13.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-13-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-13-50x18.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46aa87c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46aa87c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Insert More Slides into Your Presentation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41f6fe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41f6fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now that you have your title slide filled in, it\u2019s time to add more slides. To do that, simply go up to the\u00a0<strong>Home tab<\/strong>\u00a0and click on\u00a0<strong>New Slide<\/strong>. This inserts a new slide in your presentation right after the one you were on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e8fba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66e8fba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42165\" alt=\"To insert a new slide in PowerPoint, on the home tab click the New Slide command\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-14.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-14-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-14-50x23.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0621ae2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0621ae2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can alternatively hit<strong> Ctrl+M<\/strong> on your keyboard to insert a new blank slide in PowerPoint. To learn more about this shortcut, see my guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/ctrl-m\/\">using Ctrl+M in PowerPoint<\/a>.<\/p><p>Instead of clicking the <strong>New Slide<\/strong> command, you can also open the New Slide dropdown to see all the slide layouts in your PowerPoint template. Depending on who created your template, your layouts in this dropdown can be radically different.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-677cae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"677cae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42166\" alt=\"Opening the new slide dropdown you can see all the slide layouts in your PowerPoint template\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-15.jpg 550w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-15-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-15-50x37.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-778ca0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"778ca0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you insert a layout and later want to change it to a different layout, you can use the <strong>Layout<\/strong> dropdown instead of the <strong>New Slide<\/strong> dropdown.<\/p><p>After inserting a few different slide layouts, your presentation might look like the following picture. Don&#8217;t worry that it looks blank, next we will start adding content to your presentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc67600 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc67600\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-16.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42167\" alt=\"Example of a number of different blank slide layouts inserting in a PowerPoint presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-16.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-16-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-16-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f58be27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f58be27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you want to follow along exactly with me, your five slides should be as follows:<\/p><ol><li>Title Slide<\/li><li>Title and Content<\/li><li>Section Header<\/li><li>Two Content<\/li><li>Picture with Caption<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4d1cdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4d1cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Adding Content to Your Slides<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de5c98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7de5c98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now let\u2019s go into each slide and start adding our content. You\u2019ll notice some new types of placeholders.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e78663c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e78663c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42169\" alt=\"Use the icons within a content placeholder to insert things like tables, charts, SmartArt, Pictures, etc.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-17.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-17-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-17-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87c04cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87c04cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On slide 2 we have a\u00a0<strong>Content Placeholder<\/strong>, which allows you to add any kind of content. That includes:<\/p><ul><li>Text,<\/li><li>A table,<\/li><li>A chart,<\/li><li>A SmartArt graphic,<\/li><li>A 3D object,<\/li><li>A picture,<\/li><li>A picture from the web,<\/li><li>A video,<\/li><li>Or an icon.<\/li><\/ul><p>To insert text, simply type it in or hit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/copy-shortcut\/\"><strong>Ctrl+C<\/strong> to Copy<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/paste-shortcut\/\"><strong>Ctrl+V <\/strong>to Paste<\/a>\u00a0from elsewhere. To insert any of the other objects, click on the appropriate icon and follow the steps to insert it.<\/p><p>For my example, I\u2019ll simply type in some text as you can see in the picture below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6537364 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6537364\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42170\" alt=\"Example typing bulleted text in a content placeholder in PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-18.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-18-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-18-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5ea42e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5ea42e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Slides 3 and 4 only have text placeholders, so I\u2019ll go ahead and add in my text into each one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245ebcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"245ebcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42171\" alt=\"Examples of text typed into a divider slide and a title and content slide in PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-19.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-19-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-19-50x18.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1456d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1456d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On slide 5 we have a <strong>Picture Placeholder<\/strong>. That means that the only elements that can go into it are:<\/p><ul><li>A picture<\/li><li>A picture from the web<\/li><li>An icon<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a04914e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a04914e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42172\" alt=\"A picture placeholder in PowerPoint can only take an image or an icon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-20.