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How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Step-by-Step)

• PowerPoint Tutorials
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• January 22, 2024

In this beginner’s guide, you will learn step-by-step how to make a PowerPoint presentation from scratch.

While PowerPoint is designed to be intuitive and accessible, it can be overwhelming if you’ve never gotten any training on it before. As you progress through this guide, you’ll will learn how to move from blank slides to PowerPoint slides that look like these.

Table of Contents

Additionally, as you create your presentation, you’ll also learn tricks for working more efficiently in PowerPoint, including how to:

• Change the slide order
• Reset your layout
• Change the slide dimensions
• Use PowerPoint Designer
• Format text
• Format objects
• Play a presentation (slide show)

With this knowledge under your belt, you’ll be ready to start creating PowerPoint presentations. Moreover, you’ll have taken your skills from beginner to proficient in no time at all. I will also include links to more advanced PowerPoint topics.

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Start with a blank presentation.

Note: Before you open PowerPoint and start creating your presentation, make sure you’ve collected your thoughts. If you’re going to make your slides compelling, you need to spend some time brainstorming.

For help with this, see our article with tips for nailing your business presentation  here .

The first thing you’ll need to do is to open PowerPoint. When you do, you are shown the Start Menu , with the Home tab open.

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).

For now, go ahead and click on the  Blank Presentation (1)  thumbnail.

Doing so launches a brand new and blank presentation for you to work with. Before you start adding content to your presentation, let’s first familiarize ourselves with the PowerPoint interface.

The PowerPoint interface

Here is how the program is laid out:

• The Application Header
• The Ribbon (including the Ribbon tabs)
• The Quick Access Toolbar (either above or below the Ribbon)
• The Slides Pane (slide thumbnails)

The Slide Area

The notes pane.

• The Status Bar (including the View Buttons)

Each one of these areas has options for viewing certain parts of the PowerPoint environment and formatting your presentation.

Below are the important things to know about certain elements of the PowerPoint interface.

The PowerPoint Ribbon

The Ribbon is contextual. That means that it will adapt to what you’re doing in the program.

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).

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:

• Online Pictures
• Screenshots
• Screen Recording

The Slides Pane

This is where you can preview and rearrange all the slides in your presentation.

Right-clicking on a slide  in the pane gives you additional options on the slide level that you won’t find on the Ribbon, such as  Duplicate Slide ,  Delete Slide , and  Hide Slide .

In addition, you can add sections to your presentation by  right-clicking anywhere in this Pane  and selecting  Add Section . 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.

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.

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.

The  Notes Pane  is the space beneath the Slide Area where you can type in the speaker notes for each slide. It’s designed as a fast way to add and edit your slides’ talking points.

To expand your knowledge and learn more about adding, printing, and exporting your PowerPoint speaker notes, read our guide here .

Your speaker notes are visible when you print your slides using the Notes Pages option and when you use the Presenter View . To expand your knowledge and learn the ins and outs of using the Presenter View , read our guide here .

You can resize the  Notes Pane  by 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).

Note:  Not 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, read our guide here .

Now that you have a basic grasp of the PowerPoint interface at your disposal, it’s time to make your presentation.

Adding Content to Your PowerPoint Presentation

Notice that in the Slide Area , there are two rectangles with dotted outlines. These are called  Placeholders  and they’re set on the template in the Slide Master View .

To expand your knowledge and learn how to create a PowerPoint template of your own (which is no small task), read our guide here .

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.

Note:  For 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.

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  Autofit Options  icon to the left of the placeholder and selecting  Stop Fitting Text to this Placeholder .

Next, you can make formatting adjustments to your text by selecting the commands in the Font area and the  Paragraph area  of the  Home  tab of the Ribbon.

The Reset Command:  If you make any changes to your title and decide you want to go back to how it was originally, you can use the Reset button up in the Home tab .

Insert More Slides into Your Presentation

Now that you have your title slide filled in, it’s time to add more slides. To do that, simply go up to the  Home tab  and click on  New Slide . This inserts a new slide in your presentation right after the one you were on.

You can alternatively hit Ctrl+M on your keyboard to insert a new blank slide in PowerPoint. To learn more about this shortcut, see my guide on using Ctrl+M in PowerPoint .

Instead of clicking the New Slide 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.

