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How to Edit PowerPoint While Presenting Without Closing Slide

When you realized there’s a mistake or small typo on the presentation slide, you will probably close the slide show and fixing the error while audiences waiting.

Luckily, you can edit your PowerPoint slide without closing the slide show. So, the audience won’t notice if there’s something you just add or fix within the presentation slide.

How to edit PowerPoint slide while presenting at the same time

1. Connect your computer with a projector or another monitor. Press  CTRL+P  on your computer, and select  Extend . This would make the projector act as the second display of the computer.

4. Now, enable  Slide Show  (F5).

7. The change will be shown in real-time. Pretty cool, right?

This method gives you total control on the PowerPoint window and the slide show simultaneously. You can still jump into a specific slide while at the same time make some changes without audiences noticing.

Note that slide with an animation may be blank when you edit a part of it. But don’t worry, you can revive the slide using the pointer click. I hope that helps! Thank you for visiting 🙂

Can I edit a slide while presenting in PowerPoint?

How do you change slides in powerpoint while presenting, how do you live edit a powerpoint.

Live editing a PowerPoint presentation is possible with the “Keep Slides Updated” feature. This feature, available on the Slide Show tab, allows changes to be synchronized automatically or manually during the presentation. 

How do you edit PowerPoint slides at the same time?

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How to Use Present and Edit Modes in Google Slides

Whether you’re new to Google Slides , or already have some tricks up your sleeves like adding fancy fonts and adding backgrounds , it’s important to understand presenter view and edit mode. Just like any digital tool, knowing the best way to use each of these will make your teacher life easier.

Present or Edit: That Is the Question

Edit mode in google slides.

So, what’s the difference between these two options in Google Slides? The answer is pretty simple. “Edit” mode allows you to create and make changes to the slides. This mode isn’t just for you as a teacher though. If you want students to complete any activity, move pieces, or type on a Google Slides presentation, they need to be in Edit mode. (With one exception, but I’ll get to that in a moment.)

Edit mode is the default mode when you create a new slideshow. It’s also the default when you are sharing a presentation with students. Typically, if you want your students to DO anything with the presentation, they will be working in Edit Mode.

Presentation Mode in Google Slides

Presentation mode is exactly what it sounds like. It’s where information is presented full screen. You can play videos and listen to audio through presentation mode, but students can’t complete any activities in present mode. (With one exception, but we’ll talk about that next.)

Presentation mode is great if you want to share information with your students. And, if you are sending them a presentation, you can share it with them so they can’t edit it. Here’s how.

• Copy the share link (in the top, right hand corner of your Google Slideshow.
• Paste it into the address bar.
• Close to the end of the URL, you’ll see the word “edit”. Remove the word edit and replace it with “present”.
• Copy the new URL, and share it with your students.

When students open the URL, it will automatically open in present mode. Be sure not to change any other part of the URL, or it won’t work. Also, I always recommend testing your URL before sending it out to students.

Presentation Mode Exception

I’ve said that you can’t edit activities in presentation mode, but there is one exception. In the Chrome Web Store, there’s a chrome extension (meaning, students will need to be using the Chrome Web Browser), called Fullscreen Interactive Google Slides (TM) . This extension allows students to edit Google Slides activities in present mode! The benefits of this extension is that it removes all of the things from the sides, which makes it less distracting for your students. However, if they’re doing just fine working in edit mode, it’s probably not necessary.

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How to update a PowerPoint slide while presenting

I need to find a way to update a powerpoint slide mid-presentation with images based on audience feedback (ie. audience votes for an image and then that image gets put on a slide later).

I'm concerned about the risk of editing in presentation mode and the editor inadvertently exiting the slideshow in the middle of the presentation.

Are there any add-ons etc. that can be used in PowerPoint to edit/modify a slide during mid presentation while preventing the risk of messing up the live presentation if possible?

Ideas thus far:

• Using the LiveWeb plugin and an FTP site/Dropbox to point to an image and overwrite the image on the LiveWeb slide based on audience feedback (too complicated for the editors that will be doing this live)
• Update presentation remotely while on a shared network (not sure if PPT will update this live.).
• Update: As long as the presentation is using "Presenter View" and an extended monitor, you can navigate through the entire computer and edit any slide on the PowerPoint. Edited slides will show the updated content/images in the live presentation. Doing this, however, pauses the live presentation. So if the person presenting needs to go to the next slide or activate an animation while you are editing, it won't happen until the presentation is resumed. This seems like it will work as long as the presenter doesn't try to move to the next slide before the editor is done editing. Any add-ins that allow for simultaneos editing AND navigation of the presentation?

Has anyone ever done something like this before? What did you do to make it work in a live presentation?

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• Good luck. Even if there was some magic software that could do this, you'd have the problem where you'd basically be trying to work in a file that's already open. Unless somehow you could get it to link to some other file, I dunno. Somebody prove me wrong? –  MDT Guy Commented Nov 26, 2013 at 22:21

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In PowerPoint 2013, it is really very simple:

In Presenter View, click on Show Taskbar (upper left corner)

When taskbar opens at bottom of screen, click on PowerPoint tab,

In three views that are shown (Editor, Presenter and SlideShow), click on the Editor view.