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-20-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-20-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47cda59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47cda59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To insert a picture into the picture placeholder, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Click on the\u00a0<strong>Picture\u00a0<\/strong>icon<\/li><li><strong>Find\u00a0<\/strong>a picture on your computer and select it<\/li><li>Click on\u00a0<strong>Insert<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p>Alternatively, if you already have a picture open somewhere else, you can select the placeholder and paste in (shortcut: <strong>Ctrl+V<\/strong>) the picture. You can also drag the picture in from a file explorer window.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c64f286 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c64f286\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42173\" alt=\"To insert a picture into a picture placeholder, click the picture icon, find your picture on your computer and click insert\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-21.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-21-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-21-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae9eabf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae9eabf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you do not like the background of the picture you inserted onto your slide, you can remove the background here in PowerPoint. To see how to do this, <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/remove-background-from-image\/\">read my guide here<\/a>.<\/p><p>Placeholders aren\u2019t the only way to add content to your slides. At any point, you can use the <strong>Insert tab<\/strong> to add elements to your slides.<\/p><p>You can use either the <strong>Title Only<\/strong>\u00a0or the\u00a0<strong>Blank\u00a0<\/strong>slide layout to create slides for content that&#8217;s different. For example, a three-layout content slide, or a single picture divider slide, as shown below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e929413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e929413\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-22.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42174\" alt=\"Example slides using PowerPoint icons and background pictures\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-22.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-22-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-22-50x16.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb5192 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebb5192\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the first example above, I\u2019ve inserted 6 text boxes, 3 icons, and 3 circles to create this layout. In the second example, I\u2019ve inserted a full-sized picture and then 2 shapes and 2 text boxes.<\/p><p><strong>The Reset Command:<\/strong>\u00a0Because these slides are built with shapes and text boxes (and not placeholders), hitting the\u00a0<strong>Reset<\/strong> button up in the\u00a0<strong>Home\u00a0tab<\/strong>\u00a0won\u2019t do anything.<\/p><p>That is a good thing if you don\u2019t want your layouts to adjust. However, it does mean that it falls on you to make sure everything is aligned and positioned correctly.<\/p><p>For more on how to add and manipulate the different objects in PowerPoint, check out our step-by-step articles here:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-graphics\/\">Using graphics in PowerPoint<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-icons\/\">Inserting icons onto slides<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-pictures\/\">Adding pictures to your PowerPoint<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/how-to-embed-a-video-in-powerpoint\/\">How to embed a video in PowerPoint<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/how-to-add-music-to-powerpoint\/\">How to add music to your presentation<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d46ebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d46ebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Using Designer to generate more layouts ideas<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-899d604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"899d604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have Office 365, your version of PowerPoint comes with a new feature called Designer (or Design Ideas). This is a feature that generates slide layout ideas for you. The coolest thing about this feature is that it uses the content you already have.<\/p><p>To use <strong>Designer<\/strong>, simply navigate to the\u00a0<strong>Design tab<\/strong>\u00a0in your Ribbon, and click on\u00a0<strong>Design Ideas<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-573a79d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"573a79d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-23.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42175\" alt=\"To use Designer on your slides, click the\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-23.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-23-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-23-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6207c03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6207c03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NOTE: <\/strong>If the PowerPoint Designer is not working for you (it is grey out), <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-design-ideas-not-working\/\">see my troubleshooting guide for Designer<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86e2135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"86e2135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"49188\" class=\"elementor elementor-49188\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-389aa92e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"389aa92e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-660b31d\" data-id=\"660b31d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d7947a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74d7947a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Take your PPT skills to the next level<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e10034f\" data-id=\"2e10034f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f6a61e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55f6a61e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBreak free from PowerPoint struggle and reclaim your time. Amplify your PowerPoint knowledge with proven advanced methods taught in the\u00a0PowerPoint Pro Membership.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc35d25 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc35d25\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04377e3\" data-id=\"04377e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a0a646 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1a0a646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/join-powerpoint-pro-membership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BECOME A MEMBER<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86026f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86026f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Change the Overall Design (optional)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87130ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87130ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you make a PowerPoint presentation, you&#8217;ll want to think about the overall design. Now that you have some content in your presentation, you can use the <strong>Design tab<\/strong> to change the look and feel of your slides.