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Before You Begin

  • Step-by-Step: Make a Slideshow on PowerPoint
  • Play Music During the Slideshow
  • Set up the Slideshow
  • Add Timings to Each Slide
  • Edit Timings on a Slide
  • Create a Video Slideshow
  • Save a Slideshow to a CD or Other Removeable Media

When you're ready to present your PowerPoint slides to others, look no further than PowerPoint's slideshow feature. Use this tool for all kinds of slides, but those containing photos work best for most viewers.

Instructions in this article apply to PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 , PowerPoint 2019, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2013, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint for Mac.

Before you create slides for your slideshow presentation, decide how long to make the slideshow, how it should flow, and the pictures you’ll use.

  • Length : A slideshow can be as long or as short as you need. The length of the slideshow should be appropriate for the topic and for your audience’s attention span.
  • Outline : It’s always smart to start with an outline; it helps you visualize your slideshow. An outline can be as simple as the list of topics you want to cover.
  • Pictures : Choose photos that are clear and tell a story.

With PowerPoint's Photo Album , select the pictures and PowerPoint creates the basic slideshow. Fill your slides with informative text and harmonizing background music, then turn your collection of slides into a self-running photo slideshow with music that can play as a video or be stored on a CD.

When you’re ready to make a photo slideshow with music, PowerPoint gets you up and running quickly. To get started, select Insert > Photo Album > New Photo Album .

Here’s how to add and format pictures for the slideshow using the Photo Album:

Add pictures

Select File/Disk and select the images you want in the picture slideshow.

Enhance photos

Place a checkmark next to the picture you want to enhance and change the orientation, contrast, and brightness. You’ll see the changes in the Preview window.

Add text boxes

To add a slide for text, select the image in the album list you want the text to follow and select New Text Box .

Rearrange slides

 Place a checkmark next to the picture you want to move and select the Move Up or Move Down arrows.

Choose a picture layout

 Select the Picture layout down arrow and choose how you want the pictures to appear in the slideshow.

Frame the pictures

 Select the Frame shape down arrow and choose a frame style. You’ll see a preview in the Album Layout area. This option will not be selectable if the picture layout Fit to slide is enabled.

Select Create when you’re finished.

Your photo slideshow is created in a new file. Add text to the slides and change the look of each slide.

How to Play Music During the Slideshow

Play music in the background during your slideshow to offer an audio counterpoint to all the visuals. The background music starts automatically with the slideshow and plays during all the slides.

To add background music to your presentation, select Insert > Audio > Audio on My PC , choose a music file, then select OK .

The audio icon appears in the middle of the current slide. To move it, drag it to a different place on the slide. When the audio icon is selected, the Playback tab appears. Select Play in Background and make changes to the audio file . Here are some suggestions.

  • Preview the music : Select Play to hear what the music will sound like during your slideshow.
  • Shorten the duration : Select Trim Audio to remove parts of the beginning and end of the music file.
  • Adjust the volume : Select Volume to make the background music louder or softer.

How to Set up the Slideshow

Once your slides are finished, it’s time to set up the slideshow. Start by deciding whether to show the slideshow in a window or full screen.

To set up the slideshow, select Slide Show > Set Up Slide Show and choose one of the following:

  • Browsed by an individual (window) : Run the slideshow automatically and inside a window. This option works best when you save the slideshow to a CD.
  • Browsed at a kiosk (full screen) : Run the slideshow automatically and at full-screen size. This option works best when you convert the slideshow to a video.

Select OK when you’re finished.

How to Add Timings to Each Slide in the Slideshow

Now it’s time to decide how long each slide will appear in the slideshow. To begin, select Slide Show > Rehearse Timings . The slideshow displays in full screen with a Recording toolbar and a timer.

While timing your presentation, use the Recording toolbar to advance through the presentation.

Select Next (arrow pointing to the right) to go to the next slide when the desired timing has been reached.

Select Pause to start and stop the timing.

Select Repeat to restart recording the time for the selected slide.

When you’re finished and have set the time for the last slide, close the Recording toolbar.

Select Yes to keep the recorded slide timings.

How to Edit Timings on a Slide

If you need to increase or decrease the time for your slideshow, change how long slides appear during the slideshow.

To change the timing for a slide:

Select View > Slide Sorter .

Select Transitions .

Select a slide.

In the Advance Slide After text box, enter how long the slide should appear in the slideshow before proceeding to the next slide, then press Enter .

The new timing applies to the slide.

How to Create a PowerPoint Video Slideshow

The easiest way to distribute and play your slideshow is in video format. This way, anyone can view your slideshow no matter what computer or device they use.

To convert a slideshow into a video:

Save the file.

Select File > Export .

Select Create a Video .

To force a smaller file size, select the Full HD drop-down list and choose a lower quality.

Select Create Video .

Select the destination folder and give the video a descriptive file name.

Select Save . It may take a few minutes to process the file and create the video.

How to Save a Slideshow to a CD or Other Removeable Media

To create a presentation that can be watched on any computer and can be stored on a CD or other removable media:

Select Package Presentation for CD > Package for CD .

Type a name for the CD.

Select Copy to Folder or Copy to CD and follow the on-screen directions.

When you’re finished, select Close .

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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 slide show from the beginning, click the Slide Show tab and select 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.

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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 start a slide show from the current slide, click the Slide Show tab and select From Current Slide

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Example of running a mini presentation over the top of your PowerPoint slides

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.

Example of running a PowerPoint presentation in Presenter View

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 run the presenter view from the current slide, click the Slide Show tab, hold the Alt key and click the From Current Slide command

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.

