Slidesgo School: PowerPoint Tutorials
Learn how to work with Microsoft PowerPoint, from adding new slides and embedding a YouTube video to printing your presentation with notes. These tutorials will help you customize our templates while mastering this software.
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How to Add Superscript and Subscript in PPT
4 months agoLearn how to insert superscript or subscript on PowerPoint with these useful tips. Make your presentations float like never before!
How to Download the Fonts for Our PowerPoint Templates
Here at Slidesgo, we tend to work on our templates using Google Slides, as this program allows for easy collaboration between members of our design team. Regarding fonts, this is also an advantage, because Google Slides incorporates all fonts available in Google Fonts, which are free to use and offer a lot of variety.However, when downloading our templates in PowerPoint format, you might find some problems with the fonts, especially if they are not installed on your computer. But that has an easy solution. Since they come from Google Fonts, downloading them is free, and installing them is a quick...
How to insert a 3D model in PowerPoint
When we talk about 3D, we refer to three-dimensional objects, that is, objects that have three dimensions: length, width, and height. Humans see the world around us in 3D, as we can perceive the length, width, and height of all the objects around us.Of course, 3D objects can also be found in graphic design. What's more, we can include 3D resources in our PowerPoint presentations to give them an original, but, above all, realistic touch.So, in this post, we are going to tell you how to insert 3D resources in PowerPoint to make your presentations unique. Don't worry, you won't...
How to Translate in PowerPoint
Businesspeople, teachers, speakers… they all end up needing translations at one point in their careers. That’s only natural, when you have such amazing presentations, you attract people from all over the world, and it can happen that our audience doesn’t speak the same language. But worry not, because in this tutorial you are going to learn how to translate PowerPoint slides in four easy steps!The first thing you need is to open the presentation in PowerPoint. For this example, we have used the colorful and funny template Kindergarten Sight Word Books.
How to Make a Picture Transparent on PowerPoint
A picture is worth a thousand words. That's why, at Slidesgo, we believe that a presentation should contain images to make the information more visual and above all, to attract the audience's attention. To make the images in your Google Slides and PowerPoint presentations even more amazing, you can always add different effects to them, one of these you can use is to change the transparency of the image. Below, we are going to tell you in detail how to make an image transparent in PowerPoint.
How to Make a Banner in PowerPoint
The uses that a banner has are almost endless: from ads to sections for websites, or even signatures for certain types of emails. The purpose is up to you, but the thing is: how to design one? If you think that you need expensive software to make banners, think again. Here at Slidesgo, we know a lot about presentations and, thus, about programs such as PowerPoint. The truth is that PowerPoint is all you need to create your own design! Keep reading to learn how!
How to Change Orientation in PowerPoint
A good presentation can shift the perspective of everyone who sees it, but first you need to learn how to change the perspective of your own slides! Knowing how to modify your canvas gives your creations a new dimension. You can even prepare them for printing, the possibilities are endless! In this tutorial you are going to learn how to change slide orientation in PowerPoint in just four steps: Select Design.Go to Slide Size → Custom Slide Size.Choose the orientation you prefer: Portrait (vertical) or Landscape (horizontal).A window will pop up and you will have to choose between Maximize (the content of...
How to Convert a PowerPoint presentation to Keynote
A presentation is the perfect visual support for any type of exposition. From a business explanation to one for a history class, it is the perfect element to attract the attention of your audience. At Slidesgo, we have a wide variety of templates designed for Google Slides and PowerPoint. However, it is likely that your operating system is macOS, Apple's operating system, and therefore, you use Keynote to edit presentations.This is not an obstacle for you to use our templates, because today we are going to explain how to download a PowerPoint template and still be able to edit it in...
How to Insert a PDF in PowerPoint
Portable document formats, more known as PDFs, were a revolution in the way we share information. They are an easy and universal way to keep everyone informed and a great tool for your presentations. Are you in a meeting with investors speaking about your company’s achievements? Add a PDF with your last year’s performance! Maybe you are speaking about your school center and the different studies it offers? Add a PDF with a schedule so that everyone knows when your classes are happening!Giving a bit more information to your listeners is always appreciated, so in this tutorial you are going...