<\/p><p>For additional help thinking through the design of your presentation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/presentation-design-tips-that-work\/\">read my guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d2afb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5d2afb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A. Picking your PowerPoint slide size<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b718166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b718166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have PowerPoint 2013 or later, when you create a blank document in PowerPoint, you automatically start with a widescreen layout with a 16:9 ratio. These dimensions are suitable for most presentations as they match the screens of most computers and projectors.<\/p><p>However, you do have the option to change the dimensions.<\/p><p>For example, your presentation might not be presented, but instead converted into a PDF or printed and distributed. In that case, you can easily switch to the standard dimensions with a 4:3 ratio by selecting from the dropdown (A).<\/p><p>You can also choose a custom slide size or change the slide orientation from landscape to portrait in the <strong>Custom Slide Size<\/strong> dialog box (B).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ddc91b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ddc91b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-24.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42183\" alt=\"To change your slide size, click the Design tab, open the slide size dropdown and choose a size or custom slide size\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-24.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-24-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-24-50x21.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3cb4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b3cb4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To learn all about the different PowerPoint slide sizes, and some of the issues you will face when changing the slide size of a non-blank presentation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-slide-size\/\">read my guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a64fdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a64fdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">&nbsp;B. Selecting a PowerPoint theme<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02e29f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02e29f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The next thing you can do is change the theme of your presentation to a pre-built one. For a detailed explanation of what a PowerPoint theme is, and how to best use it,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-themes\/\">read my article here<\/a>.<\/p><p>In the beginning of this tutorial, we started with a blank presentation, which uses the default Office theme as you can see in the picture below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c14c63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c14c63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-25.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42189\" alt=\"All PowerPoint presentations start with the default Microsoft Office theme\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-25.jpg 550w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-25-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-25-50x26.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d02cca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d02cca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That gives you the most flexibility because it has a blank background and quite simple layouts that work for most presentations. However, it also means that it\u2019s your responsibility to enhance the design.<\/p><p>If you\u2019re comfortable with this, you can stay with the default theme or create your own custom theme (<a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/custom-powerpoint-theme\/\">read my guide here<\/a>). But if you would rather not have to think about design, then you can choose a pre-designed theme.<\/p><p>Microsoft provides 46 other pre-built themes, which include slide layouts, color variants and palettes, and fonts. Each one varies quite significantly, so make sure you look through them carefully.<\/p><p>To select a different theme, go to the\u00a0<strong>Design tab\u00a0<\/strong>in the Ribbon, and click on the\u00a0<strong>dropdown arrow<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Themes section<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8d9051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8d9051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-26.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42190\" alt=\"On the Design tab you will find all of the default PowerPoint templates that come with the Microsoft Office Suite\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-26.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-26-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-26-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed758b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed758b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For this tutorial, let\u2019s select the\u00a0<strong>Frame\u00a0<\/strong>theme and then choose the third <strong>Variant <\/strong>in the theme. Doing so changes the layout, colors, and fonts of your presentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ed61d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ed61d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-27.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42191\" alt=\"Example choosing the Frame PowerPoint theme and the third variant of this powerpoint presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-27.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-27-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-27-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-730b613 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"730b613\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The theme dropdown area is also where you can import or save custom themes. To see my favorite places to find professional PowerPoint templates and themes (and recommendations for why I like them), <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/best-places-for-professional-powerpoint-templates\/\">read my guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c32a39c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c32a39c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">C. How to change a slide background in PowerPoint<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41862a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41862a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The next thing to decide is how you want your background to look for the entire presentation. In the\u00a0<strong>Variants<\/strong> area, you can see four background options.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d800a04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d800a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-28.