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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

To start your slide show from the current slide using the presenter view, click the slide show tab, hold the Alt key and click

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.

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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 show or hide the Presenter View, right click your slide show and select either show or hide presenter view

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.

Click the slide show tab, and select the Set Up Slide Show command to control how your PowerPoint presentation runs

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.

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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

Hold the Shift key and click the reading view icon to open the set up slide show dialog box

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?

Hit the escape key to exit slide show mode in PowerPoint

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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How to Create a Photo Slideshow with PowerPoint

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With so many fun and accessible ways to take photos, there is no wonder why everyone is so photo-happy these days. As easy as it may be to stock up on photos, it can be a challenge to keep them organized. One great way to keep your photos in a convenient place, that is easy to access when you want to reminisce on special memories, is by uploading them into PowerPoint. By doing this, you can create a slideshow that is a fun-filled way to back up the memories in your life.

Creating Photo Slideshows for PC Computers

Step 1 Open PowerPoint and create a new presentation.

  • Remember to save your presentation after something that will help you to remember what pictures are in the file. This will help you to locate them later on.

Step 3 Name the title page.

  • Select a layout that will accommodate your image, such as a slide with a title box and an image box, a slide with just an image box, or even a blank slide.

Step 5 Import pictures to your slides.

  • Double-click inside the image box (or go to Insert > Picture > From File ), then browse to the desired image.
  • Click "Okay" or "Insert" to add the image. If you don't like the way it looks, select the image and click on "Picture" to change it out for a different one. You can also select the image and hit "Delete" to remove the picture.

Step 6 Rearrange the photo order if necessary.

  • Locate the "Slide Sorter" button near the bottom of the image pane. Then, click and drag the slides to the desired destinations.

Step 7 Add transitions to your slide shows.

  • To add music, click on the movies and audio icon located under the "Insert" tab. First, go to "Audio from file", and then, click on "Music" to pull up your music. When you choose the song you want, click on the song, and press "Link to file" before pressing "Insert". [9] X Research source
  • You can choose if the song plays for just one slide or the entire presentation by clicking on "Format Audio" next to the "Home" button, and then, clicking on "Play Across Slides" under "Audio Options". [10] X Research source

Step 10 Save your PowerPoint slideshow before you finish.

Creating Photo Slideshows for Mac Computers

Step 1 Open PowerPoint by double-clicking on the icon.

  • You can scroll through your photos and choose the ones you want to add to your slideshow by double-clicking on them.

Step 6 Rearrange the photo order if necessary.

  • To add music, click on the movies and audio icon located at the top of the PowerPoint screen. Then, click on "Music" and all of your music should appear. When you choose the song you want, drag and drop the file onto one of your slides.
  • You can choose if the song plays for just one slide or the entire presentation by clicking on "Format Audio" next to the "Home" button, and then, clicking on "Play Across Slides" under "Audio Options".

Step 10 Save your PowerPoint slideshow before you finish.

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  • ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-presentation-in-powerpoint-422250f8-5721-4cea-92cc-202fa7b89617
  • ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/save-your-presentation-file-34377c9c-a1e5-44e1-9c3f-e6e72ee6c541
  • ↑ https://tsengcollege.csun.edu/sites/default/files/PDFs/forWindows/Slide_Titles_in_Microsoft_PowerPoint.pdf
  • ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-rearrange-duplicate-and-delete-slides-in-powerpoint-e35a232d-3fd0-4ee1-abee-d7d4d6da92fc
  • ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/insert-a-picture-in-powerpoint-5f7368d2-ee94-4b94-a6f2-a663646a07e1
  • ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-transitions-between-slides-e89a076e-ed81-404e-9598-021a918fa1ba
  • ↑ https://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=283149&p=1886370
  • ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/play-music-across-multiple-slides-in-your-slide-show-b01ded6a-28c8-473a-971a-6dfa92cc9367
  • ↑ http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/officeversion_other-powerpoint/powerpoint-how-to-add-music-throughout-the/10a366a4-9727-4f78-aa06-e9f76c8a5269
  • ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-rearrange-duplicate-and-delete-slides-in-powerpoint-e35a232d-3fd0-4ee1-abee-d7d4d6da92fc#OfficeVersion=macOS
  • ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/insert-a-picture-in-powerpoint-5f7368d2-ee94-4b94-a6f2-a663646a07e1#OfficeVersion=macOS
  • ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/play-music-across-multiple-slides-in-your-slide-show-b01ded6a-28c8-473a-971a-6dfa92cc9367#OfficeVersion=macOS

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How to loop a powerpoint presentation.

If you're showing off a lot of photos at a special event, set your presentation to progress at a continuous, automatic loop. Here's how.

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Set up your slideshow to be looped, apply automatic slide transitions.

Slideshows are sometimes used to display images at events, such as weddings or trade shows. Whatever the occasion might be, you’ll want to loop your PowerPoint presentation so your guests aren’t staring at a blank screen. Here’s how it’s done.

First, open your PowerPoint presentation in which you would like to loop. Once open, navigate to the “Set Up” group of the “Slide Show” tab and then select the “Set Up Slide Show” button.

Set up slide show

The “Set Up Show” window will appear. In the “Show options” group, check the box next to “Loop Continuously until Esc.” Once selected, click “OK” in the bottom-right corner of the window.

Loop Continuously until Esc

Now, when you play your slideshow, it will end only when you press the “Esc” key instead of when you've finished the last slide.

Related: How to Make YouTube Videos Loop Continuously

One caveat: With the way we currently have it set up, the slideshow will proceed only when someone clicks the mouse button. That’s fine if there will be a speaker present at all times. Otherwise, you’ll need to set up automatic slide transitions.

