Many of the elements of your Powerpoint presentation will not occur until you have chosen to play the slideshow. However, there are other elements of the presentation that may not be apparent until you have viewed the entirety of the presentation as it will be shown to your audience. One of the elements is the way that the slideshow ends.
You may find that Powerpoint 2013 is ending on a black screen. While this can provide a clear message that the presentation is over, you may have designed your slideshow to include important information on the last screen so that your audience could reference it. Fortunately you can change the Powerpoint settings so that it ends on your last slide rather than this black screen.
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How to Finish On Your Last Slide in Powerpoint 2013
The steps in this article were performed in Microsoft Powerpoint 2013. By changing this setting you will instruct Powerpoint to end your slideshow once it reaches the last slide. This change is applied to the entire Powerpoint program, so it will affect any presentation that you play from this computer.
Step 1: Open Powerpoint 2013.
Step 2: Click the File tab at the top-left corner of the screen.
Step 2: Click the Options button at the bottom of the column on the left side of the window.
Step 3: Click the Advanced tab at the left side of the Powerpoint Options window.
Step 4: Scroll down to the Slide Show section of the menu, then click the box to the left of End with black slide to remove the check mark. You can then click the OK button at the bottom of the window to apply your changes and close the window.
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