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42192\" alt=\"To change the background style of your presentation, on the Design tab, find the Background Styles options and choose a style\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-28-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-28-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd2b21c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd2b21c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For this example, we want our presentation to have a dark background, so let\u2019s select Style 3. When you do so, you\u2019ll notice that:<\/p><ul><li>The background color automatically changes across all slides<\/li><li>The color of the text on most of the slides automatically changes to white so that it\u2019s visible on the dark background<\/li><li>The colors of the objects on slides #6 and #7 also adjust, in a way we may not want (we\u2019ll likely have to make some manual adjustments to these slides)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89be5c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89be5c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-29.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42193\" alt=\"What our PowerPoint presentation looks like now that we have selected a theme, a variant, and a background style\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-29.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-29-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-29-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e64584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e64584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you want to change the slide background for just that one slide, don\u2019t left-click the style. Instead, right-click it and select <strong>Apply to Selected Slides<\/strong>.<\/p><p>After you change the background for your entire presentation, you can easily adjust the background for an individual slide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e341e38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e341e38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-30.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42194\" alt=\"You can either right-click a PowerPoint slide and select format background or navigate to the design tab and click the format background command\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-30.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-30-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-30-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c266c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c266c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-31.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42198\" alt=\"The format background pane in PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-31.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-31-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-31-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b9afed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b9afed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Inside the <b>Format Background<\/b> pane, you can see you have the following options:<\/p><ol><li>Solid fill<\/li><li>Gradient fill<\/li><li>Picture or texture fill<\/li><li>Pattern fill<\/li><li>Hide background<\/li><\/ol><p>You can explore these options to find the PowerPoint background that best fits your presentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ad3400 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5ad3400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c71cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78c71cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D. How to change your color palette in PowerPoint<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f46b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21f46b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Another thing you may want to adjust in your presentation, is the color scheme. In the picture below you can see the Theme Colors we are currently using for this presentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85a41e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85a41e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-32.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42202\" alt=\"Example of the theme colors we are currently using with this presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-32.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-32.1-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-32.1-50x20.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa2e795 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa2e795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each PowerPoint theme comes with its own color palette. By default, the Office theme includes the Office color palette. This affects the colors you are presented with when you format any element within your presentation (text, shapes, SmartArt, etc.).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6568d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6568d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-33.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42203\" alt=\"To change the theme color for your presentation, select the Design tab, open the Colors options and choose the colors you want to use\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-33.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-33-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-33-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-191279d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"191279d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The good news is that the colors here are easy to change. To switch color palettes, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Go to the\u00a0<strong>Design tab <\/strong> in the Ribbon<\/li><li>In the <strong>Variants<\/strong> area, click on the\u00a0<strong>dropdown arrow<\/strong>\u00a0and select\u00a0<strong>Colors<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Select\u00a0<\/strong>the color palette (or theme colors) you want<\/li><\/ol><p>You can choose among the pre-built color palettes from Office, or you can customize them to create your own.<\/p><p>As you build your presentation, make sure you use the colors from your theme to format objects. That way, changing the color palette adjusts all the colors in your presentation automatically.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-983fd76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"983fd76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">E. How to change your fonts in PowerPoint<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f058ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f058ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Just as we changed the color palette, you can do the same for the fonts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10520dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10520dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-34.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42204\" alt=\"Example of custom theme fonts that might come with a powerpoint template\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-34.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-34-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-34-50x21.