If you want audience to see your changes as you make them, have same slide showing in all 3 views.

If you don't want audience to see changes until you are done, click the Black screen icon in Presenter View (Monitor with diagonal line across), before you start your change, OR change to a different slide in Presenter view.

Slideshow will show your changed slide on the big screen, when you go to it.

Happy PowerPointing!

• The question is about ver 2010. Do you know whether this will work in that version? –  fixer1234 Commented Aug 28, 2015 at 20:21
• Yes it will work –  Firee Commented May 22, 2017 at 10:18

MDT is closer than he might think; I used to brief a stack of presentations some of which were being edited during the show. The key is to create the master presentation as a smooth interface to a collection of presentations. I used to get this done in Office 97; I'm sure it can be done now. If that suits your needs, static link to a volatile presentation (but with a stable filename) might be the thing.

• How did you go about editing the other slides(presentations) while giving the presentation? Was someone in the room updating files on a shared network drive? –  Ian Commented Dec 12, 2013 at 16:19
• @Ian, Yes, that's exactly it. For extra smoothness, I would open all of the child presentations first, then open the one that linked to them. That was not necessary however, it just avoided some wait time for opening things when the link was clicked. If you can accept that slight wait, then you can have somebody roll emergent changes into a separate linked presentation while the meeting is in session. Caution -- the other file MUST be closed and saved by the other user by the time you want to use it. Also, I believe SharePoint has some awesome magic for this sort of thing. But I don't know. –  user268926 Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 6:59
• It canbe done in Office 2013 by the way... –  gparyani Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 16:32

This is really quite simple, especially since you say you want to change a slide that's not currently in view (which can get tricky due to bugs in some PPT versions).

Add this to a VBA module in your presentation. You'll have to save the presentation as PPTM or PPSM rather than PPTX/PPTX.

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• I'll give this a shot. So essentially, this code would use a shape as a placeholder and look for an image in a file directory, correct? –  Ian Commented Dec 12, 2013 at 16:18
• In this case, it just adds the picture directly, no placeholder as such. It wouldn't be hard to extend it a bit to name the picture once it's inserted, then before adding a new picture, delete the old. I'll pop a little aircode for that into a new answer. –  Steve Rindsberg Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 16:06

Have you ever thought about custom shows? Create a single PPT file with all the different combinations possible. As you click through the slides and select a picture hyperlink to a custom show that includes the correct picture. With a little thought and a tree to track all possible combinations, you can do what you want.

This is very old, but as someone who needed to be able to update future slides without interrupting the current show, I found that Powershow worked exactly how I needed it to work. The changes in 2013 are great, however, it does not allow the user to edit the show without affecting what the audience sees.

The dance school I work for uses slides and sometimes movies during our recital. There were a few times where I clicked a different slide and cut off the sound for the video displaying because it cut off the show. I did some research and found Powershow. It took a little getting used to, but is exactly what I needed.

I can do whatever I want, including update and rearrange, as well as delete upcoming slides, while the show displays in a different session in powerpoint.

• Hello and welcome to SU! You could include a link to the above mentioned software in your answer. –  pulsejet Commented Mar 15, 2017 at 14:47

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Presentation Modes

Presentation modes — set up slide show, presentation modes — record slide show.

• There are different presentation modes in PowerPoint, besides the one you can find at the bottom of the screen.
• To access the presentation modes, go to the Slide Show tab.
• The first two options allow you to start the presentation from the beginning or from the currently selected slide.

• If you choose Present Online, an URL will be generated, which you can then share with your potential online viewers. After clicking this button, a new window will open, displaying info about the Microsoft Office online presentation service and a checkbox to enable remote download for your online audience. To enjoy this service, you need an Office 365 account. When you’re ready, click Connect to generate the URL.
• If you choose Custom Slide Show, you can select which slides to display in your presentation.  First, create a new custom slide show and select the slides that you want to display. Then, click Add, enter the name of the presentation and click OK. This new custom presentation will appear on the list. Select it and click Show to begin the presentation.
• In the Set Up group you’ll find options to set up the presentation, hide slides, rehearse your presentation and even record it.
• Click Set Up Slide Show to adjust several settings regarding your presentation. You’ll find more information in the next section of this tutorial .
• If you click Hide Slide, the selected slide won’t show up during your presentation. Hidden slides will appear faded out on the list and their numbers will be crossed out.
• If you click Record Slide Show, you’ll be able to record your presentation from the beginning or from the current slide. We’ll go into detail in the last section of this tutorial.
• There are several checkboxes regarding whether to play narrations, use timings and show media controls.

• In the Monitors group you can choose which screen to display your presentation.
• The last group, Captions & Subtitles, is only available in Office 365. You’ll find options to enable subtitles, which will be generated out of your speech (so you’ll need to have a mic). There are settings to change the language and the position of the subtitles.
• Open your presentation in PowerPoint.
• Go to the Slide Show tab.
• In the Set Up group, click Set Up Slide Show. A new window will open, where you’ll find several options.
• In the top-left corner, under “Show type”, you can choose whether the presentation will be in fullscreen with speaker notes, windowed, or in fullscreen without speaker notes or the menu bar.

