Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Step by Step

Chapter 3: Create and manage slides

To prepare a source document to import as a presentation 1. Enter the content that you want to appear on the slides (and any other content) in a document. 2. Review the styles applied to the content you want to include in the presentation.

● ● Title, Subtitle, Heading 1, and any list items will convert to slide titles. ● ● Heading 2 through Heading 8 will convert to bulleted list items. 3. Save and close the document.

To create a presentation by importing a Word document 1. On the Open page of the Backstage view, click Browse . 2. In the file type list, click All Files (*.*) . 3. Browse to the folder that contains the Word document that contains the slide title and bullet point information. 4. Double-click the document to create a new presentation. 5. Select all the slides in the new presentation, and then on the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the Reset button. 6. Apply the design template you want.

SEE ALSO  For information about applying design templates to presentations, see “Create presentations” in Chapter 2, “Create and manage presentations.”

To create slides in an existing presentation by importing a Word document 1. Select the slide after which you want to insert the new slides. 2. On the Home tab or Insert tab, in the Slides group, click the New Slide arrow. 3. On the New Slide menu, below the gallery, click Slides from Outline to open the Insert Outline dialog box, which resembles the Open dialog box. 4. Use standard Windows techniques to browse to the folder that contains the

Word document you want to use for the slide titles and content. 5. Double-click the document to insert slides based on its content.

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