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-921e735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"921e735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each PowerPoint theme comes with its own font combination. By default, the Office theme includes the Office font pairing. This affects the fonts that are automatically assigned to all text in your presentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d1666 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49d1666\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-35.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42205\" alt=\"To change the default fonts for your presentation, from the design tab, find the fonts dropdown and select the pair of fonts you want to use\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-35.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-35-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-35-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0127d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0127d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The good news is that the font pairings are easy to change. To switch your Theme Fonts, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Go to the\u00a0<strong>Design tab<\/strong>\u00a0in the Ribbon<\/li><li>Click on the\u00a0<strong>dropdown arrow<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Variants\u00a0<\/strong>area<\/li><li>Select\u00a0<strong>Fonts<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Select\u00a0<\/strong>the font pairing you want<\/li><\/ol><p>You can choose among the pre-built fonts from Office, or you can customize them to create your own.<\/p><p>If you are working with PowerPoint presentations on both Mac and PC computers, make sure you choose a safe PowerPoint font. To see a list of the safest PowerPoint fonts, <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/safe-fonts-powerpoint\/\">read our guide here<\/a>.<\/p><p>If you receive a PowerPoint presentation and the wrong fonts were used, you can use the <strong>Replace Fonts<\/strong> dialog box to change the fonts across your entire presentation. For details, <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-change-font-all-slides\/\">read our guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-204a8a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"204a8a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Adding Animations &amp; Transitions (optional)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160d3c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"160d3c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The final step to make a PowerPoint presentation compelling, is to consider using animations and transitions. These are by no means necessary to a good presentation, but they may be helpful in your situation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85599d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"85599d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A. Adding PowerPoint animations<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-162e6ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"162e6ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PowerPoint has an incredibly robust animations engine designed to power your creativity. That being said, it\u2019s also easy to get started with basic animations.<\/p><p>Animations are movements that you can apply to individual objects on your slide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb54e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb54e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-36.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42209\" alt=\"To add an animation to an object in PowerPoint, first select the object and then use the Animations tab to select an animation type\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-36.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-36-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-36-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9fa3d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9fa3d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To add a PowerPoint animation to an element of your slide, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Select the\u00a0<strong>element<\/strong><\/li><li>Go to the\u00a0<strong>Animations\u00a0tab<\/strong> in the Ribbon<\/li><li>Click on the\u00a0<strong>dropdown arrow<\/strong>\u00a0to view your options<\/li><li>Select the\u00a0<strong>animation\u00a0<\/strong>you want<\/li><\/ol><p>You can add animations to multiple objects at one time by selecting them all first and then applying the animation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01aeb39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01aeb39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">B. How to preview a PowerPoint animation<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9781cc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9781cc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-37.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42229\" alt=\"There are three ways to preview a PowerPoint animation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-37.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-37-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-37-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6793b88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6793b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are three ways to preview a PowerPoint animation:<\/p><ol><li>Click on the <strong>Preview<\/strong> button in the Animations tab<\/li><li>Click on the little <strong>star\u00a0<\/strong> next to the slide<\/li><li>Play the slide in <strong>Slide Show Mode<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p>To learn other ways to run your slide show, see our guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/start-slideshow\/\">presenting a PowerPoint slide show with shortcuts<\/a>.<\/p><p>To adjust the settings of your animations, explore the options in the\u00a0<strong>Effect Options<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Advanced Animation<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Timing\u00a0<\/strong>areas of the\u00a0<strong>Animation tab<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a43cacc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a43cacc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-38.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42231\" alt=\"The Animations tab allows you to adjust the effects and timings of your animations in PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-38.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-38-300x36.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-38-50x6.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a94abbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a94abbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you want to add a second animation to an object you&#8217;ve already animated, make sure you use the\u00a0<strong>Add Animation<\/strong>\u00a0dropdown in the\u00a0<strong>Animations tab<\/strong>. If you don&#8217;t, your original animation will be overwritten and you&#8217;ll wonder what went wrong.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8b726e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8b726e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-39.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42232\" alt=\"When adding a second animation to an object in PowerPoint, use the Add Animation dropdown on the Animations tab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-39.