Head back to the “Set Up Show” window by selecting “Set Up Slide Show” in the “Set Up” group of the “Slide Show” tab.

There are a couple of options you need to select, but one important note is that you must first select “Using Timings, If Present” under the “Advance Slides” group.

Use timings if present

The next option we select will lock a few things in place (which is why you need to select “Using Timings, If Present” first).

Under the “Show Type” group, select “Browsed at a Kiosk (Full Screen)." The “Loop Continuously until Esc” option will be enabled automatically if you haven’t already turned it on, and the option you’ve selected under “Advance Slides” will remain unchanged.

Select “OK” when ready to proceed.

Browsed at a kiosk

Without the “Browsed at a Kiosk” option enabled, the automatic slide progressions would be disabled if someone were to press the Back key. With it enabled, the Forward and Back keys are locked, allowing the slideshow to automatically progress unattended without fear of someone breaking it.

Now it’s time to set the timings of the slides. Head over to the “Transitions” tab. In the “Timing” group, check the box next to “After” and set the timing at which you’d like each slide to progress. Note that it doesn’t matter if the box next to “On Mouse Click” is checked or not---it won’t work.

After that, select the “Apply to All” option in the same group.

Set slide transition time

Now, when you play your slideshow, it will continuously loop without interruption. To exit the slideshow, press the “Esc” button.

2 Ways to Create Comparison Slides in PowerPoint

2 Ways to Create Comparison Slides in PowerPoint

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Do your PowerPoint slides look dull and flat when making comparisons? Crafting compelling and informative comparison slides is crucial to differentiate your ideas, products, or services from competitors.

With the right layouts and techniques, you can create beautiful and engaging comparison slides to wow any audience. An effective comparison slide can help highlight unique attributes and make analytical points clearer for your audience.

But that doesn’t mean you need to know design. All you need is the PowerPoint comparison slide feature. In this beginner’s guide, we’ll walk you through two simple ways to create clean and professional comparison slides in PowerPoint. Let’s get started!

What Is A Comparison Slide In Powerpoint?

Comparison slides enable visually contrasting two or more elements side-by-side within a single slide. Rather than walls of text, comparisons are structured into columns to showcase data, features, and factors together.

Comparison slides allow presenters to evaluate two or more objects, concepts, solutions, etc. side-by-side within a single PowerPoint slide. They help organize similarities and differences visually through text, data, images, and other multimedia formats.

These slides are highly effective for:

  • Comparing products by features to highlight competitive advantages .
  • Analyzing research results through digestible side-by-side data.
  • Weighing the pros and cons of solutions for clearer decision-making.
  • Drawing comparisons between disparate topics to reveal relationships.
  • Emphasizing differences and aligning similarities for convincing arguments.
  • Adding visual variety to text-heavy slides for sustained interest.

Overall, PowerPoint comparison slides structure complex information in an easy-to-grasp format. Audiences can absorb logical comparisons at a glance. This drives home your point and influences understanding and decisions.

What Is The Purpose Of The Comparison Slide Layout?

Here are some top reasons why incorporating comparison slides into your PowerPoint presentations can be effective:

  • Simplifying complex data like statistical analyses, technical specifications, etc. into easy-to-grasp components.
  • Influencing purchase decisions by using comparison to highlight competitive advantages over alternatives.
  • Visualizing connections between disparate concepts or products to enhance understanding.
  • Underscoring key differences between solutions through targeted side-by-side analysis.
  • Holding the audience’s attention by incorporating graphical and visually engaging comparison layouts.
  • Enhancing memorability as comparisons helps reinforce core points and differences.

How To Make A Comparison Slide In Powerpoint?

There are two easy ways to design effective comparison slides in PowerPoint.

Create Using Built-in Comparison Layout

The easiest way is to use PowerPoint’s pre-designed “Comparison” layout template. Here’s how to do it.

Step 1: Go to the “Home” tab and click on “New Slide”

Go to the “Home” tab and click on “New Slide”

Step 2: Go to the “Layout” and select the “Comparison” template or layout from the options. The content placeholder will be split into two default columns for your data.

layout from the options

Step 4: Add and customize your desired titles, subtitles, text, images, etc. You can use a text block to add your text. Use bullet points to make your text clean. Adjust column widths if needed. You can add colors, borders, etc. for emphasis.

Add and customize your desired titles, subtitles, text, images, etc

How Do You Insert A Comparison Table In PPT?

Do you have some statistics and other data that you would like to present? You can insert a comparison table in PowerPoint with the desired number of columns and rows. This method works well if you have lots of detailed data to compare side-by-side. 

Here’s how to add it:

Step 1: Go to the “Insert” menu and click on “Table”.

Go to the “Insert” menu and click on “Table”

Step 2: Under “Insert Table”, pick the number of columns and rows.

Under “Insert Table”, pick the number of columns and rows

Step 3: Populate the cells with your comparison data – be it text, numbers, checkmarks, or even emojis! Be creative.

Populate the cells with your comparison data

Step 4: Apply colors, borders, and shading to organize the content. You can further modify the table properties to merge cells, alter the design, include total rows or columns, apply cell borders and styles, etc.

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You might need to select one or more slides in PowerPoint to move them using drag or drop or to copy or delete slides. You can also select all slides simultaneously to duplicate, reset, or format the background to quickly edit PowerPoint templates .

How to Select All Slides at Once in PowerPoint

While you can select multiple slides in PowerPoint by either using the Shift key or, the CTRL key (Windows), or the Command key (Mac), all slides can be selected using the Ribbon menu or a simple hotkey.