• Under “Show options” you can choose whether to show the presentation without narration or animations, or disable the hardware graphics acceleration (for better performance). You can also set the pen and laser pointer color.

• Under “Show slides”, you can choose which slides to show in your presentation. You can select all of them, a specific range or a custom slideshow.
• There are other settings to determine how to advance slides (manually or using timings), what the resolution will be and whether to use the presenter view.
• Click Record Slide Show. From the drop-down menu, select From the Current Slide or From the Beginning.
• A new window will open, along with the presentation in fullscreen mode. At the top-left you’ll find a button to start recording.

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Synchronize Changes in PowerPoint While Presenting

When you’re giving a PowerPoint presentation, you always want to make sure you have the latest updates to the slides available. Not only because you want to make sure you’re presenting the newest and most correct information, but because once you start the presentation, you’re unable to make changes on the fly. That is now changing as there’s a new feature in PowerPoint that allows you now have slides updated by your team on the fly, even when the presentation is in Slide Show mode.

You can have changes made by your team synchronize changes either automatically or manually.

Automatic Updates: To have your slide show updated on the fly, click on the “Slide Show” tab and check the box for “Keep Slides Updated.”

Start your presentation by selecting the appropriate button on the Slide Show tab, and whenever an update is made and detected, the content is automatically updated and visible in your live slide show.

Manual Updates: If you as a presenter want a bit more control over things and doesn’t want to be surprised, you can have manual slide updates. Make sure the above box is unchecked, and start your presentation as normal. Whenever and update to a slide is made, an “Update Slides” button will appear in your presenter view:

Clicking on “Update Slides” will manually synchronize the content.

So how could this feature be handy?

• During a slide show with multiple presenters, fix a typo or make some edits while others are presenting.
• When running a meeting with a slide show where interactivity is key, you can ask the meeting participants to add questions directly to a slide to encourage collaboration.

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There are a variety of ways to start a PowerPoint presention, depending on:

• Where you start your presentation (from beginning or from current)
• Which PowerPoint view you prefer to present in (Slide Show view or Presenter view)
• How comfortable you are with keyboard shortcuts

Why would Microsoft include so many ways to present a presentation? My guess is that everyone learns PowerPoint differently, and has personal presentation styles.  The more options you have, the easier your life will be as there will always be a way to start your presentation the way you want to (or jump back into it when you need to).

See all the options below and find the method that works best for you and let the slide show begin !

NOTE: If you are running two presentations side-by-side, each presentation needs to be started as it’s own slide show. To see how to set up two PowerPoint presentations to run side-by-side like this before you start your slide show, read my guide here .

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Start slide show from beginning.

To start a slideshow from the beginning of your presentation using the ribbon, simply.

• Navigate to the  Slide Show tab
• Select  From Beginning

Selecting  From Beginning  starts your presentation from the very first non-hidden slide in your presentation, regardless of which slide you are currently inside of your deck.

You can also start your slide from the beginning of your presentation by hitting the Slideshow From Beginning keyboard shortcut,  F5 .

Regardless of which method you use, this is the classic way to start your presentation in full screen from your first title slide (regardless of where you are in your slide deck).

Let the slide show begin!

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To begin your slide show from the slide you are currently on using the ribbon, simply

• Navigate to the Slide Show tab
• Select  From Current Slide

Selecting From Current Slide starts your slide show from whatever slide you are currently on, even if the slide is hidden.

You can also start your slide from the current slide you are on by hitting the  Shift+F5  keyboard shortcut.

Because it’s often easiest to catch errors when building your slides in this full screen mode, I highly recommend learning the  Shift+F5  shortcut and using it frequently as you build your slides to spot them for errors.

If you don’t want to bother learning the From Current Slide shortcut, you can also start your slideshow by clicking the  Slide Show  icon at the bottom of your screen.

This is a fantastic way to spot check your slides as you are building them. On top of that, it’s a fast and uncomplicated way to re-start your presentation from where you left off after demoing something on screen.

Start a mini-slide show in PowerPoint

You can also use the following hidden PowerPoint shortcut to run a mini slide show over the top of your current deck.

To run a mini slide show, simply:

• Hold down the  Alt key  on your keyboard
• With your mouse, click the  Slide Show  icon

Doing so starts a small slide show of your presentation that you can see below, from the current slide you are on.

Presenter View

The Presenter View is an alternate way to run your presentation in PowerPoint. In this view, your slides are projected on screen, and the details of your presentation are displayed on your computer as pictured below.

The presenter view includes your next (non-hidden) slides that is coming up, your current slide projected on screen, how long you’ve been talking and your speaker notes.

To launch the  Presenter View  from the beginning of your presentation using your Ribbon, simply:

• Navigate to the  Slide Show  tab
• Hold down the  Alt key on  your keyboard
• Click  From Beginning

Holding down the  Alt key  and clicking  From Beginning , the Presenter View will launch from the very first (non-hidden) slide in your presentation.

You can also launch the presenter view from the beginning of your presentation at any time by clicking Alt + F5  on your keyboard.

Start Presenter View in PowerPoint From Current Slide

Did you know that you can access different views in PowerPoint by adding keys as you click commands in the PowerPoint ribbon?