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-39-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-39-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02df1c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02df1c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0To see how to make objects appear and disappear in your slides by clicking a button,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/triggers-for-appear-disappear-animations-in-powerpoint\/\">read our guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b9a5b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b9a5b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">C. How to manage your animations in PowerPoint<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d909c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d909c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-40.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42237\" alt=\"You can see the animations applied to your objects by the little numbers in the upper right-hand corner of the objects\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-40.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-40-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-40-50x20.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e3022e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e3022e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The best way to manage lots of animations on your slide is with the <strong>Animation Pane<\/strong>. To open it, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Navigate to the\u00a0<strong>Animations tab<\/strong><\/li><li>Select the\u00a0<strong>Animation Pane<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p>Inside the Animation Pane, you&#8217;ll see all of the different animations that have been applied to objects on your slide, with their numbers marked as pictured above.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f251088 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f251088\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> To see examples of PowerPoint animations that can use in PowerPoint, see our list of <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/article-categories\/animations\/\">PowerPoint animation tutorials here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8338a0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8338a0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D. How to add transitions to your PowerPoint presentation<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df0332c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df0332c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PowerPoint has an incredibly robust transition engine so that you can dictate how your slides change from one to the other. It is also extremely easy to add transitions to your slides.<\/p><p>In PowerPoint, transitions are the movements (or effects) you see as you move between two slides.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9571a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9571a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-41.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42238\" alt=\"To add a transition to a slide, select the slide, navigate to the transitions tab in PowerPoint and select your transition\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-41.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-41-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-41-50x21.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb4b7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eb4b7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To add a transition to a PowerPoint slide, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Select the\u00a0<strong>slide<\/strong><\/li><li>Go to the\u00a0<strong>Transitions\u00a0tab<\/strong> in the Ribbon<\/li><li>In the <strong>Transitions to This Slide<\/strong> area, click on the\u00a0<strong>dropdown arrow<\/strong>\u00a0to view your options<\/li><li>Select the\u00a0<strong>transition\u00a0<\/strong>you want<\/li><\/ol><p>To adjust the settings of the transition, explore the options in the\u00a0<strong>Timing\u00a0<\/strong>area of the Transitions tab.<\/p><p>You can also add the same transition to multiple slides. To do that, select them in the\u00a0<strong>Slides Pane<\/strong>\u00a0and apply the transition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbee44c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbee44c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">E. How to preview a transition in PowerPoint<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-323a4a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"323a4a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-42.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42239\" alt=\"There are three ways to preview a transition in PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-42.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-42-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-42-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23944e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23944e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are three ways to preview your PowerPoint transitions (just like your animations):<\/p><ol><li>Click on the <strong>Preview\u00a0<\/strong>button in the Transitions tab<\/li><li>Click on the little <strong>star\u00a0<\/strong>beneath the slide number in the thumbnail view<\/li><li>Play the slide in <strong>Slide Show Mode<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2856e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a2856e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0In 2016, PowerPoint added a cool new transition, called Morph. It operates a bit differently from other transitions. For a detailed tutorial on how to use the cool Morph transition,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-morph-transition-like-prezi\/\">see our step-by-step article here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d4058f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d4058f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Save Your PowerPoint Presentation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245d8cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"245d8cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After you&#8217;ve built your presentation and made all the adjustments to your slides, you&#8217;ll want to save your presentation. YOu can do this several different ways.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abcda79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abcda79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-43.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42244\" alt=\"Click the file tab, select Save As, choose where you want to save your presentation and then click save\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-43.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-43-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-43-50x34.