How to select all slides in PowerPoint

Select All Slides in Normal View

To select all slides in normal view, click a slide thumbnail from the right sidebar and choose CTRL+A (Windows) or Command+A (Mac). To do this via the Ribbon menu, select a slide from the right sidebar and go to Home -> Editing -> Select -> Select All .

Since CTRL+A (Windows) or Command+A (Mac) is also used to select all slide elements and to select slides (and not slide objects), make sure a specific slide thumbnail is selected instead of an object on a slide.  

Selecting multiple slides via the Editing button

Once all slides are selected, you can see an outline color representing the selected slides. You can right-click to manage the chosen slides, such as reset slides, format background, duplicate slides, etc.

Options for multiply selected slides in PowerPoint

Select All Slides in Slide Sorter View

In Slide Sorter view, you can select a slide from the thumbnail preview and select all slides using the CTRL+A (Windows) or Command+A (Mac) hotkey. Similar to the Normal view, you can also select all slides via Home -> Editing -> Select -> Select All.

You can also use hotkeys to make changes once all slides are selected. For example, the CTRL+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac) hotkey will duplicate selected slides. If all slides are selected, a copy of all slides will be created.

Selecting slides in the Sorter View

You can now use the right-click menu to change all the selected slides to format and manage them or use a hotkey to make changes.

Options for selected slides in the Sorter View

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Selecting all slides simultaneously can help format and manage slides quickly. By using the respective hotkey or Ribbon menu option, you can select all slides simultaneously to make the necessary changes instead of editing and formatting each slide individually.

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  • Dean Russell
  • Amory Sivertson
  • Ben Brock Johnson
  • Emily Jankowski

Two people sitting in a restaurant, with one holding several printed slides.

When Jason Carman and Harpriya Bagri met, they had different takes on the film  Tenet .

Directed by Christopher Nolan,  Tenet  is considered one of the most confusing major movies. Harpriya was not a fan of its mind-boggling time-travel plot. Jason, though?

He proposed a date. They would get pizza, and he would explain the film. Harpriya agreed. But when she showed up, she did not expect to see Jason holding 29 printed slides from a presentation called " Tenet for Dummies." She also didn't know that Jason was filming.

The video of the date was later posted to X and watched 3.7 million times. Some might see the premise as a recipe for disaster. Others, a recipe for love. So which one was it?

  • Jason and Harpriya's date video
  • Jason's Tenet slide show
  • The X conversation that inspired the date
  • " Tenet , the definitive explanation " (Film Colossus)
  • " Can someone explain tenet very simply to me please? " (Reddit)

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Ben Brock Johnson: Amorous Sivertson, happy belated St. Valentino's Day to you.

Amory Sivertson: Benjamin Brockis Johnsonite, back at you.

Ben: And with that in mind, what is the strangest date you've ever been on?

Amory: Probably like, I'm gonna say some dude thinking that we were on a date talking to me about something that he thought that I was interested in, and I wasn't, and we weren't. What about you?

Ben: I took out a girl named Amanda. We went to the movies, and we watched The Sixth Sense .

Amory: Classic love story.

Ben: Classic love story, and we also broke into a Speedbowl.

Amory: Is that like a go-kart?

Ben: No, it's like, you know, low-level race car — it's not the Indy 500. I don't know anything about cars.

Amory: The AAA of race car driving.

Ben: Something like that. Yeah, and she climbed over the fence with me. We definitely trespassed, and it was, like, one of those things where, like, I wanted it to be on, but I didn't know it was on, but it was definitely on. Looking back on it, it was on. But I just dropped her off and was like, "Have a good night. I hope maybe someday you'll consider dating me. OK. Goodbye."

Amory: And you lived happily ever after.

Ben: Yeah, I think she did. She certainly did.

Amory: You did, too. Your wife is one of my favorite things about you.

Ben: Yeah. But my wife didn't live "happily ever after" after. That's the problem for her.

I don't know if either of our dates would've ever gone viral, at least not as viral as the date we're talking about today.

Jason Carman: This whole, like, little Twitter virality stint was basically me capitulating to Twitter every step of the way.  

Ben: I — that, that actually worries me deeply. 

Jason: Me, too.

Amory: Jason Carman lives in San Francisco. He makes documentaries about tech startups. He also launches rockets into space. Big X — Twitter — user.

Ben: And he's single.

Ben: So, what — how's dating? How's it going? 

Jason: (Laughs.) Dating... (Laughs.)

Ben: Jason is in his early 20s, what he describes as a transitional period in the dating scene. He says standing out from the endless feed of men online is more important than ever.

Jason: Everyone's beginning to, like, realize, Oh, dating is no longer just like a fun after high school, in-college thing. So, thinking about it differently has kind of been a trip.

Ben: We better get serious; put together some PowerPoints now.

Jason: That's what I thought.

Amory: Oh yes, and his creative approach to dating has recently earned him a bit of a reputation, one he's not so sure about.

Jason: I don't know if I want to be totally known as the PowerPoint dating guy.

Ben: Too late, my friend! Jason Carman is the PowerPoint dating guy. Why?

Amory: Because about a month ago, Jason decided to go on a first date, and, instead of the usual thing — "Where'd you grow up?" "How many siblings do you have?" — he opted to give a lengthy PowerPoint presentation, a slide show.

Ben: And he filmed it for all the world to see!

Amory: Some might call it an odd approach to wooing. Others?

Jason: I guess it's the modern version of going and, I don't know, fighting a knight, fighting for one's honor. The modern version of that is making a PowerPoint.

