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How to use VBA in PowerPoint: A beginner’s guide

• Written by: Jamie Garroch
• Categories: PowerPoint productivity , Presentation technology
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Here at BrightCarbon we’re always looking for new ways to improve our own PowerPoint productivity and then share that knowledge with the presentation community (that includes you, by the way!). One of the ways we do this is by using VBA code to automate and extend the functionality of PowerPoint. We publish  free PowerPoint VBA code snippets here in our blog for you to use and also offer a PowerPoint automation service . This article explains how to grab the code from our articles and use it in your PowerPoint project, so that you can take your productivity to the next level!

What is VBA?

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a programming environment for Microsoft Office applications. It’s included with your installation of Office by default  ( unless your system administrator has deactivated it ) . PowerPoint VBA provides you with a way to do one of two things   using macros and add-ins:  

• A utomate  PowerPo int:   If you ever find yourself repeating the same task over and over again, VBA could be your new best friend.  Let’s say you have 100 slides and you need to unhide all hidden objects  across all those slides . That could take you  many  eye-straining minutes, but with a PowerPoint VBA it takes around a  second.
• E xtend  PowerPoint :   Sometimes PowerPoint doesn’t have the feature you need  to complete your task . As an example, if you end up deleting default layouts from a template, there’s no  easy  way in PowerPoint to get them back. This article includes PowerPoint VBA code to do just that!

How to open the VBE (Visual Basic Editor)

Getting to meet your VBA friend is very simple. With PowerPoint open and at least one presentation file open, press  Alt+F11 * on your keyboard. This will open the VBE (Visual Basic Editor):  

*If for some reason Alt+F11 isn’t mapped on your keyboard you can right click anywhere on the ribbon, select  Customize the Ribbon…  and in the window that appears, tick the  Developer Tab  check box over on the right hand side before clicking  OK  to close the window. Now you can click the  Visual Basic  button within this tab:  

Adding PowerPoint VBA code  

To add some VBA code, you need a container to put it in so go ahead and click  Insert  from the menu and then select  Module :  

You now have a module ready to paste the VBA code into  from one of our blog articles :  

Copy the VBA code from  the required blog article  by double-clicking on it and then paste it into the  Module1  window above.  Here’s a very simple example of some code  to display a message dialogue :

You should now see something like this:  

Because this code is just a single  Sub  procedure called  HelloWorld , it’s referred to as a macro.  

Running  the PowerPoint VBA macro  

Now you have the macro in your presentation you can use  Alt+Tab  to return to the more familiar PowerPoint window. From here, the macro can be run by pressing  Alt+F8  on your keyboard  (or b y  clicking the  Macros  button in the Developer tab)  which opens a window containing a list of available macros:  

Security Soup

The first time you add VBA code to a file, Microsoft assumes that it is safe because you added it. As soon as you save, close and reopen the file, Microsoft doesn’t know that it’s your code so it will disable it by default. You can tell the Office app to allow your code to run either by signing it with a digital certificate (beyond the scope of this article) or by lowering the security setting for the app. You can do this in PowerPoint by clicking File / Options / Trust Center / Trust Center Settings / Macro Settings and selecting this option shown below:

Saving your file  

Once you ’ve added  VBA code  to  your presentation, PowerPoint will  ask you to save it as a  pptm  file  (the ‘m’ stands for macro)  instead of the more  familiar  pptx  format .  You can go ahead and do this to  either  keep a n archive  copy of your  code-enabled  project  or   to  create your personal macro library.  

If you want to distribute your  presentation,   it’s advisable to   save  it  using the familiar pptx format so that  your  recipients don’t see lots of verbose  security  messages  when opening  pptm  files!  

Y ou can  make  your file saveable as a standard presentation again  by  right – click ing  on  each   code module in the  project explorer pane , clicking  Remove   ModuleX …   and either click  Yes   (if you want to keep a backup of the modules independently of your presentation)  or  No   when  asked if you want to save the module before removing it :  

Now your presentation doesn’t include any code and you can save it as a pptx file.  

So, there you have it.  You now know how to open the VBE, insert a PowerPoint VBA code module, paste code into it, run the macro and save the file in either pptm  or pptx formats. All you need is a cool macro to make your daily life even easier. Keep checking in with our blog for more useful macros – like this one on restoring default slide master layouts!