If you insert a layout and later want to change it to a different layout, you can use the Layout dropdown instead of the New Slide dropdown.

After inserting a few different slide layouts, your presentation might look like the following picture. Don’t worry that it looks blank, next we will start adding content to your presentation.

If you want to follow along exactly with me, your five slides should be as follows:

• Title Slide
• Title and Content
• Section Header
• Two Content
• Picture with Caption

Adding Content to Your Slides

Now let’s go into each slide and start adding our content. You’ll notice some new types of placeholders.

On slide 2 we have a  Content Placeholder , which allows you to add any kind of content. That includes:

• A SmartArt graphic,
• A 3D object,
• A picture from the web,
• Or an icon.

To insert text, simply type it in or hit  Ctrl+C to Copy  and Ctrl+V to Paste  from elsewhere. To insert any of the other objects, click on the appropriate icon and follow the steps to insert it.

For my example, I’ll simply type in some text as you can see in the picture below.

Slides 3 and 4 only have text placeholders, so I’ll go ahead and add in my text into each one.

On slide 5 we have a Picture Placeholder . That means that the only elements that can go into it are:

• A picture from the web

To insert a picture into the picture placeholder, simply:

• Click on the  Picture  icon
• Find  a picture on your computer and select it
• Click on  Insert

Alternatively, if you already have a picture open somewhere else, you can select the placeholder and paste in (shortcut: Ctrl+V ) the picture. You can also drag the picture in from a file explorer window.

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, read my guide here .

Placeholders aren’t the only way to add content to your slides. At any point, you can use the Insert tab to add elements to your slides.

You can use either the Title Only  or the  Blank  slide layout to create slides for content that’s different. For example, a three-layout content slide, or a single picture divider slide, as shown below.

In the first example above, I’ve inserted 6 text boxes, 3 icons, and 3 circles to create this layout. In the second example, I’ve inserted a full-sized picture and then 2 shapes and 2 text boxes.

The Reset Command:  Because these slides are built with shapes and text boxes (and not placeholders), hitting the  Reset button up in the  Home tab  won’t do anything.

That is a good thing if you don’t want your layouts to adjust. However, it does mean that it falls on you to make sure everything is aligned and positioned correctly.

For more on how to add and manipulate the different objects in PowerPoint, check out our step-by-step articles here:

• Using graphics in PowerPoint
• Inserting icons onto slides
• Adding pictures to your PowerPoint
• How to embed a video in PowerPoint
• How to add music to your presentation

Using Designer to generate more layouts ideas

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.

To use Designer , simply navigate to the  Design tab  in your Ribbon, and click on  Design Ideas .

NOTE: If the PowerPoint Designer is not working for you (it is grey out), see my troubleshooting guide for Designer .

Change the Overall Design (optional)

When you make a PowerPoint presentation, you’ll want to think about the overall design. Now that you have some content in your presentation, you can use the Design tab to change the look and feel of your slides.

For additional help thinking through the design of your presentation,  read my guide here .

A. Picking your PowerPoint slide size

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.

However, you do have the option to change the dimensions.

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).

You can also choose a custom slide size or change the slide orientation from landscape to portrait in the Custom Slide Size dialog box (B).

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,  read my guide here .

 B. Selecting a PowerPoint theme

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,  read my article here .

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.

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’s your responsibility to enhance the design.

If you’re comfortable with this, you can stay with the default theme or create your own custom theme ( read my guide here ). But if you would rather not have to think about design, then you can choose a pre-designed theme.

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.

To select a different theme, go to the  Design tab  in the Ribbon, and click on the  dropdown arrow  in the  Themes section .

For this tutorial, let’s select the  Frame  theme and then choose the third Variant in the theme. Doing so changes the layout, colors, and fonts of your presentation.

Note: 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), read my guide here .

C. How to change a slide background in PowerPoint

The next thing to decide is how you want your background to look for the entire presentation. In the  Variants area, you can see four background options.

For this example, we want our presentation to have a dark background, so let’s select Style 3. When you do so, you’ll notice that:

• The background color automatically changes across all slides
• The color of the text on most of the slides automatically changes to white so that it’s visible on the dark background
• The colors of the objects on slides #6 and #7 also adjust, in a way we may not want (we’ll likely have to make some manual adjustments to these slides)

Note: If you want to change the slide background for just that one slide, don’t left-click the style. Instead, right-click it and select Apply to Selected Slides .