To start the Presenter view from your current slide using your Ribbon, simply:

• Hold down the Alt key on your keyboard
• Click  From Current Slide

Holding the Alt key and clicking From Current Slide launches the Presenter View from your current slide. So, this is another way you can quickly practice your presentation, see your speaker notes and see what’s coming up next.

You can also launch the Presenter View from the beginning of your presentation at any time by hitting Alt+F5 on your keyboard.

Showing and Hiding Presenter View

Regardless of which view you start your PowerPoint slide show; you can switch between the two different slide show views without exiting presentation.

To switch between the two slideshow views (while giving your presentation), simply:

• Right-click your slide in whichever presentation view you are currently in
• Select either Show Presenter View or Hide Presenter View

When would you use a feature like this during a presentation? One example is if you want to view your notes without leaving the slide show mode.

NOTE: The letter r  for both  Show Presenter View  and  Hide Presenter View  is underlined. This means that it is a keyboard shortcut. So, if you want to quickly flip between these two presentation views, you can simply right-click your slide and hit the letter r on your keyboard. Doing so automatically switches the view you are in.

Controlling how your presentation runs

Another way to control how your presentation runs (including the default laser pointer and pen color), is the Set Up Slide Show dialog box.

To open the  Set Up Slide Show  dialog box, simply:

• Select the  Set Up Slide Show  command

Doing so, opens all your PowerPoint slide show settings and options as pictured below.

Inside the slide show settings dialog box, you can select:

• How your presentation runs (full screen, window or in kiosk mode).
• Your default pen and laser pointer color options ( see our laser pointer article here ).
• Which slide you want start from, or which slides you want to show. You can also setup a custom show here.
• How your slides progress (manually or using slide timings).
• Which of your computer monitors (or screens) your slide show runs on.

The  Set Up Slide Show dialog box is also the secret to running multiple presentations at the same time in PowerPoint. To expand your knowledge and learn how to set this up, read our guide here .

Setup Slide Show SECRET Shortcut

To use the SECRET shortcut to open the Set Up Slide Show dialog box, simply:

• Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard
• With your mouse, click the Reading View icon at the bottom of your screen

This is useful when you need to quickly cycle through lots of PowerPoint presentations and change how those presentations run. Instead of wasting time clicking through the Ribbon, simply hold the Shift key and click the  Reading View icon. This is also a friendly conversation starter with a fellow PowerPoint enthusiast at Happy Hour.

NOTE: The color of your Reading View icon might be different than in the picture above, as it is dependent on the Office Theme you selected for PowerPoint.

How to exit a PowerPoint presentation early?

Regardless of how you start your full screen presentation, you can end your presentation at any time by hitting the Esc key on your keyboard.

Hitting  Esc  immediately takes you out of the   PowerPoint presentation mode and back to the normal editing view of your slides, on whatever slide you were last presenting.

Here is how you can use a combination of all the different keyboard shortcuts to spot check and practice your presentation in full screen before you finalize your presentation.

• Hit  F5  on your keyboard to   start your presentation in full screen from the very first slide in your presentation. You can then use your arrow keys to advance, spot checking your slides for errors.
• When you find an error, simply hit  Esc  key to return to the normal PowerPoint editing view to fix your slide.
• When you are done, hit  Shift + F5  to return the full screen presentation mode from the slide you just updated. You can then continue spot checking your presentation (without having to start over from the beginning).

In this way you can quickly work your way through your slides and practice your presentation, fixing and adjusting your content as you go.

Understanding how to run your presentations is CRITICAL to the success of your presentation. Not only in presenting them live, but also in knowing how to spot check your slides as you build them.

I personally find it easiest to spot check your slides and quickly fix errors by running your presentation in slide show mode (or full screen). The last place you want to discover an error is during your presentation.

Using the commands and shortcuts above, you can quickly start, exit and step back into your slide show. Once you have these commands and features down, you will also look like a whiz during your presentations.

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Modify a Google Slides presentation while presenting?

I'm afraid I already know the answer, but maybe someone else has found a way to do this.

I've been perusing the Slide Apps Script reference, and I'm excited about the possibilities. One thing I would like to do is alter a slide mid-presentation. Specifically, I would like to somehow indicate a link has been clicked.

If links in a presentation turned purple like web links I would settle for that, but I would like to use a trigger when a certain link is clicked or when a certain slide is shown. This trigger could run a script that alters the slide with the link appropriately to show the link has been clicked or even remove the link altogether.

I know the Slides API is behind the others, but Forms have installable triggers that can run onFormSubmit and Spreadsheets have triggers that run onChange and onEdit . I would love to see Slides have an onPresent trigger that ran a script that could detect slide changes with methods like onSlideChange that could report currentSlide. That way we could run scripts while the presentation is showing and take action based on current slides or links.

Aside from Slide specific triggers being added to the API, is there any way to modify slides during a presentation? Or at least show that a link has been clicked?