Ben: Killing a woolly mammoth and bringing it back or something.

Jason: Yeah.

Amory: I'm sure those knights would really appreciate this comparison .

Amory: Today, Endless Thread listeners, we bring you the story of one date, two people, and 29 slides that caught the attention of millions online.

Ben: This is "Dinner and a (Slide) Show."

Harpriya Bagri: I had seen some of his stuff on Twitter before, so I kind of knew of him just through the Twitterscape.

Amory: Harpriya Bagri is a software engineer, also in the Bay Area. She works with artificial intelligence. And if you're wondering, we interviewed Harpriya and Jason separately.

Amory: Harpriya, how would you describe your dating life? 

Harpriya: You know, not great.

Amory: Can AI help with that? 

Harpriya: You know, funny that you mentioned that. I also made an AI agent to background-check my Hinge dates for me.

Ben: How's that working out for you? Harpriya and Jason didn't meet on Hinge. Their meet-cute was a tad more old fashioned.

Harpriya: There was this party. Jason was there. That's how we met. I was telling him about how I really enjoyed his videos and stuff, and he had read my blog.

Jason: She's great. She's very smart, and we're both nerds in the best sense of that. I mean, we met at a tech-optimism dinner party at my house.

Amory: A tech-optimism dinner party. Yes, you heard that correctly. They talked about things like AI, podcast audio quality, and they were hitting it off. Then they got to a somewhat contentious subject, one that would go on to have a rather big effect on their soon-to-be romantic lives.

Harpriya: If I recall correctly, it was him that had brought it up.

Jason: This movie comes up with me a lot in conversation. And I just think it's great. I don't know how. I don't intentionally bring it up. That would be really concerning for my future dating, but —

Harpriya: I had just seen it like a few weeks before that, just very recently. And I was just telling him how it was cool and all, but it wasn't like other Christopher Nolan movies. Maybe some of it went over my head. I didn't really enjoy it as much as I hoped to.

[ Fay : All I have for you is a gesture in combination with a word: Tenet.

Protagonist: That's all they've told you?]

Jason: Tenet is the most underrated Christopher Nolan movie, and hated in many ways. 

Ben: For the uninitiated, Tenet is a nearly 3-hour action movie written and directed by Christopher Nolan, the guy who brought us mind-bending films like Inception , Memento , Interstellar , Oppenheimer .

Amory: And, Ben, as you know, I am the uninitiated. I have never seen Tenet .

Ben: On this timeline.

Amory: (Laughs.) How would you describe the plot of Tenet ?

Ben: Uh, there's, um, some good guys and some bad guys, but there's one good guy. And he's trying to travel through time to stop the end of the world. And there's a machine. There's, like, a machine they have to go through to, like, to go through time. And there's a lot of discussion about entropy, which I don't really understand. And yeah, that's what I got. How'd it go? How'd that go for you?

Amory: (Laughs.)

[ Protagonist : I need some idea of the threat we face.  

Barbara: As I understand it, we're trying to prevent World War III.  

Protagonist: Nuclear holocaust.

Barbara: No. Something worse.]

Amory: Apparently, this movie is not for everyone.

Harpriya: It was very slow for probably a good chunk of it — probably a majority of it. I think I didn't see how certain things added up. 

Ben: But it is the movie for Jason.

Jason: I think it's like the most unique take on time travel that I've ever seen in a movie, and I think that's what makes it so cool.

Ben: They have a lot in common, clearly.

Amory: A lot in common. They're both at the tech-optimism party talking about Tenet . Harpriya's like, Mmm, yeah, too confusing, too long. I don't get what all the fuss is about. Normally, this might elicit a head nod and a new topic.

Ben: But Jason had been in this situation before!

Harpriya: He ended up telling me that he had an ex-girlfriend who he explained the movie Tenet to, and he made this whole, like — he did a presentation on it or something. And I was like, Oh, interesting. I didn't think I would be at the end of another presentation in the near future, but I thought it was funny in the meantime.

Ben: Fast forward a couple weeks, and Jason is on X or Twitter or whatever, and he jumps into thread with some randos about, obviously, Tenet . One tweet has a video of a Peloton instructor ranting about the movie mid-workout.

[Peloton instructor (via @JacobOller ): Did anybody see this besides me? Because I need a manual. Someone's got to explain this.]

Ben: And so he ends up tweeting someone else, to say.

Jason: I have these slides I made for a date three years ago. And people didn't believe me. I went to bed, woke up, the tweet was mini-viral. Posted the slides. That went very viral. And then some guy replied, "You should record yourself on a date doing the slides," which I proceeded to do.

Amory: Jason is, among other things, a self-described content creator. And he knew Harpriya had recently started to make her own content. So, Jason got an idea.

Harpriya: He had just, like, texted me, being like, Oh, do you remember when I was telling you about Tenet , blah, blah blah? And he was like, How about I give you the presentation? Do you wanna go on a date? And I was like, OK, that's fine. 

Jason: She didn't know at the time that it was gonna be recorded. But I'd met her a few times. She seemed cool. I knew she was thinking about getting into content.

Harpriya: He was very explicit to not go on Twitter beforehand.

Jason: I was just like, I know she would be interested in doing something like this once she knew what it really was. And this is another thing I like about Tenet's approach, is much of it is covert.

Harpriya: I literally thought we were just gonna talk about the movie. But, no, it was a lot more than that.

Amory: A lot more than that. Here we go!

Ben: How the date went down, in a minute.

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[ Jason : People didn't think I was serious about making a slideshow about the movie Tenet . But I did. I have it here.]