After you change the background for your entire presentation, you can easily adjust the background for an individual slide.

Inside the Format Background pane, you can see you have the following options:

• Gradient fill
• Picture or texture fill
• Pattern fill
• Hide background

You can explore these options to find the PowerPoint background that best fits your presentation.

D. How to change your color palette in PowerPoint

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.

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.).

The good news is that the colors here are easy to change. To switch color palettes, simply:

• Go to the  Design tab in the Ribbon
• In the Variants area, click on the  dropdown arrow  and select  Colors
• Select  the color palette (or theme colors) you want

You can choose among the pre-built color palettes from Office, or you can customize them to create your own.

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.

E. How to change your fonts in PowerPoint

Just as we changed the color palette, you can do the same for the fonts.

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.

The good news is that the font pairings are easy to change. To switch your Theme Fonts, simply:

• Go to the  Design tab  in the Ribbon
• Click on the  dropdown arrow  in the  Variants  area
• Select  Fonts
• Select  the font pairing you want

You can choose among the pre-built fonts from Office, or you can customize them to create your own.

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, read our guide here .

If you receive a PowerPoint presentation and the wrong fonts were used, you can use the Replace Fonts dialog box to change the fonts across your entire presentation. For details, read our guide here .

Adding Animations & Transitions (optional)

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.

A. Adding PowerPoint animations

PowerPoint has an incredibly robust animations engine designed to power your creativity. That being said, it’s also easy to get started with basic animations.

Animations are movements that you can apply to individual objects on your slide.

To add a PowerPoint animation to an element of your slide, simply:

• Select the  element
• Go to the  Animations tab in the Ribbon
• Click on the  dropdown arrow  to view your options
• Select the  animation  you want

You can add animations to multiple objects at one time by selecting them all first and then applying the animation.

B. How to preview a PowerPoint animation

There are three ways to preview a PowerPoint animation:

• Click on the Preview button in the Animations tab
• Click on the little star  next to the slide
• Play the slide in Slide Show Mode

To learn other ways to run your slide show, see our guide on presenting a PowerPoint slide show with shortcuts .

To adjust the settings of your animations, explore the options in the  Effect Options ,  Advanced Animation  and the  Timing  areas of the  Animation tab .

Note:  To see how to make objects appear and disappear in your slides by clicking a button,  read our guide here .

C. How to manage your animations in PowerPoint

The best way to manage lots of animations on your slide is with the Animation Pane . To open it, simply:

• Navigate to the  Animations tab
• Select the  Animation Pane

Inside the Animation Pane, you’ll see all of the different animations that have been applied to objects on your slide, with their numbers marked as pictured above.

Note: To see examples of PowerPoint animations that can use in PowerPoint, see our list of PowerPoint animation tutorials here .

D. How to add transitions to your PowerPoint presentation

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.

In PowerPoint, transitions are the movements (or effects) you see as you move between two slides.

To add a transition to a PowerPoint slide, simply:

• Select the  slide
• Go to the  Transitions tab in the Ribbon
• In the Transitions to This Slide area, click on the  dropdown arrow  to view your options
• Select the  transition  you want

To adjust the settings of the transition, explore the options in the  Timing  area of the Transitions tab.

You can also add the same transition to multiple slides. To do that, select them in the  Slides Pane  and apply the transition.

E. How to preview a transition in PowerPoint

There are three ways to preview your PowerPoint transitions (just like your animations):

• Click on the Preview  button in the Transitions tab
• Click on the little star  beneath the slide number in the thumbnail view

Note:  In 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,  see our step-by-step article here .

Save Your PowerPoint Presentation

After you’ve built your presentation and made all the adjustments to your slides, you’ll want to save your presentation. YOu can do this several different ways.

To save a PowerPoint presentation using your Ribbon, simply:

• Navigate to the  File tab
•  Select  Save As  on the left
• Choose  where you want to save your presentation
• Name  your presentation and/or adjust your file type settings
• Click  Save

You can alternatively use the  Ctrl+S keyboard shortcut to save your presentation. I recommend using this shortcut frequently as you build your presentation to make sure you don’t lose any of your work.

