How-to guides and tutorials to help you perform specific tasks and use the Microsoft Powerpoint 2013 presentation software.
Often when you are adding new slides to your PowerPoint presentation, they will fall into a common category. This could involve a text box and… Continue Reading How to Add a Formatted Slide to Your Slideshow in Powerpoint 2013
Microsoft Powerpoint has many features that can help you give the best possible presentation. Aside from all of the various editing and formatting options, you… Continue Reading How to Turn Off Narrations in Powerpoint 2013
PowerPoint 2013 supports comments so reviewers can leave feedback on a slide without changing the visible presentation content. Comments are intended for collaboration and editing;… Continue Reading How to Add a Comment to a Slideshow in Powerpoint 2013
Make a picture transparent in PowerPoint 2013 by filling a shape with it and using the Transparency slider. Plus Set Transparent Color and newer versions. Continue Reading How to Make a Picture Transparent in PowerPoint 2013
Crop a picture into a perfect circle in PowerPoint with Aspect Ratio 1:1 and Crop to Shape, then reposition the photo and add a border. Continue Reading How to Crop a Picture into a Circle in PowerPoint 2013
Delete a picture in PowerPoint by selecting it and pressing Delete, and remove pictures stuck in the background or slide master. Continue Reading How to Delete a Picture in PowerPoint
Add an arrow in PowerPoint with Insert > Shapes, draw straight or connector arrows, change color and arrowheads, and animate the arrow so it appears on cue. Continue Reading How to Add an Arrow in PowerPoint (Draw, Style, and Animate)
Flip a picture in PowerPoint 2013 and later with Format > Rotate > Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical, plus how to flip shapes and undo a flip. Continue Reading How to Flip a Picture in PowerPoint 2013
Add the Developer tab in PowerPoint 2013 and newer through File > Options > Customize Ribbon, on Windows or Mac, and use macros and controls safely. Continue Reading How to Add the Developer Tab in PowerPoint 2013 (and Newer)
PowerPoint can print several slide thumbnails on each sheet using Handouts. The setting is in the Print layout controls, not the slide design itself. Steps… Continue Reading How to Print Multiple Slides on One Page – Powerpoint 2013
Change slide orientation in PowerPoint 2013 and later with Design > Slide Size > Custom Slide Size, choose Maximize or Ensure Fit, and design portrait slides. Continue Reading How to Change Slide Orientation in PowerPoint 2013 (Portrait or Landscape)
Center a text box on a PowerPoint slide with Format > Align > Align Center and Align Middle, and center the text inside the box with Ctrl + E. Continue Reading How to Center a Text Box in PowerPoint
Hide theme background graphics in PowerPoint 2013: Design > Format Background > tick Hide background graphics, and Apply to All for every slide. Continue Reading How to Hide Background Graphics in PowerPoint 2013
PowerPoint 2013 cannot edit a PDF as though it were a PowerPoint presentation, but you can place PDF content on a slide in several ways.… Continue Reading How to Put a PDF Into Powerpoint 2013
Add a section in PowerPoint 2013 with Home, Section, Add Section, then rename it. Sections help organize, reorder, and print long decks. Continue Reading How to Add a Section in PowerPoint 2013
Change line and paragraph spacing in a PowerPoint text box with the Line Spacing button or Paragraph dialog, stop AutoFit, and set spacing for every slide. Continue Reading How to Change Line Spacing in a PowerPoint Text Box
Large slideshows can be difficult to mange effectively in Powerpoint 2013, so you may have incorporated some organizational changes to fix that. One such change… Continue Reading How to Change a Section Name in Powerpoint 2013
When you are giving your Powerpoint presentation to an audience, one of the biggest concerns is the overall visual appearance and the presentation experience for… Continue Reading How to Prevent Showing the Right-Click Menu in Powerpoint 2013
Use strikethrough in PowerPoint 2013 with the Home tab button or Font dialog, add double strikethrough, create a shortcut, and animate a strikethrough. Continue Reading How to Use Strikethrough in PowerPoint 2013
Some of the objects that you add to the slides in your Powerpoint presentation will need to centered either along a vertical or horizontal plane.… Continue Reading How to Enable Guides in Powerpoint 2013
Shrink a PowerPoint 2013 file: File > Options > Advanced > Image Size and Quality > Discard editing data. Plus Compress Pictures and more size tips. Continue Reading How to Discard Editing Data From Pictures in PowerPoint 2013
Powerpoint 2013 can show a list of the presentations that you have recently worked on. This makes it easy to find a file and open… Continue Reading How to Stop Showing Recent Presentations in Powerpoint 2013
The fonts that you use in your Powerpoint presentation can have a big impact on people’s reactions to certain types of information that you display.… Continue Reading How to Embed Fonts in the File in Powerpoint 2013
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… Continue Reading How to End With the Last Slide Instead of a Black Screen in Powerpoint 2013
You might find that you need to change the slide size in Powerpoint 2013 if you have a project where the default size selection is… Continue Reading How to Change the Slide Size in Powerpoint 2013
Powerpoint is great when you need to manually present information in front of a group of people, but what if there is something that you… Continue Reading How to Enable Kiosk Mode in Powerpoint 2013
If you no longer want slide numbers in a PowerPoint 2013 presentation, remove them through the Header and Footer controls rather than deleting the number… Continue Reading How to Delete Slide Numbers in Powerpoint 2013
Last updated: March 16, 2019 A presentation that you create in Powerpoint 2013 may undergo a number of changes from the initial draft. These changes may… Continue Reading How to Delete a Slide in Powerpoint 2013
Hard drive capacity is continuously increasing on laptop and desktop computers, making storage space for your files a little easier to come by. But many… Continue Reading Compressing Pictures in Powerpoint 2013