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How to Create a PowerPoint Presentation?

Are you new to Microsoft PowerPoint? You need not to worry about creating presentations in PowerPoint. Here is a step by step guide along with screenshots that helps you to create effective and professional looking presentations in no time.

Good presentations stand you out from the crowd and help you communicate your idea to the audience effectively.

Here are the steps are to create a PowerPoint Presentation:

1)   Getting Started

The first step is to open PowerPoint. You will see a blank screen with two boxes at the middle of the screen. You may to prompt to create a blank presentation and for that go to File and then click on New. If it does not ask you this, a blank presentation is automatically created.

2)   Select a Design

Now, decide what type of design you want for the presentation. Go to Design tab at the top of the page and scroll through the various options that are available before finalizing. Your selected design will be continued throughout the rest of your presentation. Also, you can have different designs for each slide.

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3)   Add titles and subtitles

Once your theme is loaded, click on “Click to add title” and “Click to add subtitle” boxes. This allows you to add title and subtitle to your presentation.

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4)   Add Slides

Click on “New Slide” button in the Slides tab in Home button to create a new slide or you can also use the shortcut Ctrl + M to add slide. You can right-click the design you want for the slide and select Apply to Selected Slide and this will appear on the selected slide, while rest of the design will not change.

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5)   Continue adding pictures and text

You can add as many pictures and information as you want in your presentation. You can experiment with the designs and change at any time.

6)   Watch your Slide Show

To preview your slideshow, Go to View on the menu bar and then select Slide Show. You can use arrow keys to move from one slide to another. To go back to the design mode, simply hit Escape.

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These were the basic steps to create a PowerPoint Presentation. You can continue to experiment as many features as you want, leading to impressive presentations. If you want to add on some points, please share your opinions in the comments.

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