Templates apply formatting and layout styles to your PowerPoint presentation. For example, Microsoft offers templates for creating agendas, business cards, proposals and resumes. Normally, PowerPoint ...

Upon opening the Microsoft PowerPoint software, a blank slate – and slide – awaits your input. Whether you plan to add a text box, image, animation or video clip, PowerPoint assumes you will be ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2016. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. Sometimes I create a ...

Readers of this blog will know I’m not a big fan of slideware for speakers. This position is so heretical for most of the business world that I often end up working with executives to simplify and ...

Creating good PowerPoint slides is hard. Creating company-complaint, visually pleasing slide decks is even harder. One has to be an expert to create professional, high-quality slide decks in a short ...

Though you can always choose a premade template, you may want to customize your PowerPoint slide backgrounds manually. You can add a custom background to one or more slides, and you'll also have the ...

In this guide, we’ll explore why AI-powered tools are becoming essential, compare leading options such as AiPPT and SlidesPilot, and share practical strategies to maximize the potential of free AI ...

If you have a Microsoft 365 subscription, you can add Copilot to Microsoft PowerPoint and other Microsoft 365 applications. After adding Microsoft Copilot to PowerPoint, you can use it in PowerPoint.

Formatting should always be either the last or the first part. Doing it at the end ensures you are past your final content, and all you need to do is make it look right. So follow the steps to change ...

Imagine you’re gearing up to dazzle your audience with a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation for business or school. You’re not just aiming for a run-of-the-mill slideshow; you want to write a narrative ...

Microsoft Copilot can now create individual slides within PowerPoint based on either a prompt or a file. The new feature started rolling out this week and should shorten the amount of time and effort ...