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.

To learn how to save your presentation as a PDF, see our guide on converting PowerPoint to a PDF .

How to save your PowerPoint presentation as a template

Once you’ve created a presentation that you like, you may want to turn it into a template. The easiest – but not technically correct – way, is to simply create a copy of your current presentation and then change the content.

But be careful! A PowerPoint template is a special type of document and it has its own parameters and behaviors.

If you’re interested in learning about how to create your own PowerPoint template from scratch, see our guide on how to create a PowerPoint template .

Printing Your PowerPoint Presentation

After finishing your PowerPoint presentation, you may want to print it out on paper. Printing your slides is relatively easy.

To open the Print dialog box, you can either:

• Hit Ctrl+P on your keyboard
• Or go to the Ribbon and click on File and then Print

Inside the Print dialog box, you can choose from the various printing settings:

• Printer: Select a printer to use (or print to PDF or OneNote)
• Slides: Choose which slides you want to print
• Layout: Determine how many slides you want per page (this is where you can print the notes, outline, and handouts)
• Collated or uncollated (learn what collated printing means here )
• Color: Choose to print in color, grayscale or black & white

There are many more options for printing your PowerPoint presentations. Here are links to more in-depth articles:

• How to print multiple slides per page
• How to print your speaker notes in PowerPoint
• How to save PowerPoint as a picture presentation

So that’s how to create a PowerPoint presentation if you are brand new to it. We’ve also included a ton of links to helpful resources to boost your PowerPoint skills further.

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. The clearer you are on what you want to present, the easier it will be to build it out in PowerPoint.

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How to Edit a PowerPoint Template

Last Updated: May 7, 2024

This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Darlene Antonelli, MA . Darlene Antonelli is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Darlene has experience teaching college courses, writing technology-related articles, and working hands-on in the technology field. She earned an MA in Writing from Rowan University in 2012 and wrote her thesis on online communities and the personalities curated in such communities. This article has been viewed 111,512 times. Learn more...

Templates can speed up the creation of projects, but they can also slow productivity down when they are slightly incorrect, out-of-date, or disorganized. This wikiHow article will show you how to control the look and feel of all of your slides by editing a template in PowerPoint on a computer.

• If you don’t have a PowerPoint template, you can search the web for one or create your own .

• For example, if you change the font on a text-based slide, the entire group’s font will change. In Slide Master view, you will see a menu of formatting options, like adding or removing the slide title and footers, changing the background styles , hiding or showing the background graphics , and changing the theme.
• You can add elements such as an image placeholder throughout your slideshow, like a logo. Use Insert Placeholder from the Slide Master menu to add an image or a text box that will appear in the same spot, with the same dimensions, throughout the slideshow.
• Using the Themes drop-down, you can apply a pre-made consistent color scheme and font. Since not all themes will work with your customized template, you can use the colors and font styles as inspiration. Use the Colors and Fonts drop-downs to further customize your template.

• From the File tab, select Save As .
• In the "Save as File Type" menu, choose PowerPoint template . It will save in your Custom Office Templates folder with a .potx extension. [2] X Research source
• Click Save after you’ve given the template a name.

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Headers and footers in PowerPoint are ideal for displaying descriptive content, such as slide numbers , author info, the date and time, and more. We'll show you how to easily insert or edit info in a header or footer in PowerPoint.

To insert headers and footers in PowerPoint, open your presentation, and then click "Insert."

In the "Text" group, click "Header and Footer."

When the window opens, you'll be in the "Slide" tab. You can select any of the following options to add them to your slides:

• Date and time
• Slide number

You might notice that there isn't an option for a header. This is because headers aren't actually available on slides, but there's a simple work-around for this we'll cover below.

Related: How to Add a Header or Footer to a Word Document

After you make your selections, you can see in the "Preview" on the right where they'll appear on the slide.

Type the text you want to appear in the footer in the text box under "Footer." You can select the "Don't Show on Title Slide" option if you don't want PowerPoint to add the text to the title slide of your presentation.

After you have everything the way you want it, click "Apply" to add your content to the currently selected slide. We clicked "Apply to All" to add our content to all slides in our presentation.

The content now appears at the bottom of the PowerPoint presentation slides you selected.