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• If you are in presentation mode this is not possible. If presenting using edit view (a lot of people present that way) then all the changes (using script or manually on another device) are live edited like in google docs or spreadsheet. –  Rohan Sharma Commented Oct 4, 2017 at 11:40
• @RohanSharma hmm, thanks for the tip! That is something I hadn't considered. I might be able to work with that. Thanks. –  cmdr_keen Commented Oct 4, 2017 at 17:10
• 2 It was disappointing that this is the first link for "Edit Google Slides while presenting" where I didn't have any intention to do scripting, but simply wanted to know if I could edit the slide being presented through a secondary screen or device and it would instantly update on the projector. It seems PowerPoint can do this (through the presenter view). –  ADTC Commented Aug 14, 2019 at 17:35

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Edit a presentation in PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for the web can open files stored on OneDrive, SharePoint, or Dropbox. 

Upload a file to OneDrive

If your file is saved on a computer hard disk, a flash drive, or a USB stick, the first thing to do is upload it to OneDrive.

Sign in to OneDrive with your Microsoft account (hotmail.com, outlook.com, live.com, or msn.com)

or Sign in to your Microsoft 365 work or school account (.com, .org, .edu) and go to OneDrive.

Navigate to the destination folder.

Select Upload to save the files to OneDrive.

Upload a file to SharePoint

Sign in to your Microsoft 365 work or school account (.com, .org, .edu) and go to SharePoint.

Navigate to the destination folder. 

Select Upload to save the files to SharePoint.

Edit a file with a Microsoft account

In some cases, when you open a presentation from OneDrive directly or through a shared link with a Microsoft account, PowerPoint for the web displays the file in Reading view.

To edit such a file:

In your web browser, navigate to the file in OneDrive.

Click the file name once to open the file in PowerPoint for the web.

select Edit Presentation , and then select Edit in PowerPoint for the web .

The file switches from Reading view to Editing view, where you can:

Add or change content

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How to Edit a PowerPoint Master Slide

Last Updated: May 5, 2021

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This wikiHow teaches you how to edit slide masters in PowerPoint. Slide masters are used to apply the same layout, fonts, styles, images, and placeholders to multiple slides in a PowerPoint presentation. A slide master can have multiple layouts. [1] X Research source

Accessing Slide Master View

• If you have PowerPoint presentations saved on your OneDrive, click OneDrive and then click a PowerPoint presentation you wish to open.

Adding and Deleting Slide Masters and Layouts

• There must be at least one slide master in the list on the left.
• You can also use the right-click menu to rename or duplicate slide masters and layouts.

Editing Backgrounds and Themes

• If you want to create layouts with different themes, color schemes, or fonts, you need to create a new slide master.

• Applying a background style to a slide master affects all the layouts below the slide master. Applying a background style to a layout only affects that layout.

• Solid fill: This applies a single color to the background. Use the "Color" drop-down menu to select a color.
• Gradient: . This applies a fade with two or more colors as a background. To change the gradient colors, click a stop below "Color stops" and then use the "Color" drop-down menu to select a color. Select the gradient type using the "Type" drop-down menu.
• Picture or texture fill: This option allows you to use an image as your background. Click File to select an image file from your computer or use the "Texture" drop-down menu to select one of the texture images.
• Pattern fill: This option allows you to use a pattern as your background. Select a pattern in the menu below "Pattern" and then use the "Foreground" and "Background" drop-down menus to select colors for the pattern.

• If you do not click Apply to all , it will only apply your background settings to a single layout.

Editing Placeholders

• Content: Content placeholders can be filled with any type of content, such as text, images, tables, charts, videos.
• Text: Text placeholders are used to indicate where text will go. You can use a text placeholder to format your text before you even know what the text will say.
• Image: Image placeholders will eventually be filled with an image files, such as a JPEG.
• Chart: Chart placeholders are used to indicate where a chart or graph will be placed.
• Table: Table placeholders are used to indicate where a table, such as those created in Excel will be placed.
• SmartArt: SmartArt is Microsoft's editable graphics. A smartArt placeholder indicates where smartArt will eventually be placed. [3] X Research source
• Media: Media placeholders indicate where media, such as a video file will eventually be placed.
• Online Image: An online image placeholder indicates where you can choose an image from online

• To edit the position of a placeholder, click and hold a blank spot inside the placeholder bounding box. Then drag the placeholder to where you want to go.
• To rotate a placeholder, click the circular arrow icon above the placeholder bounding box and drag left or right to rotate the bounding box.
• To adjust the size of the placeholder, click and drag the small circles in the corners and sides of the placeholder bounding box.
• To Delete a placeholder, click the place holder and press Delete .

• You can also use the options in the menu to add other text effects such as bullets or a numbered list, or text effects such as shadow, glow, or 3D.

Applying a Slide Master or Layout to PowerPoint Slides

• You can also insert a new slide by click Insert in the menu bar at the top and clicking New Slide

• Text: Click the placeholder text to edit it. Highlight the text and press Delete to remove the placeholder text. Then type your own text.
• Image: Click the image icon to open a file browser. Select an image on your computer and click Open .
• Chart: Click the chart icon in the placeholder. Then select a chart type in the menu to the left of the window and click a chart style at the top and click Ok . Use the table to edit the labels and numbers for the chart.
• Table: Click the table icon in the placeholder and then type the number of columns and rows for the table and click Ok . Then click each cell and add your own text to the cell.
• SmartArt: Click the SmartArt icon in the middle of the placeholder. Then select the type or art in the menu on the left. Then select a style in the center and click Ok . Use the pop-up window to add text to the graphic or click the text boxes in the graphic and type your own text.
• Media: Click the media icon in the center of the placeholder and then use the file browser to navigate to an audio or video file on your computer. Click the audio or video file and click Insert .
• Online Image: Click the online image icon in the center of the placeholder. Then use the search bar to search for an image. Click an image you like to select it.

