How To Create A Powerpoint Theme Template

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This wikiHow teaches you how to create your own Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. PowerPoint is a program that's part of the Microsoft Office suite, which is available for both Windows and Mac computers.

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Open PowerPoint. Click or double-click the PowerPoint app icon, which resembles an orange box with a white "P" on it. This will open the PowerPoint templates page.
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Review the available templates. Scroll through the templates page until you find one which you like.
- Templates include things like custom color schemes, fonts, and general appearance.
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Select a template. Click the template that you want to use. Its window will open.
- If you don't want to use a template, just click the Blank option in the upper-left side of the page and skip the next two steps.
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Select a theme if possible. Many templates have different color schemes or themes indicated by colored boxes in the lower-right side of the window; clicking one of these boxes will change the color scheme and/or theme for your template.
- Skip this step if your selected template doesn't have any themes available.
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Click Create . It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. Doing so selects your template and creates your PowerPoint presentation.

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Understand how your title slide should appear. Contrary to the rest of your PowerPoint presentation, your title slide should be completely devoid of content other than the title and subtitle. This is considered a professional must when creating a PowerPoint.
- If you're creating a PowerPoint presentation for which an elaborate title slide has been requested, ignore this step.
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Add a title. Click the large text box in the middle of the first slide, then type in your title.
- You can change the font and size of text used from the Home tab that's in the orange ribbon at the top of the window.
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Add the subtitle. Click the smaller text box below the title box, then type in the subtitle that you want to use.
- You can also just leave this box blank if you like.
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Rearrange the title text boxes. Place your mouse cursor over one of the edges of a title box, then click and drag the box around the slide to reposition it.
- You can also click and drag in or out one of a text box's corners to shrink or enlarge the text box.
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Click the Transitions tab. It's at the top of the PowerPoint window. Doing so brings up a list of possible slide transition effects at the top of the page.
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Select a transition for your title slide. Click a transition you want to use to apply it to the slide. This completes the title slide process; you can now move on to adding another slide for your presentation's main content.
- Placing your mouse over the transition will cause the slide to demonstrate what the transition will look like in practice.

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Click the Insert tab. It's at the top of the PowerPoint window. A new toolbar will open near the top of the window.
- On a Mac, you'll click the Home tab instead.^[1]
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Click New Slide ▼ . It's on the far-left side of the toolbar. Doing so prompts a drop-down menu to appear.
- On a Mac, click the drop-down arrow to the right of the New Slide icon in the toolbar.
- Clicking the white slide-shaped box above this option will result in a new text slide being inserted.
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Select a type of slide. In the drop-down menu, click one of the following to add it to your presentation:
- Title Slide
- Title and Content
- Section Header
- Two Content
- Comparison
- Title Only
- Blank
- Content with Caption
- Picture with Caption
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Add any other slides that you think you'll need. You can certainly add slides as you go, but adding a few slides up-front will give you an idea of the layout of the presentation as you progress through it.
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Reposition your slides as needed. Once you have more than one slide in your PowerPoint presentation, you can move the slides around by clicking and dragging a slide's preview box up or down on the left-hand column of the PowerPoint window.
- Naturally, the title slide should be the first slide in your presentation, meaning that it should be the top slide in the left-hand column.

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Select a slide. In the left-hand column of slide previews, click the slide that you want to edit. This will open the slide in the main presentation window.
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Look for a text box. If you selected a slide that has a text box, you can add text to the slide.
- Skip this step and the next two steps if your selected slide uses a template that doesn't have text boxes in it.
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Add text to the slide. Click the text box, then type as needed.
- Text boxes in PowerPoint will automatically format the bulk of your text for you (e.g., adding bullet points) based on the context of the content itself.
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Format the slide's text. If necessary, select the text that you want to change, then click the Home tab and review your text formatting options in the "Font" section of the toolbar.
- You can change the font of the selected text by clicking the current font's name and then clicking your preferred font.
- If you want to change the size of the text, click the numbered drop-down box and then click a larger or smaller number based on whether you want to enlarge or shrink the text.
- You can also change the color, bolding, italicization, underlining, and so on from here.
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Add photos to the slide. If you want to add a photo to your slide, click the Insert tab, then click Pictures in the toolbar and select a picture.
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Rearrange the slide's content. Just like your title slide, you can move items around the slide by clicking and dragging them.
- Photos in particular can be enlarged or shrunk by clicking and dragging out or in one of their corners.
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Repeat this for each slide in your presentation. Once you've created each of your presentation's slides, you can proceed to the next part.
- Remember to keep slides uncluttered and relatively free of distractions. It's best to keep the amount of text per slide to around 33 words or less.^[2]