Amory: So what happens when a guy goes on a date with a PowerPoint presentation and secretly records the whole thing?

Ben: He might get beat up. He also might get 3.7 million views , obviously. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

[Jason: And so I asked a friend of mine who I met a few weeks ago, a girl named Harpriya. I texted her last night, Do you want to come to a date, and I'll give you my Tenet presentation? So that's what's going to happen since everyone has asked to, well, see the presentation. So, here we go.]

Amory: OK, so she was warned. A presentation is on the dinner table, is on the menu.

Ben: He asked for consent before he gave her his Tenet presentation.

Amory: So, about an hour before the date, Jason sets up at an Italian restaurant, Norcina, in San Francisco's Marina District. He got seats in front of a floor-length window.

Ben: Meanwhile, two friends with cameras and audio equipment hide behind an outdoor dining booth across the street. Secrecy is critical.

Jason: There was an area mic I hid under a flower vase right there. The restaurant was in on it.

Ben: Oh my goddddd!

Jason: So, the cameras were set up, and we were worried about the glare of the lighting. It was all stressful. We were having some issues with audio. Then, eventually, we got everything straight.

Amory: As for Harpriya?

Harpriya: I had researched the restaurant beforehand. I was really excited to eat food and, you know, get to know him better.

[Jason: Hey, how's it going? 

Harpriya: Hi.

Jason: Nice to see you.

Harpriya: Good to see you.

Jason: Thanks for coming.]

Ben: The date starts like a lot of first dates: kinda awkward. There's some nervous, small talk — about spritzes.

[Jason: I'm normally not like a spritz-flight guy, but it's really good here. And a friend, maybe you got a one, so I don't know what to do. Like spritzes at all before.  

Harpriya: What is a spritz?]

Ben: Great question.

Amory: Harpriya, I'm with you, girl.

Ben: But also, I'm in. I wish someone would take me out for a spritz flight.

Amory: Let's do that after this. Let's get a spritz.

Ben: A spritz flight.

Amory: So there's also this kind of vibe, like they both know something is odd. Then, Harpriya notices that Jason is holding something — a folder.

Jason: And I don't think she knew what was in it. She was looking at it a little bit, and then I held it up.

Harpriya: And he pulls out like 29 pages or something of these printed slides. And yeah, I was laughing, a little confused. And I was like, Is this serious? Is this partly a joke? But then, he was committed. 

Amory: There's like a weird joke in here, like, "And then he pulled out his slides!" It's like, "Oh gosh, no."

[Harpriya: Oh, you're serious. 

Jason: Yeah. Yeah. I mean —

Harpriya: You printed it out? I knew you said you had a presentation. I did not think —  

Jason: Yeah. I thought it'd be, like, weird if it was like, I don't know — I just printed the slides. It's only, like, 29 slides.]

Jason: She looks over her shoulder, almost like, I'm not sure for what. Was she looking for help? Was she looking to leave? Was she looking like — what was it?

Harpriya: Yeah, I was like, You know, let's just go with it. Let's just dive right in.

Ben: The slide show is titled, " Tenet for Dummies ." And it starts with text explaining, quote, "If you're reading this, you probably didn't understand the film Tenet ... It's OK!... you're just not as film smart as you thought."

Harpriya: "You're not the film expert you think you are," or something like that. He had all these, like, jokes in the beginning. And I was like, What are you trying to do?

Amory: Oh, boy.

Harpriya: I was like, This could be going very downhill if you're starting off with that slide.

Amory: Oh, I would agree, yes.

[Jason: I made these like three years ago. This is sassier than, uh, it's — you know, this is not about you. It's about the theoretical person who doesn't understand Tenet , which is I think most of the population.

Harpriya: OK. OK. You know what? Let's keep going. Yeah.]

Jason: I was just so nervous. I was trying my best to be myself, but not be too loud, be loud enough for the audio. Also just, like, the slides suck. The slides are not meant for this.

Amory: This video, we should say, is 17 minutes long, so it's edited.

Ben: Can't believe she stayed that long. Shocking.

Amory: Well, the date was longer. This is the edited version, and I have to admit, when I watched this for the first time, I kind of thought the whole thing was a setup. I thought Harpriya had to have been in on it.

Amory: You could say that there's romantic chemistry and you want to see where this goes. There's another part of me that's like, Hmm, this is something that we could make content around together, and it could do really well. You know what I mean?

Jason: Well, if anything, the first.

Amory: Whatever he told you, what he pulled out was not what you were expecting?

Harpriya: No, no, no, no. I literally thought we were gonna talk about it.

Ben: Regardless, the date doesn't seem like it's starting well for Jason, the guy who said "you're not as film-smart as you think you are." Until...

Jason: The first time it happened where she actually got interested was the palindrome. 

Harpriya: He showed this very ancient artifact where it said, it said "tenet," and I think that pulled me in.

Amory: This slide shows a matrix carved into stone. It was discovered in the ruins of Pompeii and later found elsewhere. It kind of looks like a secret code.

Ben: There are five words in the matrix. And they all can be read backwards and forwards. The word in the center is "tenet."

[Jason: No one knows what it is. 

Harpriya: Where is it? 

Jason: It's everywhere. They have it on doors. They have it on buildings.]

Harpriya: Wait, I didn't know this. Like, that was really cool.

Ben: This is where having seen the film actually helps, Amory, because the whole movie is about time inversion ...

[Barbara: It's inverted. Its entropy runs backwards. So to our eyes, its movement is reversed.]

Ben: ...which is different than the time travel we usually imagine, where we get in a machine, press some buttons, and go ride a dinosaur.