This is difficult to see, though---let’s edit it!

There are a couple of ways you can edit headers and footers in PowerPoint. Since each slide in your PowerPoint presentation is likely different, you might only need to edit something on a single slide. If that's the case, just click the content and edit it as you would any other text in that slide.

You can edit the format of the text, too. Just click and drag your cursor over the text you want to edit to highlight it, and then use the formatting tools in the pop-up menu.

If you want to edit the footer on all of your slides, you can do so by going back to Insert > Header and Footer, but the formatting options aren't available there.

If you want to change the font size and color of the footer text on all slides, select "Slide Master"  in the "Master Views" section under the "View" tab.

Click the top slide in the left pane.

Then, highlight and edit the footer text in this slide. We changed our font size to 14 pt., and the color to red.

When you switch back to View > Normal, your changes will appear on all slides.

Adding a header isn’t so much of a hack, as it is just adding a new text box to the top of your slide. You can do this in the Slide Master, so it will then appear on every slide in your presentation.

To do this, navigate to View > Slide Master to open the Slide Master. Select the top slide, go to the "Text" group under the "Insert" tab, and then click "Text Box."

Click and dragging your cursor to draw a header text box in the appropriate location, and then type your text.

When you return to View > Normal, your new header box will appear at the top of each slide.

How To Edit Or Modify a PowerPoint Template

Easier than starting from scratch

PowerPoint is a useful program to help you create slides for a presentation and even turn them into a video. It has aged well and is still one of the most popular choices for educators, in-house business presentations and home theatre applications.

You can add graphics, text, and multimedia to enhance the appearance and make your presentations more engaging. The list of rich media, including music and video continues to grow.

Along with those features is the ever-expanding variety of templates. Even so, not every template has all that you want or need. Some editing is still required from time to time. The good news is that those templates, purchased or free, can usually be modified and edited by you.

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When it comes to Powerpoint templates you can:

• Start from scratch with a blank presentation and use it as a one-off or create a custom template
• Use one of the themes provided from the program or downloaded for free
• Purchase templates from various sources

Learning how to edit a presentation is a valuable tool to have in your kit. Many tutorials suggest using the Slide Master view. However, Slide Master provides blank layouts. It is not a way to edit an existing template.

Let’s say you just purchased a bundle of templates because they look impressive and you want to use them for your business. However, the templates are niche-based, and your business provides online services such as website design.

For example, maybe you like the layout and built-in animations of a real estate Powerpoint template. Does that mean you can’t use it? No, you can customize it for your business by swapping out the images with ones that are more relevant to your industry.

There are many ways to edit a Powerpoint presentation. For the purposes of this tutorial, we are going to outline the steps to turn a real estate template into one for a website design company.

Start With The Cover Slide

Below is the first slide in a purchased real estate Powerpoint presentation.

The first thing you will want to do is to replace the house image with an image of a website. There are two different ways to do this.

Right-Click On An Image To Change It

Some templates will allow you to swap out the picture simply by right-clicking on it and choosing Change picture . Then select the source of your new image ( File, Online Sources, Icons, Clipboard ).

I prefer to use image sites that I know are free and not subject to any copyright laws. As you can see in the image below, when you select From Online Source , you are taken to a screen where you can choose pictures under Creative Commons .

However, there is also a disclaimer on the bottom of the pop-up that says: You are responsible for respecting others’ rights, including copyright.

To be safer legally, use the From a file option and choose an image from a free stock photo website .

Use The Selection Panel To Change Images

Templates that have more complicated animations and transitions will require a different method to change the images.

Start by making sure you are on the Home tab in the top navigation bar.

Now you want to look for and click the Select drop-down menu on the right slide of the top navigation. Choose Selection pane .

This will open a new tab that shows you all the elements on the slide and gives you the ability to “show” or “hide” them.

Your goal in this step is to isolate the image from any other elements on the slide so that you can change it.

Click on Hide All so that you see a blank white screen. The number of elements you will see in the selection panel will depend upon the complexity of the slide.

In this example, it is easy to identify which element is the image as there is only one picture. If your slide has many photos, you will want to click on the dash (-) next to the name of each picture element to find the one you want to change.

Click them on and off until you find the right one.