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Select a slide. In the left-hand column of the PowerPoint window, click the slide to which you want to apply a transition.
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Click the Transitions tab. It's at the top of the PowerPoint window. This will open the Transitions toolbar near the top of the window.
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Review the available transitions. Transitions make your slide pop up in an exciting, eye-drawing manner during your actual presentation; you can see the list of available transitions at the top of the window.
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Preview a transition. Click a transition at the top of the window to watch it run on your slide.
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Select a transition to use. Once you decide on a transition, click it to ensure that it is selected. The current slide will use the selected transition.
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Add a transition to slide content. You can apply transitions to specific pieces of slide content (e.g., a photo or a bullet point) by selecting the content, clicking the Animations tab at the top of the window, and selecting the transition that you want to use there.
- Slide content will animate in the order in which you assign transitions. For example, if you animate a photo on the slide and then animate the title, the photo will appear before the title.

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Review your PowerPoint. Once you've finished adding the bulk of your PowerPoint presentation's content, skim through it slide-by-slide to ensure that you haven't left anything out.
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Click the Slide Show tab. This tab is at the top of the window. Doing so opens the Slide Show toolbar.
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Click From Beginning . It's in the far-left corner of the toolbar. Your PowerPoint presentation will open in slide show view.
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Page through the slide show. You can use the left and right arrow keys to move back and forward through the presentation.
- If you need to exit the presentation, press Esc .
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Make any necessary changes before proceeding. When you're done scrolling through the presentation, add any details that you forgot, delete any content that you want to remove, and so on.
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Save your PowerPoint. This will save your presentation as a file which can be opened on any Windows or Mac computer that has PowerPoint installed:
- Windows - Click File, click Save, double-click This PC, select a save location, enter a name for your presentation, and click Save.
- Mac - Click File, click Save As..., enter the presentation's name in the "Save As" field, select a save location by clicking the "Where" box and clicking a folder, and click Save.

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How do I add background music to my presentation?

Click the Insert tab and select Audio and then click "Audio from my PC." browse your computer for the audio file you want to set as your background music. After inserting the file, click "Play in Background" on the Playback tab.
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How do I add background music to my presentation?

Click the Insert tab and select Audio and then click "Audio from my PC." browse your computer for the audio file you want to set as your background music. After inserting the file, click "Play in Background" on the Playback tab.
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How do I insert arrows that point at specific objects on the slide?

Click the Insert tab and then click the "Shapes" button. Select the type of arrow you want to insert from the Lines or Block Arrows section. Once you've selected the arrow type, click and drag on the slide to draw the arrow. You can also use an image of an arrow if you want something more stylish.
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How do I make bullet points appear one at a time by clicking?

Select the text box that contains the bullet points. Click the "Animation" tab and select the animation type you want to use. Double-check the animation sequence that appears next to each bullet point, and run the slideshow to test it out.
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How to insert pictures to a PP Presentation?

Go to "Insert" then find the icon "Picture," click it, find the picture you want to insert, find the folder where the picture, is click the file, and insert. Done!
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How can I insert checkboxes in my presentation?

PowerPoint doesn't support actual checkboxes, but you can use shapes creatively to make your own. Draw a square to act as the checkbox, and then use the checkmark symbol (✓) to make the box appear checked.
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How do I download pictures form the internet and insert them into a PowerPoint presentation?

Save the picture to your computer, then insert it into the presentation using the Insert option. Usually you can save a picture by right-clicking, clicking "save image as," then saving the picture to your desired location.
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How do I insert more lines?

Go to "Insert," and add a textbox for more typing space. You can then move the textbox to wherever you want. Make sure to save your work when you're done.
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How can I put information from the internet in the slides of a PowerPoint?

Copy it from the internet, then go to PowerPoint, right click and click on Paste.
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How do I add flames to my PowerPoint presentation?

Click "file" and press "Special Effects." Choose "fire," then click on the side "moving" or "staying still."

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If you save your PowerPoint presentation in .pps format instead of the default .ppt format, double-clicking your PowerPoint presentation file will prompt the presentation to open directly into the slideshow view.
Save your work constantly to avoid losing your progress if your computer shuts down or crashes.
If you don't have Microsoft Office, you can still use Apple's Keynote program or Google Slides to create a PowerPoint presentation.

Great PowerPoint presentations avoid placing too much text on one slide.
Your PowerPoint presentation (or some features in it) may not open in significantly older versions of PowerPoint.

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To create a PowerPoint Presentation, start by opening up PowerPoint on your computer and choosing a template from the provided options. Then, click the "create" button in the bottom right corner of the window that pops up. Next, create your title page and add a transition by clicking on the "Transitions" tab in the top menu. When you're ready to add more slides, just click on the "Insert" tab and then select "New Slide." To learn how to add content to your slides, like pictures and text, scroll down!

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