Q&A for How to Create a PowerPoint 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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Copy it from the internet, then go to PowerPoint, right click and click on Paste.

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

Arial 12 pt is simple, easy to read, and projects better than most other fonts.

You can use as many as you can fit on the slide, which will vary depending on the size font you use.

Save your work on a USB and then you can have access to your presentation on other computers.

Open the presentations you want to copy/move slides to and from. Click Slide Sorter on the View menu. On the Window menu, click Arrange All to display both presentations. Click the slide you want to move, and drag it to the other presentation.

Ctrl+M, or Insert tab, then click on the drop down arrow on NEW SLIDE and pick the slide of your choice.

Download the video from the internet. Basically it should be saved on your computer. Then click on "Insert" and click on "movie". A pop up to insert the video will appear. And you can add the video present on your computer.

Click "Photo Album" at the top to start a new photo album. Click "File/Disk," and use the file browser to select all the photos you want to insert as slides.

Click on the insert option from the menu bar, hover over the audio button on the right side, select it, then record your voice for each slide.

Format the first slide exactly like you want the picture to appear on the following slides. Right click on the slide and then select "Duplicate Slide" . You can repeat 2-3 times (or more) depending on how many slides you want to have that picture show on, and/or you can duplicate a few times: click "Ctl+Shift", select the duplicated slides, and again right click and "duplicate". This will paste the exact number of slides you have selected (so you don't have to click duplicate 50 different times).

You can use some words such as, "I will start my presentation with a short story, or I will began with a short story."

Technically yes, there is a limit. If you make the text size 1, it would take about 500 (or more) words to fill the slide, but it would still fill. Or, the words will just squeeze out of the slide.