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• ↑ https://support.office.com/en-us/article/what-is-a-slide-master-b9abb2a0-7aef-4257-a14e-4329c904da54
• ↑ https://support.office.com/en-us/article/customize-a-slide-master-036d317b-3251-4237-8ddc-22f4668e2b56
• ↑ https://support.office.com/en-us/article/video-create-and-change-smartart-393bd987-c33a-4821-aaea-fd9ea71916cd

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If you want to change the layout or style of all slides in your PowerPoint presentation, you can edit your Slide Master. First, open your PowerPoint presentation and click the "View" tab. Next, click "Slide Master" on the toolbar to open the Slide Master tab. You'll see the Slide Master for your theme at the top of the left panel. The Slide Master contains formatting for elements like headers, footers, and title placeholders. The smaller slides under the Slide Master are Slide Layouts, which inherit the basics of the Slide Master but feature alternative layouts for different types of presentations. You can edit these separately in addition to making changes to your Slide Master. To resize an element, such as the body or title area on a Slide Master or Layout, click it once and then drag its sizing handle. To move an element, click its border and then drag it to the desired location. You can also customize fonts by selecting the text in an element, such as the title, and then making changes using the font options on the Home tab. To add a placeholder for a certain type of object, such as a picture or a chart, click the "Insert Placeholder" button in the toolbar and select your desired option. You can also use the "Background" panel on the toolbar to change the theme's colors and style elements. Just make sure the Slide Master is selected in the left panel and not just one of the Layouts first. Click "Colors" on the toolbar to choose a new color scheme, and then "Background Styles" to choose a new background color from the palette. Click "Fonts" to change the font throughout, and "Effects" to add effects to objects, such as drop-shadows. To add a new layout to a Slide Master, click "Insert Layout" in the toolbar. To delete any part of your Slide Master or Layout, click it once and press the "Delete" key on your keyboard. When you're finished editing your Slide Master, click "Close Master View" in the toolbar to return to regular editing mode—your changes will be applied to all slides in your presentation automatically. Did this summary help you? Yes No

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PowerPoint's animations and transitions can help you grab your audience's attention, present information in bite-sized chunks, and—when used sparingly—deliver a more professional presentation. In this article, we'll run through the nuts and bolts of these useful PowerPoint tools.

Animations are effects you can add to your slides' text, pictures, shapes, graphics, tables, and other elements. There are four different types of animations:

• Entrance animations—These are the effects you can add to make an object appear on your slide in different ways.
• Emphasis animations—You can add an emphasis animation to an object already visible on your slide, such as changing its size or color.
• Exit animations—The opposite to entrance animations, exit animations make objects disappear from your slide through different effects.
• Motion paths animations —You can make an element on your slide move to a different place, with your audience seeing this movement from where it started to where it ends up.

You can use more than one animation on a single object. For example, you can apply an entrance animation to some text, followed by an emphasis animation.

A transition effect dictates how your presentation progresses from one slide to the next, and you can choose from three different levels of complexity:

• Subtle—These are the most basic types of transitions in PowerPoint, aiding speed and slickness as you jump from one slide to the next.
• Exciting—You can make your transitions more visually entertaining.
• Dynamic—A dynamic transition applies to all parts of a slide, except for the background, giving the illusion that the content is rolling through on a single page.

Only one transition effect can be added to each slide, and it's important that you apply the transition to the slide that will be visible once the transition is complete. For example, if you have two slides and want to create a transition effect as you move from slide 1 to slide 2, you will need to apply the transition to slide 2.

Before you add animation and transition effects to your PowerPoint presentation, bear in mind the following tips:

• Don't add too many animations and transitions . Overusing these features can distract your audiences in ways you didn't intend to, and they can also look tacky and unprofessional. Ask yourself, "Does this make my presentation better?" If the answer is no, don't add it.
• Another issue with using too many animations and transitions is that it could significantly slow down your PowerPoint file's processing speed , as it adds volume to your file size.
• Keep things professional in the right contexts. For example, if you're presenting a formal business plan, you don't want to add funky transitions that take ten seconds to complete. Try sticking to slick effects that last less than a second.
• Use the same transition effect for each slide and, if you can, the same animation for each item.

It's a widely shared opinion that Microsoft 365's desktop apps offer more flexibility and functionality than their web-based counterparts. However, the exact opposite can be said for adding animations, which is significantly easier to do on PowerPoint for the web than via the subscription-only app. So, to create the animations for screenshots in this section, we have used PowerPoint online, rather than the desktop app, and we recommend that you do the same.