Make sure that once you find the right picture, it is the only element that is showing. By hiding the other items, you can isolate the image to change it.

At this point, you can follow the same instructions above by right-clicking on the image and selecting Change Picture .

Change Font & Shape Colors

You can also change the font colors and type, as well as the transparency and color of the shapes.

If you choose an image that uses the same color scheme as the template, you will probably only need to do minimal changes, if any. But if you find a picture you want to use that doesn’t match the color scheme, don’t worry. It’s easy to change.

The image below shows the cover slide with a website image that replaced the picture of the home.

It looks out of place from a color perspective. So, let’s change the colors to match our new image for a more congruent look.

Change The Color Of The Shapes

Right-click with your cursor on the background shape that contains the title and select Format Shape .

This process will open a side panel where you can see that the bottom bar is filled with a solid color with 30% transparency. You can also see the color that is used.

Let’s select a color that blends better with our new image. Click the dropdown arrow next to Color and choose the Eyedropper option. You can also select any theme, standard, or custom colors. But if you want to match the colors in the image, using the Eyedropper works best.

Move your cursor to any part of the image that is the color you want to use and click return . You will now see that the bottom bar is the color you chose using the Eyedropper.

Now, remember that the original slide had a 30% transparency effect. This is removed when you change the color. If you want to use that with your new color, right-click the bottom bar, select Format and put the Transparency level back to 30%.

Follow the same procedures as above to change the right color column to the same color. You will notice that now there is an additional section called Recent Color to make it even easier for you to use the same color you used before.

You can change the color, font, size, and location of any text in your template. Start by highlighting the text and looking at the top navigation section that refers to what you can do with text.

With the text highlighted, you can make several edits, including:

• Style (bold, italic, underlined, shadowed)

If you are not sure what any of the options mean, hover your mouse over it to see a description. Of course, you will want to replace what the text says to match your business.

To move the location of the text, put your mouse over one of the dots you see in the highlighted section until your cursor turns into a vertical arrow.

Then use the arrows on your keyboard to move the text up, down, right, or left.

In this sample, the white text looks good with the image and color scheme. However, it could use a few tweaks to the location and style.

See the new slide below and how we transformed it from the original slide by customizing it while keeping the same basic design, animations, and transitions as the template.

The benefit of editing and customizing pre-made templates is that you can benefit from the design skills, animations, and transitions of professional Powerpoint creators.

There is no need to avoid a template that is geared towards an industry or niche that isn’t yours. By following the instructions above, you can have the best of both worlds.

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PowerPoint Watermark Remover: Master 2 Ways for Pro Presentations

PowerPoint, a versatile and widely used presentation software, empowers users to create engaging slideshows. While it offers many features to enhance your presentations, you may encounter watermarks when working with specific files. Fortunately, PowerPoint watermark removal features can help you remove those.

This write-up will provide a step-by-step process you can follow to achieve that. Moreover, it will present various methods of removing watermarks from pictures and videos before uploading them into your PowerPoint. Let us explore these methods!

Part 1. How to Remove a Watermark in PPT

Part 2. how to remove watermark before uploading to ppt, part 3. faqs about removing watermark in powerpoint.

This section will explore a hassle-free method to remove watermarks from slides using PowerPoint’s features. These features offer a comprehensive solution for a polished and professional presentation. Let us dive into how to remove the watermark in PowerPoint:

1. Design Tab

Step 1 Start by opening your PowerPoint file containing the watermark.

Step 2 Choose the slide with the watermark or any slide if the watermark appears on many slides.

Head to the Design tab. It is where you control the look of your slides. In the Design tab, find Format Background in the Customize section and click on it.

Step 3 Go to the Fill tab once the Format Background sidebar appears. Then, select Solid Fill in the Fill tab. It ensures you are working with a simple, single-color background.

Use the color palette to choose a background color, replacing the area where the watermark is. Optionally, you can change the transparency if you desire to.

Step 4 Hit Apply to All if you want the new background without the watermark on all slides.

Step 5 Return to your slides to confirm the watermark has been removed from the selected slide or all slides.

2. Slide Master

Step 1 Open the PowerPoint file where the watermark is located.

Step 2 Head to the View tab. Look for the Slide Master in the Master Views group.

