How to Create a Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint on Windows 11

Posted on 17th June 2023

Introduction

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program, created by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin at a software company named Forethought, Inc. It was released on April 20, 1987, initially for Macintosh computers only. Microsoft acquired PowerPoint for $14 million three months after it appeared. This was Microsoft’s first significant acquisition, and Microsoft set the acquirer’s price at $4.5 billion, which was more than 20 times the revenue of the company at the time.

Creating a New Presentation

To create a new presentation:

Open PowerPoint.
Click File, then click New.
Click Create.

Adding Slides

To add slides:

Click the Home tab.
Click New Slide.
Click Title and Content, Content with Caption, Picture with Caption, Clip Art with Caption, or Table with Caption.
Click Insert.

Adding Text

To add text:

Click the Home tab.
Click New Slide.
Click Title and Content, Content with Caption, Picture with Caption, Clip Art with Caption, or Table with Caption.
Click in the Title or Content placeholder and type your text.
Click Insert.

Adding Pictures

To add pictures:

Click the Home tab.
Click New Slide.
Click Picture with Caption.
Click Insert.
Click Pictures.
Navigate to the picture you want to insert, then click Insert.

Adding Clip Art

To add clip art:

Click the Home tab.
Click New Slide.
Click Clip Art with Caption.
Click Insert.
Click Clip Art.
Navigate to the clip art you want to insert, then click Insert.

Adding Tables

To add tables:

Click the Home tab.
Click New Slide.
Click Table with Caption.
Click Insert.
Click Table.
Navigate to the table you want to insert, then click Insert.

Saving Your Presentation

To save your presentation:

Click File.
Click Save As.
Navigate to the location where you want to save your presentation, then click Save.

In PowerPoint, you can create a presentation by adding slides, choosing a slide layout, adding content to the slides, and then adding transitions between the slides.

To add a slide, click the “Insert” tab, and then click “New Slide”. You can choose from a variety of slide layouts, including “Title and Content”, “Two Content”, “Comparison”, and “Blank”.

To add content to a slide, click the “Insert” tab, and then click “Text Box”, “Picture”, “Table”, “Chart”, or “SmartArt”.

To add a transition between slides, click the “Animations” tab, and then click “Transitions”.

To view your presentation, click the “View” tab, and then click “Slide Show”.

If you want to add multimedia to your presentation, you can do so by inserting pictures, videos, or audio files. To insert a picture, click on the “Insert” tab and then click “Picture.” Find the picture you want to insert and click “Insert.” To insert a video, click on the “Insert” tab and then click “Video.” Choose whether you want to insert a video from a file or from online. If you want to insert a video from a file, click “Video on My PC” and then find the video file you want to insert. If you want to insert a video from online, click “Online Video” and then paste the URL of the video you want to insert. To insert audio, click on the “Insert” tab and then click “Audio.” Choose whether you want to insert an audio file or record audio. If you want to insert an audio file, click “Audio on My PC” and then find the audio file you want to insert. If you want to record audio, click “Record Audio” and then click “Start Recording.” When you’re finished recording, click “Stop Recording.”

You can also add animation to your presentation by adding transitions between slides or by adding animations to objects on your slides. To add a transition, click on the “Animations” tab and then click “Transitions.” Choose the transition you want to use and click “Apply to All.” To add an animation, click on the object you want to animate and then click on the “Animations” tab. Click the animation you want to use and then click “Preview.”

When you’re finished creating your presentation, click “File” and then “Save As.” Choose where you want to save your presentation and then click “Save.”