Got something extra you’d like PowerPoint to do?

Check out our PowerPoint automation service which provides you with a custom solution to your specific needs.

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very simple, very explicit, very good help for a beginner vba programmer in powerpoint. Thanks

great resource, thanks. I’ve used VBA for years in MSaccess, and this is a good refresher for me.

I am trying to make a ppt file that loops until stopped. then I save it as a video. the ppt ran and looped continuously. Once recorded as video it stopped looping. do you have code to make ppt work when in video format

Hi Charles. As soon as you export a PowerPoint deck as a video all the PowerPoint functionality is removed as the file is magically transformed into an MP4 file, without VBA (sob sob). The only way to make the video loop is to use the looping feature of your video player.

Yeah, your best off recording a screen capture of the presentation running, then cutting it so it loops perfectly.

You can convert the video into gif file so that it will loop

Hi Jamie, thanks for the clear into, I am very new to this so that really helps. I am trying to develop a VBA macro that looks for the left hand mouse key being pressed and held down for more than two seconds whilst over a shape in slideshow mode. Once this is satisfied (i.e. two second press) for it then to hyperlink or take the user to a specified slide or even the next slide worst case.

I realise there is an automated/ built in feature (Action) that does this type of thing for a mouse click or mouse over but I really need a “long press” to activate if possible.

Any help appreciated.

Hi Simon and thanks for a great question. What you’re looking to do is pretty complex because VBA doesn’t natively support mouse actions in the PowerPoint slide show window. But, it is possible to use a Windows API (hence no Mac compatibility) called GetAsyncKeyState to gain access to mouse button click events. I had a look at this and quickly ran into a brick wall because an action link to a macro in slide show mode (Insert / Action / Mouse Click / Run macro) fires on the mouse up event, not mouse down. That means any corresponding VBA timer code can’t run until after the user releases the button and hence too late to detect if it was held down for two seconds. Maybe something could be done with the mouse over event to simulate what you need to achieve? Another approach could be to use the mouse down event on an invisible userform although that is also getting very involved with multiple Windows APIs. Depending on what you’re trying to do, you could also start the timer on click one, change the colour of the clicked shape and show countdown text before reverting to the original colour. If the user clicks a second time before the time expires, then the hyperlink is fired.

Valuable app

Hello I have a question:

Private Sub CommandButton2_Click() ActivePresentation.FollowHyperlink _ Address:=”http://192.168.16.49/?OUT1=ON”, _ NewWindow:=False, AddHistory:=False ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide (2)

Now it opens Chrome. but how can i make it that it opens te address en afther that shut down chrome.

Hi Tom. Your example should open the default browser at the URL specified by the Address parameter. For more information on the FollowHyperlink method, see this Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/powerpoint.presentation.followhyperlink

Thank you very much! It’s exactly what I needed.

I have tried using your randomizing macro with a powerpoint – I must be doing something wrong, because it isn’t putting the slides in random order. Please advise! I copied the macro exactly (using cut & paste), and thought I was following all the directions here for how to use it in the powerpoint. But, no random presentation of the slides. Boo hoo!

Hi Marya. Let’s check that VBA is installed and enabled on your machine. Can you add the following macro to the VBE project (just below the existing one) and try to run it from the PowerPoint window using Alt+F8?

Sub CheckVBA() MsgBox “it’s working” End Sub

Make sure the quotes are the straight type.

I am trying to format my title page so that the number displayed is equal to the linked slide and updates automatically wherever the slide is moved. For example “about us” is on slide #5 and linked, so it goes to slide 5 when you click on the word. I need the number (in a separate text box) to update automatically to the slide number location that the link goes to.