Step 3 In Slide Master view, you will notice a panel with thumbnail images. Locate the specific slide layout containing the watermark you wish to remove and click on it.

Note: If there are many layouts, hold down the Ctrl key and click on each.

Step 4 Find the watermark image or text on the chosen slide layout. Once found, click on it and press the Delete key on your keyboard.

Step 5 To make these changes effective throughout your presentation, return to the View tab and select Normal in the Presentation Views group. Confirm that the watermark has disappeared from your slides.

1. Remove Photo Watermark

Have you ever had an excellent picture for your PowerPoint but got bothered by a watermark? AVAide Watermark Remover is a helpful friend in such situations. It is a platform that erases watermarks, keeping your picture background clean. It offers various options to remove the watermark: brush, lasso, and polygonal. Impressive, right?

This online platform uses AI to understand and fill colors around the watermark. It does not remove the mark; it fixes details and makes your picture look perfect. Are you worried about safety? This platform ensures it is safe with a strong 256-bit SSL certificate, so there are no viruses, ads, or risks. Enjoy a hassle-free way to remove watermarks and make your PowerPoint look great!

Step 1 Head to the official AVAide Watermark Remover website.

Step 2 Press the Choose a Photo button. Then, import the image containing the watermark you want to remove.

Step 3 A new window will appear on your screen, where you can see your imported image. You have three options to remove the watermark on your image: Brush , Lasso , and Polygonal .

Use the Brush for marking and removing the watermark. Use the Lasso to draw around the watermark for removal. Use Polygonal for precise selections with straight lines. If there are unwanted highlights, you can use the Eraser to remove them.

Step 4 Once the watermark is covered, click the Remove button. AVAide Watermark Remover will kickstart the process, leaving you with a watermark-free picture.

Step 5 Press the Download button to save the watermark-free image to your local folder.

2. Remove Video Watermark

If you have videos with watermarks, making you hesitate to upload them on PowerPoint, AVAide Video Converter can be your solution.

It has a built-in Video Watermark Remover. It can help you achieve a professional and clean presentation. It simplifies the process of removing watermarks manually using a selection box. Therefore, you can remove the watermark without unwanted elements or residues. Moreover, it enables you to remove many watermarks in a single video. It makes your task efficient and hassle-free. Upgrade your presentation game with AVAide Video Converter!

Here is a guide on how to remove watermarks from your video using AVAide Video Converter:

Step 1 Visit the AVAide Video Converter official website to download and install the program.

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Step 2 Open the program and navigate to the Toolbox tab. Select the Video Watermark Remover from the provided tools.

Step 3 Import the video with the watermark by clicking the (+) button.

Step 4 A new window will appear for watermark removal. Click the + Add watermark removing area button to activate the selection box on the preview screen.

Move the selection box to the watermark in the video frame. Then, resize it using the circles on each side to cover the watermark.

Step 5 Once satisfied, click the Export button to start the watermark removal process. After completion, find your watermark-free video in your local folder.

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Can I remove watermarks from PowerPoint slides on my mobile device?

It might be more challenging on mobile devices due to limited editing features. A computer with a dedicated editing program, like AVAide Video Converter, is often more effective.

What are the benefits of removing a watermark from my PowerPoint slides?

Removing watermarks can give your presentation a more polished and professional appearance. It ensures that your audience focuses on your content without distractions. It makes the information more accessible and appealing.

Will removing a watermark change the file size of my presentation?

It does not change the file size of your presentation. Using high-resolution images to replace the watermarked ones could increase the file size.

Is there a way to recover the original file without a watermark if it's accidentally deleted?

If you delete or replace a file, returning the original without the watermark is hard. To avoid this, save a copy of your files in another place.

Does removing a watermark impact the formatting of my slides?

Removing a watermark itself should not affect the formatting of your slides. You might need to change the formatting to ensure a seamless fit if you replace watermarked images with new ones.

You have learned two straightforward methods to remove watermarks in PowerPoint . In addition, you have gained insights into eliminating watermarks from images and videos using AVAide's user-friendly tools. Simplify your workflow, enhance your presentations, and make your content truly yours with AVAide. Do you have something to say? Feel free to share it in the comment section!

By Jane Pineda on May 10, 2024

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Marine Corps Aims for a New Way of Teaching, Ditching Old Models of PowerPoint Lectures

The Corps is changing the way Marines learn, and how their instructors -- charged with preparing them for the fleet -- teach.

