PowerPoint help

PowerPoint Quick Start

Basic tasks when creating a PowerPoint presentation

What's new in PowerPoint

What is a slide master?

Use keyboard shortcuts to deliver your presentation

Use keyboard shortcuts to create your presentation

View your speaker notes as you deliver your slide show

Video and audio file formats supported in PowerPoint

Are you having video or audio playback issues?

Tips for improving audio and video playback and compatibility in PowerPoint

PowerPoint isn't responding, hangs or freezes

Why can't I embed a video in PowerPoint?

Why can't I select and change the text in the footer?

Update or remove a broken link to an Excel worksheet

Where to find templates

Create and save a PowerPoint template

Change the background of slides

Create professional slide layouts with Designer

Where are my custom templates?

What is a slide master?

Save a slide design (theme) as a template

Make text appear one line at a time

Add a hyperlink to a slide

Insert symbols

Assign an action to a built-in button or picture

Highlight your text

Clear all text formatting

Add a table to a slide

Add or remove shading in a table

Change the color of text on a slide

Add, rearrange, and delete slides in PowerPoint

Add a watermark to the background of your slides

Can I rotate between portrait and landscape slides in the same presentation?

Reuse slides from another presentation

Change the background color of slides

Change the page layout

Hide or show a slide

Rotate a text box, shape, WordArt, or picture

Apply an animation effect to text or objects

Wrap text around a circle or other shape

Apply multiple animation effects to one object

Add a motion path animation effect

Set the speed and timing of transitions

Using the Morph transition in PowerPoint

Add or remove transitions between slides

Add shapes

Insert WordArt

Add a picture as a slide background

Add a transparent picture (watermark) to your slides

Add clip art to your file

Create an organization chart by using SmartArt Graphics or Create an organization chart by using a template

Remove a picture background

Insert a screenshot or screen clipping

Draw and write with ink in Office

Play music for the duration of your slide show

Insert or link to a video on YouTube

Add audio to your presentation

Insert or link to a video stored on your PC

Play music or other sounds automatically when a slide appears

Tips for improving audio and video playback and compatibility in PowerPoint

Trim a video, music clip, or sound clip in PowerPoint

Play a video automatically in a slide show

Create a self-running presentation

Add speaker notes to your slides

View your speaker notes as you deliver your slide show

View your speaker notes privately, while delivering a presentation on multiple monitors

Use keyboard shortcuts to deliver your presentation

Record your slide show in PowerPoint

Turn your mouse into a laser pointer

Record your screen in PowerPoint

Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible

Change the page orientation of your PowerPoint presentation

Insert or change the page numbers on your slides

Print slides with or without speaker notes

Save a PowerPoint presentation as a PDF files

Add a header or footer to your handouts or notes pages

Print your handouts, notes, or slides

Save your presentation file

Help protect your files in case of a crash

Insert PDF file content into a PowerPoint presentation

Insert Excel data in PowerPoint

Turn a presentation into a video

Make a presentation compatible with older versions of PowerPoint

Use compatibility mode to work with different versions of PowerPoint

Work together on PowerPoint presentations

Track changes in your presentation

Add commands to the Quick Access Toolbar

Set a default location for the Documents folder

Show or hide the ruler

Find out which version of PowerPoint is installed

Where are the menus and toolbars?