[Barbara: Don't try to understand it. Feel it.]

Jason: And then the next slide, I think she remembered that it was a PowerPoint slide on a movie on a date and went back to being like, Um, what?

[Harpriya: How many slides in are we?

Jason: Probably like halfway there.

Harpriya: Halfway there.

Jason: Part two, part six, but...]

Jason: I was like, Oh my God, these slides are just monotonous and unclear and slow. And, like, I'm getting bored, and I'm getting out of it. And so I quickly just like — I was like, OK, this happened, this happened, this happened. And then when I did that, went through four slides that I didn't think were that important very willy-nilly, she was like, Wait, what was that one?

Amory: "That one" was a pretty cool slide, actually. Kind of a timeline of the whole movie, showing at what point the characters are going forwards and backwards.

Ben: If you ever get confused watching this movie, this is the slide to look at.

Harpriya: He talked about that machine that reverses the entropy. And they don't really show this as much in the movie, which is why I think that was a big point of confusion for me, is when they go backwards in time, they're reliving every day at the same unit of time. Like, a second is a second, but backwards.

Ben: And this is the moment that things really took off.

Jason: The awkwardness was gone at that point. And it was just like, I want to see this PowerPoint thing through and then talk about time travel theory at the end. 

Harpriya: And so we got really into it. We got into all these details, and it was connecting together and it had a lot of like lightbulb moments talking about what that could mean and what our theories were on whether or not it exists.

[Jason: I guess my question is, do you think time travel is real?  

Harpriya: Well, I think the whole point is, like, time is relative.  

Jason: Yeah, subjective and relative. Lots of different — yeah. 

Harpriya: You time-travel backwards. Now, there's two of you. 

Jason: I don't see why that wouldn't happen.]

Harpriya: But yeah, I think it was really cool to be able to talk about it just because I feel like it's not a topic I normally talk about.

Amory: Ah, that first date. Romance.

Ben: True love.

Amory: True love.

Ben: Eventually this PowerPoint date kind of morphs. They get pizza. They put down the slides. They eat. All of a sudden, it's just like a normal date.

Amory: Except for the secret camera part.

Jason: Once the pizza moment happened, I started laughing like the way that you do when you say "cut" kind of thing. I started laughing and said into my mic, "OK, guys, I think we did it." And then, at that point, she totally knew what was going on.

Harpriya: And I was like, "I had a little bit of a feeling!" I did!

Amory: Whoa, that was at the end of the date?

Jason: And I was like, "Are you? I could totally delete the footage. Like, seriously, it's no problem. Like, I don't even know if it went well." And she was like, "Let's just see it. Like, let's go look at it."

Harpriya: And later on in the night, we went over to Jason's apartment, and I watched him edit this whole thing, shrink it down to 17 minutes.

Amory: Oh my god, that night?

Harpriya: Yes. That night. (Laughs.)

Ben: Interesting.

Amory: No, it'll be really cool. I'm gonna give you my presentation. Then we'll go back to my apartment, and you can watch me edit the footage of the date that I recorded that I didn't tell you that I was recording until the end. No notes. Sounds like —

Ben: Oh, lovely. Can't wait to come up to your place and have a drink.

Ben: Jason uploaded the video the next day.

Jason: And that was terrifying. Thankfully, I think it went OK and wasn't horrible, per se.

Ben: People liked it! Sixteen thousand people, to be precise. Millions watched.

Amory: But some people were not huge fans.

Amory: Yes, believe it or not, some took issue with the surreptitious filming.

Harpriya: A lot of my friends have asked me that question, like, Were you offended or, you know, whatever else? Like, some of my friends clearly would not be cool with it. But no, I thought it was funny. I genuinely thought it was funny.

Ben: Others saw the very premise as a bad idea. Like the definition of mansplaining.

Harpriya: I can see why people think that. But I think in reality it honestly didn't feel like that at all. It was definitely more of a conversation. It was funny. And then there was a lot of banter and back-and-forth. I don't think he's a mansplainer. I think he's a great guy.

Jason: I think it's a person thing. I wouldn't try this on a blind date with someone off of a dating app or just a random person — like, I knew Harpriya was someone that would appreciate something like this. 

Amory: I want to know what movie Harpriya would explain to you.

Jason: It would be funny to do it and have people vote who did better. I think she would do better, 100%. But that would be, that would be a great follow up.

Harpriya: My favorite movie in the whole world is Cars , like the Disney Pixar movie.

Amory: Yes! I've never seen it, but I love this. I love that we are miles away, seemingly, from Tenet .

Harpriya: It's not just this animation about talking cars. It's, I feel like, so deep and has a lot of philosophical meaning to it that people miss. So I would love to give a presentation about Cars . I feel like I can really talk about that movie a lot.

Ben: Oh man, all I have to say, Harpriya is "ka-chow."

[Lightning McQueen: Me. You. Dinner. Pah-ka-chow. Cha-chow. Pah!

Sally Carrera: What that? Ow. Ouh. Please. Ugh.]

Ben: In the end, they both said the date was a learning experience. Not just about Tenet . They learned some other things, too.

Jason: If you're someone who's already anxious and paranoid about what people think of what you're saying, which I certainly am as well, then your problem is definitely not worrying about saying too much. You just need to be out there and confident in what you're saying or your PowerPoint presentation.

Harpriya: Maybe, it's like, in an odd way, the bar of a fun date is higher. It could be so dynamic. It doesn't have to be like, "How many siblings do you have?" "What's your favorite color?" Especially to understand why someone likes something so much is truly a reflection of themselves that you don't get from the very basic conversations of how many siblings you have and your favorite color and all those basic questions.