Yes, that includes getting rid of "death by PowerPoint" and "sage on the stage," popular military colloquialisms describing an old way of instruction. The Marine Corps is ditching them in favor of what it calls "outcomes-based" learning, according to officials at the Modern Day Marine Expo in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

The initiative, headed by the service's Training and Education Command, is called Project Triumph. It's been in the works for years, and means the service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether they understand it or not.

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"Instead of teaching them what to think, we're teaching them how to think," Col. Karl Arbogast, the director of policy and standards for Training and Education Command, told a crowd at the exposition. "And in the process, we're making them better decision-makers, or adaptable -- and we're able to deal with changing and challenging environments depending upon the job that they've been asked to do."

Outcomes-based learning has been part of American education for decades . According to the Department of Education, the learning method focuses on the end state for the student, where they can actually demonstrate results of the education they've received.

That differs from traditional methods in a few ways, according to the department. In outcomes-based learning, time is meant to be a resource that can be flexible, depending on the needs of the teacher or student. The curriculum is also based around the end state, rather than the sometimes rigid steps meant to meet that end state.

The Marine Corps, for its part, wants to use this method to create more mentally agile Marines, specifically ones who can solve problems and make decisions on their own, "faster and sooner" than what previous instruction has offered, according to the initiative.

An example Arbogast gave centered on the Infantry Marine Course, or IMC. Instead of having most of the students sitting through classroom instruction and then going to the field, the school changed the ratio of students to instructors so that they can learn in squad-sized groups, a more personal setting. Specifically, one sergeant or staff sergeant was in charge of teaching a group of about 14 Marines.

Arbogast said those Marines would be required to study material before instruction in what he called "self-guided" learning. They would then bring that knowledge to their groups, helping inform the instructor on what they were able to retain on their own before hitting the field for practical applications.

It would be there, in the field, testing those "outcomes" that Marines would develop close-knit relationships, learn about leadership and work together -- skills they would carry into their line units, Arbogast said.

The initiative also takes instructors to task, too -- changing the way they teach to adapt to a "learner-centric" method of education.

"Not every instructor is of the same quality -- not as good in areas but there's some areas that they're better at," Arbogast said. "Just like any student who shows up, sometimes simple things ... maybe they'll take to right away, and other things become a bit more challenging for them, depending on the individual."

Because of that, Marine instructors have to be mentally agile, too, specifically "being able to, as an instructor, [to] recognize that every student is going to learn things a little bit differently, and being able to adapt that for the individual," he said.

Officials said that the old way of teaching, the PowerPoint instructor model, results in a "passive" learning style that does not lead to real, true retention of information.

An example they pointed to was teaching land navigation, a fundamental skill in the military, in which Marines can consume material focused on that skill prior to coming into the classroom, be guided by an instructor based on that pre-loaded knowledge, then take it to the field for practical applications.

"What we know from research is when a learner learns in that passive environment, they're going to go away, and within a few short months, all of that data is gone," Timothy Heck, the deputy officer in charge of the Marine Corps Center for Learning and Faculty Development, told Military.com on Wednesday.

"Whereas in a new methodology, where the learner is directly involved in their own learning, and developing the actual lesson ... during the facilitation, they're going to retain that information far longer down the road," Heck said.

Training and Education Command also created new military occupational specialties, 095X or formal school instructors, which are designated as "exceptional" MOSs -- outside of the Marine's primary job -- so the service can keep better tabs on who is qualified to teach.

Arbogast told reporters Tuesday that the initiative was bolstered by his own experience as a student throughout his career in the Marine Corps.

"It wasn't that long ago when people were instructing me, every teacher that was up there, they didn't care whether I understood the material, what my baseline was, where I had started from," he said. "They didn't care; they just gave the class and walked.

"We're improving so much more than that," he said.

Project Triumph is being developed in conjunction with two other Training and Education Command initiatives, Project Trident and Project Tripoli. Project Trident focuses on supporting Marines in building "close kill webs" in contested environments; Tripoli looks to embed live, virtual and "constructive" assets into exercises across the force.

Together, officials said they make up how Marines train, why Marines train, and where Marines train, respectively.

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