Hi Mary and thanks for the question. It looks like you’re interested in some kind of automated agenda slide builder. That’s a fair bit of code to create and quite complex as it needs to handle events from PowerPoint to detect when slides have moved. It could be possible to write a simpler macro which you run manually each time you want to update that title page. You’d need start by finding a way to identify which objects are your numerical indicators. For example, if you named your objects in the selection pane (Alt+F10) “Agenda Link”, then is simple macro could be a starting place for you: Sub UpdateAgendaNumbers() Dim oSld As Slide Dim oShp As Shape Dim LinkedSlideIndex As Long On Error Resume Next For Each oSld In ActivePresentation.Slides For Each oShp In oSld.Shapes If oShp.Name = “Agenda Link” Then If oShp.ActionSettings(ppMouseClick).Action = ppActionHyperlink Then If oShp.HasTextFrame Then LinkedSlideIndex = Split(oShp.ActionSettings(ppMouseClick).Hyperlink.SubAddress, “,”)(1) oShp.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = LinkedSlideIndex End If End If End If Next Next End Sub

Great wealth of information. Have never used macros before but was looking to use them to help with this situation. At work we use Work Orders (created in Power Point) and are looking to include a sequential number to them (print 50-100 copies of one slide with the numbers) and if possible would like the number to continue from the last printed number…been trying to find some code to help but not having much luck possible partly due to being new to macros

That’s definitely something we could help design for you Joshua. If you’d like to discuss further, please click the Contact button at the top of this page.

I tried this changing the font color of text within the textbox. I used this to change the font color on a mouse over:

Public Sub GraphicHover(ByRef oGraphic As Shape)

oGraphic.TextFrame.TextRange.Font.Color.RGB = RGB(0, 130, 202)

and it works just fine. But, when I move the mouse off the text box, onto the invisible rectangle with this code attached to the mouseover event, it doesn’t change the text color back to it’s original color and remains the color I changed it to mentioned above. I know the mouseover event is being triggered because I checked “Highlight when mouse over” and I am seeing the highlight on the invisible rectangle:

Public Sub ResetGraphicHover(ByRef oCover As Shape) Dim oSld As Slide Dim oShp As Shape Set oSld = oCover.Parent For Each oShp In oSld.Shapes With oShp.TextFrame.TextRange.Font.Color If .RGB = RGB(0, 130, 202) Then .RGB = RGB(121, 135, 156) End With Next End Sub

Any clue where my ResetGraphicHover is failing?

Hi Dave. I took your code and it works for me. You could add a debug line after the For Each… line in the rest macro to check that (a) it’s firing and (b) which shapes are being looked at on your slide. To do that, add this:

Debug.Print oShp.Name

After you run the slide show, check the output in the VBE Immediate pane (Ctrl+G to toggle it).

Hi I am creating an interactive game (matching cards or concentration) in PowerPoint. If the 2 cards match, I need a pop-up text box to appear. If the 2 cards do not match, I need a sound to play.

I understand I need programming to make this happen. Please help or give alternative ways to achieve this. Thanks.

Hi Tammy. Have a look at this article which will help you: https://www.brightcarbon.com/blog/powerpoint-memory-game/

Hi Producer I will like to get comments on macros you can make available to me. Beautiful. I am using this approach frequently to make offline projects. Thanks. S. Fas

Excellent!!! Thank you!

You’re more than welcome Nataša!

Thank you! Is there any option to replace a font in the entire presentation for a specific character. Let’s say, I would like to change font only for dots in the deck but I would like to keep the rest in the original font. Any idea please? Thank you so much!

Hi Jan. You might be able to use the Replace Fonts feature found in the Home tab of PowerPoint under the Replace menu at the far end of the ribbon. If you need to use VBA then set up a nested loop to iterate all shapes within all slides and then use the oShp.TextFrame2.TextRange.Font object to change the font.

Exellent explenation. so beutiful. I am creating an interactive e learing quiz. Thanking you.

Hello! I have a client who’s interested in using tagging to help create searchable content within slides. For example, they have four different categories for slide content across multiple presentations (Overview, Market, Product, Country). I’d like to assign a different shape to represent each of the four categories, where a blue square might represent Overview slide content. Then, when someone uses the keyword “Overview” to search for overview content (on Teams or SharePoint), these slides are easily identified. Is this something that’s possible with VBA code?

Hi Linda. That’s a very good question! Given the need is to search via SharePoint, VBA probably won’t help here as the PowerPoint file needs to be opened for VBA to examine its content. I have a sneaking suspicion that if you add keywords in the Tags field under File / Info that SharePoint may use this. But, that’s at the file level rather than the slide level. We have a PowerPoint add-in called ShowMaker that might be of interest as it allows you to add category metadata to slides and then the presenter can use that to filter the deck and export the required content. You can find an overview of it here: https://www.brightcarbon.com/showmaker/ and we could set up a demo if you’re interested (please use the Contact button at the top of this page if that’s the case).