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268e7fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"268e7fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To save a PowerPoint presentation using your Ribbon, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Navigate to the\u00a0<strong>File\u00a0tab<\/strong><\/li><li>\u00a0Select\u00a0<strong>Save As<\/strong>\u00a0on the left<\/li><li><strong>Choose\u00a0<\/strong>where you want to save your presentation<\/li><li><strong>Name\u00a0<\/strong>your presentation and\/or adjust your file type settings<\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p>You can alternatively use the\u00a0<strong>Ctrl+S <\/strong>keyboard shortcut to save your presentation. I recommend using this shortcut frequently as you build your presentation to make sure you don&#8217;t lose any of your work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6340e26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6340e26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-44.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42246\" alt=\"The save shortcut is control plus s in PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-44.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-44-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-44-50x10.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d498b91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d498b91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNow that your presentation is saved to that location on your computer, you can open, present, and send tit to others. Below is an example of what your presentation will look like in a file folder.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b20549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b20549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-45.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42247\" alt=\"Example of a PowerPoint presentation saved on your computer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-45.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-45-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-45-50x24.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f97e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f97e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is the standard way to save a presentation. However, there may be a situation where you want to save your presentation as a different file type.<\/p><p>To learn how to save your presentation as a PDF, see our guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/ppt-to-pdf\/\">converting PowerPoint to a PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c34e3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c34e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to save your PowerPoint presentation as a template<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cde8ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cde8ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once you\u2019ve created a presentation that you like, you may want to turn it into a template. The easiest &#8211; but not technically correct &#8211; way, is to simply create a copy of your current presentation and then change the content.<\/p><p>But be careful! A PowerPoint template is a special type of document and it has its own parameters and behaviors.<\/p><p>If you\u2019re interested in learning about how to create your own PowerPoint template from scratch, see our guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/how-to-create-a-powerpoint-template\/\">how to create a PowerPoint template<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d24c945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d24c945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Printing Your PowerPoint Presentation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f021e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57f021e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After finishing your PowerPoint presentation, you may want to print it out on paper. Printing your slides is relatively easy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389fc5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"389fc5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-46.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42248\" alt=\"The print shortcut is control plus P in PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-46.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-46-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-46-50x10.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca86ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ca86ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To open the Print dialog box, you can either:<\/p><ol><li>Hit <strong>Ctrl+P<\/strong> on your keyboard<\/li><li>Or go to the Ribbon and click on <strong>File<\/strong> and then <strong>Print<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7858f6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7858f6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-47.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42249\" alt=\"In the Print dialog box, make your selections for how you want to print your PowerPoint presentation, then click print\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-47.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-47-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-47-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aab3924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aab3924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Inside the <strong>Print<\/strong> dialog box, you can choose from the various printing settings:<\/p><ol><li><strong>Printer:<\/strong> Select a printer to use (or print to PDF or OneNote)<\/li><li><strong>Slides:<\/strong> Choose which slides you want to print<\/li><li><strong>Layout:<\/strong> Determine how many slides you want per page (this is where you can print the notes, outline, and handouts)<\/li><li><strong>Collated or uncollated<\/strong> (learn what collated printing means <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/what-does-collate-mean\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li><li><strong>Color:<\/strong> Choose to print in color, grayscale or black &amp; white<\/li><\/ol><p>There are many more options for printing your PowerPoint presentations. Here are links to more in-depth articles:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/how-to-print-multiple-slides-on-one-page\/\">How to print multiple slides per page<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/print-powerpoint-with-notes\/\">How to print your speaker notes in PowerPoint<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/protect-your-powerpoint-presentation\/\">How to save PowerPoint as a picture presentation<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b199b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68b199b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67ccb0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67ccb0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So that&#8217;s how to create a PowerPoint presentation if you are brand new to it. We&#8217;ve also included a ton of links to helpful resources to boost your PowerPoint skills further.<\/p><p>When you are creating your presentation, it is critical to first focus on the content (what you are trying to say) before getting lost inserting and playing with elements.\u00a0The clearer you are on what you want to present, the easier it will be to build it out in PowerPoint.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">If you enjoyed this article, you can learn more about our PowerPoint training courses and other presentation resources by\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/\">visiting us here<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"f8997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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