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Basic tasks for creating a PowerPoint presentation

Create a basic presentation in four steps​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Add, rearrange, duplicate and delete slides

Change the size of your slides

Change the page orientation in PowerPoint between landscape and portrait

Add a hyperlink to a slide

Basic tasks for creating a PowerPoint presentation

Format text as superscript or subscript

Use keyboard shortcuts to create your presentation

Save your presentation file

Print slides with or without speaker notes

Start the presentation and see your notes in Presenter view

Create a self-running presentation

Add speaker notes to your slides

View your speaker notes as you deliver your slide show

Use keyboard shortcuts to deliver your presentation

Create and save a PowerPoint template

Create your own theme in PowerPoint

Combining colors in PowerPoint – Mistakes to avoid

Save a slide design (theme) as a template

What is a slide master?

Remove or change the current theme

Use multiple themes in one presentation

Change the fonts

Add a background picture (or watermark) to slides

Animate text or objects

Apply multiple animation effects to more than one object

Change the background of slides

Add, change, or remove transitions between slides

Play music and other sounds automatically when a slide appears

Insert clip art

Insert pictures

Insert Excel data in PowerPoint

Use charts and graphs in your presentation

Make or find pictures in Microsoft 365

Turn your presentation into a video

Video and audio file formats supported in PowerPoint

Play music for the duration of your slide show

Add or delete audio in your presentation

Insert or link to a video on YouTube

Add an animated GIF to a slide

Add and play a video in a presentation

Tips for improving audio and video playback and compatibility

Are you having video or audio playback issues?

Work on a presentation at the same time as other people

Use comments in a presentation

Track changes in your presentation

Email your presentation to others

Turn your presentation into a video

Open a presentation created in a different version of PowerPoint

Compatibility Checker

Help prevent changes to a final version of a file

Remove hidden data and personal information by inspecting presentations

View or change the properties of a Microsoft 365 file

Slides: slide numbers, date, and footer

Handouts: page numbers, footers, and headers

Notes pages: page numbers, footers, and headers

Change the fonts in a footer on a slide

Why can't I select and change the text in the footer?

View or change the properties for a Microsoft 365 file

Save your presentation file

Save a presentation in a different file format

Insert PDF file content into a PowerPoint presentation

Use PowerPoint to open or save a presentation in the OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) format