I’ve just created an elearning package in PowerPoint using VBA , I didn’t realise it could sum up text boxes within PowerPoint to mark the qualification at the end. Also used AWS text to speech over the top of the learning . Looks great

Sounds like a fun and successful project Stu! Thanks for sharing 🙂

I have a bit of a tricky one but hoping it is possible to do with VBA. We offer training services to multiple clients that can be customized but the majority of training is consistent from one client to the next (main changes are the slide masters/formatting and addition/removal of certain sections).

What we want to do is create one master (or multiple) training document(s), and then use VBA’s to link it to the client specific PowerPoint. We want to link the master rather than using the “reuse slide” command so that if we update one file the other will automatically update as well.

Not sure if it matters, but our company uses sharepoint as storage

Hi Dave and thanks for a great question. VBA is an excellent solution for automating a manual process. In general, if a person can perform a task manually via a sequence of pre-defined steps then VBA can do it automatically, faster, and with less chance of mistakes for something done many times. We’d be happy set up a call to discuss your needs further and see what could be automated with VBA. If that’s of interest, please use the contact button at the top of the page and mention my name in the form.

PP does not seem to have the record macro feature. To write vba code in PP by someone who only worked with vba in excel, would require some prior knowledge. Is there a summary of the most common objects, methods etc to refer to?

Hi Reef. You’re correct that there’s no VBA macro recording feature in newer versions of PowerPoint. The best place to start learning is by purchasing a book (there’s one called “Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 365” on Amazon or reading the extremely exciting Object Model documentation from Microsoft: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/powerpoint/object-model

Hi Greeting I had made a game in power point using VBA codes. At last it generate a report every time a candidate conduct the game . My requirement is to generate result in same excel sheet after conducting the game. Like Row 1 player 1 result Row 2 player 2 result I need your help Regards

Hi Asheesh. It’s possible to use VBA to get PowerPoint to “talk” to Excel (and other Office apps) but it’s a bit complicated to mention in a comment here. We’d be happy to help if you’d like a quote or if you want to try yourself you could start with this: Set oXL = CreateObject(“Excel.Application”) and have a look at some online examples. I’d also recommend the book “Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 365” available from Amazon.

If there are two colors of font in the textFrame, how to change the font of one color through VBA?

Hi Bruce. You could either iterate through the Characters collection of the TextRange2 object or the Runs collection which returns all of the TextRanges with the same style. Example: ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1).TextFrame2.TextRange.Runs(1).Font.Fill.ForeColor.RGB

Hi – can you help, please?

How can I change the font color and size of the message box? What code will work and where will I put it? Creating an interactive game in powerpoint. Thank you!

—– Sub Correct() Points.Caption = (Points.Caption) + 10 Output = MsgBox(“Your answer is correct, well done!”, vbOKOnly, “Correct Answer”) ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.Next End Sub

Sub Incorrect() Points.Caption = (Points.Caption) – 5 Output = MsgBox(“Your answer is incorrect.”, vbOKOnly, “Wrong Answer”) ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.Next End Sub

Sub Reset() SlideLayout.Points.Caption = 0 ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.Exit End Sub ———-

Thanks for your explanation.

Hi Jamie, Is there any way to keep my macro save in a file so I can utilize on any other PPTs equivalent as.normal.dotm for Word, .xlam(add-in) for Excel.

Hi Anurag. Thanks for the question and Happy New Year! The best way to do this would be to export your project as a ppam and activate it as an add-in via the PowerPoint add-ins UI. Save your ppam in %AppData%\Microsoft\AddIns and then in the Windows PowerPoint Developer tab, click PowerPoint Add-Ins and add your ppam from there. If you’re not code-signing your VBA project, you may need to adjust Trust Centre settings. You could optionally build an EXE/MSI installer package for Windows and PKG for macOS, although that is a more complex topic.