Before you add any animations, click "Animation Pane" in the Animations tab on the ribbon. This will open a pane on the right side of your window, which will make seeing and managing your animations much easier.

Now, select the item you want to animate. If you want several items on a slide to animate in the same way at the same time, hold Ctrl while clicking them all. Then, click the down arrow in the Animations tab, and choose the appropriate effect.

You will then see an animation card in the Animation Pane for the effect you just added. Here, you can change the animation type, how it is activated (whether via a click, with the previous animation, or after the previous animation), and the duration and delay.

If you have more than one animation on a slide and want to reorder them, click and drag the six dots next to the relevant animation card upwards or downwards.

Finally, to remove an animation, click the trash icon on the appropriate animation card.

You can also animate paragraphs of text within a text box. To do so, select the relevant text, and follow the same process.

Whether you're using PowerPoint's desktop app or the online version of the program, adding transitions involves a very similar process.

First, select the slide you want to transition to (for example, you'll select slide 2 if you want to create a transition from slide 1 to slide 2) in the slide thumbnail pane, and then click the "Transitions" tab on the ribbon.

To see more transitions, click the down arrow on the right-hand side of the Transition To This Slide group.

Clicking any of the transition effects on display will do two things—first, it will show you a preview of what that transition will look like, and second, it will apply that transition to that slide.

You can then amend the options (such as the direction of the transition) and timing of the transition using the settings on the right side of the Transitions tab. This is where you can also add a sound effect to the transition, or decide whether the transition effect occurs when you click your mouse or automatically after a given length of time.

If you want to apply the same transition effect and options to all slides, click "Apply To All" in the Timing group of the Transition tab when you have finished setting up your transition's parameters. You can then select individual slides to make further adjustments if needed.

To remove a transition, select the slide in the slide thumbnail pane, and click "None" in the Transitions tab.

PowerPoint's Morph is a transition effect that recognizes differences between the same items on two slides, and smoothly transitions between them when you proceed from one slide to the next. For example, you might have an image on slide 1, and the same image in a different position on slide 2. The morph transition gives your audience the impression that you're still on the same slide, but the objects are merely moving and resizing.

This is different to the motion path animation, which you can set for different items and activate at different times on your slide. The morph transition, however, moves all items together as you move from one slide to the next, saving you from having to apply motion path animations to individual objects. Any objects on the first slide but not the second will simply fade away during the morph transition. Similarly, any new items on the second slide will appear gradually.

In this example, we have a title and an image on slide 1, and the same objects on slide 2 but in different places and different sizes. We created this scenario by copying and pasting the whole of slide 1, and then changing the text and image on slide 2. However, you can also create a blank slide, and then copy and paste the different elements you want to morph.

Then, we need to select slide 2, and click "Morph" in the Transitions tab on the ribbon.

Then, press F5 to see your presentation, and witness the smooth morph transition from one slide to the next. You can also use this transition effect to zoom into an image or fade an image into the background. Just ensure that you copy and paste from one slide to the next before you create the transition, so that PowerPoint recognizes them as the same.

If animations and transitions are new to you, check out these other tips that you should also know before you design your next presentation.

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My presentation has a shape that has an interaction “Go to document”. When I use it in presentation mode, the document is correctly opened and I can work on it. But when I close the document, I do not come back to the presentation. I get a view, that looks like edit mode, but it isn’t. When I press space bar or an arrow key, I’m back in presentation mode, but on the next slide. Same problem is with interaction “Run program”.

Is there a way to get immediately back to the slide which has the shape with interaction “Go to document” or “Run program” after the interaction has finished? Or at least to avoid the curious “looks like edit mode” state?

I have written a bug report 162468 – Wrong view after back from interaction in presentation mode . An example presentation is attached there. I couldn’t attach it here because it’s a zip archive.

Could you please show that “looks like edit mode” screenshot? I’d assume that’s a bug…

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How to Curve Text in Google Slides

PowerPoint provides text effects to give it a curved look that can help transform text for PowerPoint templates . Currently, Google Slides does not have a similar curved text feature that can transform the look of text for slide decks you might create or the Google Slides templates you might use for your presentations. However, there are different methods that you can use to create curved text in Google Slides.

How to Curve Text in Google Slides Using Text Box Rotation

By rotating text boxes, you can bend text in Google Slides to create something similar to curved text designs. These text boxes can be aligned like a circle, semi-circle, or other curved design according to your design preferences.

To get started, insert a text box via Insert -> Text Box and enter your text.

You can add multiple text boxes to create the curved text look by adding relevant words and phrases. Once your curved text phrase is complete, click on the text box and move it using the line on top to rotate the text. This rotation requires holding the point highlighted in the image below and rotating your mouse to move the text box.

You can also rotate text by going to Format Options via the right-click context menu to access rotation options for text boxes.

The Rotate menu in Format Options provides comprehensive features to rotate and angle your text boxes to suit your needs. If you want to be specific about the angle you want to rotate your text, you can use this menu. From here, you can set an angle to rotate text, rotate the text box 90 degrees, or flip it vertically or horizontally.

The below image shows an example of curved text in Google Slides using text box rotation. By adding multiple text boxes and rotating them via Format Options or via drag and drop, you can create various curved text designs in Google Slides. 

