I have Microsoft 365 Basic and a full desktop license, so I get all the relevant PowerPoint features. It's clearly the better tool. Yet every time I need to make a presentation, I find myself opening ...

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There may come a time when you want to shuffle slides in PowerPoint randomly. This is great for someone who wants to surprise viewers during a presentation, for example, students. Now, we should note ...

In PowerPoint, slides are sized for an onscreen slide show. They are displayed horizontally, with slide numbers starting from one, but there are features in PowerPoint that allow the user to change ...

Microsoft will begin retiring PowerPoint's 'Reuse slides' tool starting Dec 2025, completing removal by Jan 2026. Microsoft says other features (New Window, copy‑paste) already cover the same use ...

Office 365 PowerPoint users are gaining a new feature that should make it easier to record slide-based presentations when working from the office or home. The feature — which relies on a PC's mic, ...

You can improve your PowerPoint presentations by both improving your presentation skills and making better use of the program. To create a more compelling PowerPoint presentation, you can use tricks ...

You can reuse slides and combine presentations to save a bit of time and trouble. Susan Harkins explains. Trying to create a presentation quickly is unpleasant, because they take time! If you’re lucky ...

To add live translation in PowerPoint, go to the Slide Show tab, click Subtitle Settings, and select your spoken and subtitle languages. Choose a microphone, and adjust subtitle placement. Start the ...

PowerPoint 2016’s changes include new transitions and charts, and some powerful new research tools. Other features may follow the Office 2016 trend of being individually subtle, but taken as a whole ...

Master presenter and guru of new marketing Seth Godin suggests the "atomic method of creating a PowerPoint presentation." Godin's theory is that each slide should equate to one sentence that you speak ...

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 ...