Are you new to PowerPoint? This is a step-by-step topic to help you create a basic presentation using PowerPoint

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Red dashed lines—smart guides—appear so you align items vertically, horizontally, or both. Smart guides also appear between objects or near the edges of the slide to help you space out objects evenly.

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To add a guide, Ctrl+click or right-click on your slide, point to Guides, and then select Add Vertical Guide or Add Horizontal Guide. To remove a guide, Ctrl+click or right-click the guide line, and then select Delete on the menu.

Red dashed lines—smart guides—appear so you align items vertically, horizontally, or both. Smart guides also appear between objects or near the edges of the slide to help you space out objects evenly.

Training: Watch and learn how to create a PowerPoint presentation, add/format text, and add pictures, shapes, and/or charts.

Turn off screen savers, and ensure you have the appropriate files and versions of software that you need, including PowerPoint. To ensure all files are accounted for when you copy them to a USB drive and carry them to your presentation location, see Package a presentation for CD or USB flash drive.

With Copilot in PowerPoint, you can create a presentation from an existing Word document—or a PDF if you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot (work) license. Point Copilot in PowerPoint to your document, and it will generate slides, apply layouts, create …