Using this method can provide you with a number of advantages. For example, you can edit the text boxes and align them anytime. This can give you control over the text natively in Google Slides, such as the color of the text, its size, shadow, reflection, etc.

How to Curve Text in Google Slides Using Text Stylizing Tools

There are a variety of text stylizing tools that can be used to create images with curved text. One such tool is MockoFun. You can create an account and log in to this tool to create curved text images for free. These images can then be used with Google Slides to create curved text slide designs. To get started, go to the MockoFun website and create a free account. Once logged in, go to Create . This will open a workspace where you can create creative content. To create curved text, go to Text -> Curved Text .

This will provide you with different curved text styles to choose from. Select a curved text style and drag it to the workspace.

Click the text to start typing to generate a curved text image. You will notice that the curved image will start generating as you type text. If the text is too large, it might begin overlapping. So, you will have to type and adjust the text accordingly. This can include curved text like a circle or arc, such as a semi-circle.

Once you have completed making your curved text image, go to Download and export your output file. When downloading the output file, you can use the given scale to select the quality of the image file. MockoFund supports downloading image files in JPG, PNG, SVG, GIF, WEBP, and PowerPoint (PPTX) file format.

To insert the curved text into Google Slides, go to the slide to which you want to add the text and select Insert -> Image -> Upload from Computer .

Adding the curved text image to your Google Slides presentations allows you to create various interesting designs to add visual appeal to your slides. You can adjust the image to add it to Google Slides themes in a way that it appears native to the slide design by ensuring that the colors used are compatible with your presentation theme.

How to Curve Text in Google Slides using PowerPoint

Since PowerPoint natively provides curved text styles, you can design your slides with curved text in PowerPoint and transfer them to Google Slides. For this purpose, you can use any version of PowerPoint, such as PowerPoint for desktop, PowerPoint for the web, or a mobile app.

Type your text into a PowerPoint slide to start using PowerPoint to curve text in Google Slides. You can add the text with a large, prominent font to create curved text that can stand out. Additionally, you can also stylize your text with custom colors before using the curved text effect.

Select the text and go to Shape Format -> Text Effects -> Transform and pick a curved text style. PowerPoint provides dozens of curved text styles that you can choose from.

Right-click to copy the slide in PowerPoint or use CTRL+C .

Open your Google Slides presentation to add the curved text and use CTRL+V , or paste the copied PowerPoint slide using the right-click context menu.

The curved text slide will be added to Google Slides. You can use drag and drop to adjust the text in your Google Slides presentation.

The pasted slide will provide the text as an image in Google Slides. By adjusting the copied slide from PowerPoint to your Google Slides presentation, you can bring PowerPoint curved text styles to Google Slides.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are there curved text effects in google slides.

As of August 2024, Google Slides does not have native features such as text effects to create curved text.

Can you create curved text in Google Slides?

While Google Slides does not provide native styles for generating curved text, you can create curved text in Google Slides by rotating text, using third-party tools to create curved text, and adding it to slides.

What external tools can be used to curve text in Google Slides?

You can use a number of third-party tools and apps to curve text and import it into Google Slides. Some commonly used tools and apps include PowerPoint, MockoFun, Canva, PicMonkey, and advanced image manipulation tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Gimp.

Does the curved text in Google Slides appear in Slideshow mode?

Yes, curved text created through rotation or added via third-party tools as an image file appears in Slideshow mode in Google Slides.

Does Curved text affect the responsiveness of Google Slides presentations?

No, the curved text does not affect the responsiveness of Google Slides presentations. However, if you’re using image files of curved text, ensure that the images are of good quality, such as HD (720p) or Full HD (1080p) image files.

Can I edit the curved text in Google Slides imported as an image?

No, curved image files imported to Google Slides are not editable directly. You will need to edit the image from its source and upload a copy again with the changes.

How can I edit the curved text in Google Slides?

If you have created curved text using text boxes rotated to a curved angle, you can click the text boxes to edit the text.

When should you use Curved Text in Google Slides?

Curved text can be used in Google Slides to highlight content, create design consistency to match other curved slide elements, and add visual appeal to slides. The use of curved text is quite arbitrary, and it will largely depend on your design needs and preferences for your Google Slides presentation.

Final Words

Unlike PowerPoint, Google Slides lacks many native slide design features, including the ability to curve text using text styles. However, you can curve text in Google Slides by using text box rotation and third-party tools to create and import curved text as an image. The imported text can be stylized according to the colors and outlook of your Google Slides theme beforehand and then imported and merged in your slides to give it a look that might appear native to your theme. However, if you want text that can be easily edited, the best option is to add multiple text boxes and rotate them to create an angle that makes the text look curved. This text can also be stylized natively in Google Slides anytime.

If you are using a third-party tool to generate an image to curve text and import it to Google Slides, you should ensure that the style of the text matches your theme and that the output file is saved as a high-quality image. This will help prevent the image from pixelation when you add it to Google Slides or run your presentation in Slideshow mode. Some of the most commonly used image formats used with Google Slides include JPG, PNG, and BMP. While Google Slides also supports SVG file format, the vector graphic file support isn’t very robust and might not work properly.

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