Ben: The Tenet date was a few weeks ago. Has there been a second date?

Jason: Uh, no. We have been talking a lot about things, but there's not been a second date.

Harpriya: Jason and I have kept in touch via text. And we'll see. I don't know.

Amory: Well, now you have a Cars presentation that you have to put together and give.

Harpriya: I know. So that's tempting. I think I'll — do I tell him? Should I tell him or just invite him?

Amory: Just invite him.

Harpriya: Give him a taste of his own medicine.

Ben: I have to say Amory, that when we first talked to Jason, there were like so many red flags for me where I was like, Here's a guy who — he's explaining a movie to this woman, he's subjecting this poor woman to 29 slides of explanation on their first date. But the more that we talked to Jason, I was like, You know what? This guy's a nice guy, I think. He's actually a nice guy, and it was really nice to hear Harpriya say like, No, I was good with this. And to me it's just a reminder that, you know, true love is very subjective. And also, Harpriya, I really look forward to the Cars slide-deck explanation. My kids would also love that.

Amory: Yeah, I think Harpriya is smart as hell, and I think if she had really been miserable, she would've left. And I guess my only thought is that like a date is not, Let me tell you about this thing. A date is maybe. Let's each tell each other about a thing.

Amory: If we can go back in time, time travel, we can do this date again!

Ben: Oh, let's see it happen.

Amory: And they can each give their presentation, and then they will live happily ever after if they so choose to.

Amory: Endless Thread is a production of WBUR in Boston.

Ben: (Speaks "backwards.”) It was produced by (speaks "backwards").

Amory: Are you trying to say his name backwards?

(Ben speaking "backwards" in reverse.)

This episode was produced by Dean Russell. It was co-hosted by Ben Brock Johnson. And...

Amory: ...Amory Sivertson. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski.

Ben: The rest of our team is Katelyn Harrop, Samata Joshi, Frannie Monahan, Matt Reed, Grace Tatter, and Paul Vaitkus.

Amory: If you have a PowerPoint presentation that you want us to hear, invite us out. We'll give you one as well.

Ben: Take us out for a spritz flight for crying out loud.

Amory: It's about time, don't you think?

Amory: Yeah, just email Endless Thread at WBUR.org. That's how the best dates start.

Ben: Yeah, you don't, you don't even have to call or text. You can just email us. It's fine.

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Why turn your presentation into a video?

When you want to give a high-fidelity version of your presentation to colleagues or customers (either as an e-mail attachment, published to the web, on a CD or DVD), save it and let it play as a video.

You can save your presentation as either an MPEG-4 video file (.mp4) or a .wmv file. Both formats are widely supported and can be streamed over the internet.

Some tips to remember when recording your presentation as a video:

You can record and time voice narration and laser pointer movements in your video.

You can control the size of the multimedia file and the quality of your video.

You can include animations and transitions in your movie.

Viewers do not need to have PowerPoint installed on their computers to watch it.

If your presentation contains an embedded video, the video will play correctly without your needing to control it.

Depending on the content of your presentation, creating a video may take some time. Lengthy presentations and presentations with animations, transitions, and media content will likely take longer to create. Fortunately, you can continue to use PowerPoint while the video is being created

What parts of a presentation won't be included in a video?

The following items won't be included in a video that you create using PowerPoint:

Media inserted in previous versions of PowerPoint. To include these, you can convert or upgrade the media object.

For example, if you inserted the media using PowerPoint 2007, it will be linked and it will play in the presentation.  However, when you export the file as a video, the linked media will be dropped.  You can convert the file to the new file format (click the File tab, and under Info , click Convert ), or you can right-click the media object and then click to upgrade; it will embed the file and export it correctly.

QuickTime media (unless you have a third-party QuickTime codec named ffdShow installed and you have optimized for compatibility)

OLE/ActiveX controls

What to do with your video after creating it

After you create a video, you can share it with others by using the following methods:

Email your presentation to others

Save to a file share or other location

Upload it to your organization's Microsoft Stream video-sharing site , as described in the next section, "Save to a video-sharing site."

Save to the Microsoft video-sharing site

After you've created the video file, you can upload it to a video-sharing site. Microsoft Stream is an enterprise video service where people in an organization can upload, view, and share videos. Microsoft 365 business or education subscribers have access to this service from within PowerPoint for Microsoft 365. 

Select File > Export , and then select Publish to Microsoft Stream .

The button for publishing a video to Microsoft Stream

Type a title and a description for the video.

Set other options, including whether you want others in your organization to have permission to see the video:

Options for publishing a video to Microsoft Stream

Select the Publish button.

The upload process can take several minutes, depending on the length of the video. A status bar at the bottom of the PowerPoint window tracks the progress, and PowerPoint shows a message when the upload is finished:

PowerPoint notifies you when the upload is finished

Click the message to go directly to the video playback page on Microsoft Stream.

For more information about this service, begin reading with What is Microsoft Stream? It includes information about Office 365 Video vs. Microsoft Stream.

1 The Ultra HD (4K) option is only available if you're using Windows 10 or later. 2 In PowerPoint 2016, the Ultra HD (4K) option isn't available in the Volume License edition.

When someone opens a PowerPoint Show file, it appears full-screen in Slide Show, rather than in edit mode. The viewer begins watching the presentation immediately.

Burn your presentation to a disc

Click File > Export > Create a Video .

PowerPoint 2013 and newer versions can save your presentation as either an MPEG-4 video file (.mp4) or a .wmv file. Both formats are widely supported and can be streamed over the internet.

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