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The video animation looks AWESOME! Thank you sooooo much. I am very happy and proud with the result; this video is really convincing. Really really well done. Elodie Maurer SES

PowerPoint: Inserting Source Code with Syntax Highlighting

Jun 10, 2021 08:46 · 139 words · 1 minute read.

When giving talks, I often want to show some small code samples on my slides. Of course, it should look nice and have syntax highlighting. This is not an easy feat. There are several options for showing code on your slides:

• You can use a presentation software that can manage source code highlighting out of the box, e.g. Reveal.js or the LaTeX beamer package
• You can convert the code to an image via Carbon or Codeimg .

But, if you, like me, want to continue using PowerPoint (the whole company is using PowerPoint & we often combine slides from different slide decks), there is another very easy option available: Just put your code into VS Code , enable syntax highlighting, and then copy-paste the code into PowerPoint. The formatting - including syntax highlighting - will stay intact magically. Just awesome 😍

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How can I embed programming source code in Powerpoint slide and keep code highlighting?

Is it possible to embed programming source code to Powerpoint slide, and keep code highlighting/coloring?

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• what application are you copying from? –  user1931 Dec 21, 2009 at 4:26
• I use textmate, e-texteditor and eclipse the most. –  Yousui Dec 21, 2009 at 4:58
• 2 Please copy your code to VC Code, and then paset to ppt –  Mohammad Fallah Oct 12, 2023 at 17:13

11 Answers 11

After pasting, a small "Paste Options" icon appears below the pasted text.

Click this icon and choose "Keep Source Formatting" :

• 3 I don't see such a Paste Options icon. I don't see a button to give me these options. I'm using PowerPoint:mac 2011. I think I have seen it in Windows versions, however. –  Asclepius Jul 19, 2013 at 21:49
• I tried different suggested methods and tools to copy from, but was actually missing that word/powerpoint was messing up the format by using "Destination Theme". Thanks! –  Tim Büthe Jan 22, 2014 at 11:23

Use Notepad++ with add-on NppExport.

Select the source code

Use Copy RTF to clipboard of NppExport

Paste into empty PPT slide (do not select any textfiled)

• 8 With version 6.9.2 or higher it's working without NppExport plugin. Just make right-click on the selected text -> Plugin commands -> Copy Text with Syntax Highlighting. –  Ivan Kochurkin Aug 7, 2016 at 19:00
• 2 Current version of Notepad++ already comes with this plugin :) –  fabriciorissetto Nov 27, 2016 at 17:53
• 1 Still working in NPP v8.2.1, Power Point 2016 –  iroiroys Mar 16, 2022 at 6:08
• Direct copy to PowerPoint did not worked well, I paste the code to Word and copy it from word to PowerPoint –  Alireza Fattahi Aug 28, 2023 at 4:45

Pygments can format almost every format to rtf:

• 3 An online translator is available at pygments.org/demo –  koppor Nov 25, 2015 at 11:48
• 6 Same idea, straight to the OS X clipboard pygmentize -f rtf code.py | pbcopy . –  Christian Long Mar 14, 2016 at 14:28
• Thanks for this. I got very favorable results with pygmentize -O style=paraiso-dark -f rtf -l aspx-cs Index.cshtml | pbcopy for syntax highlighting of a Razor view for use in a presentation. –  Asbjørn Ulsberg Jun 20, 2019 at 20:42
• Adding to what @ChristianLong suggested, but for Linux: pygmentize -f rtf code.py | xclip -sel clip . Note that you will probably have to install xclip. –  Matthew Cole Nov 19, 2019 at 23:16

If the source code does not need to be copied and pasted out of the presentation, a quick and dirty solution could be to simply take screenshots of the source code.

• 12 Image can be fuzzy when zoom in. –  Yousui Dec 21, 2009 at 4:58
• Use the magnifier and then take a screenshot of that. –  wbeard52 May 17, 2015 at 0:57
• 4 Doing so can increase the size of the presentation file significantly. –  Rufflewind Nov 10, 2016 at 17:39
• 1 This also has the drawback that once screenshot, it is no longer possible to resize the column width. This becomes a problem if you try to fit a 80 column printout into a 2x1 horizontal slide layout, a 132 column source into a 1x2 vertical layout, for example. The pygmentize answer above doesn't suffer from this. –  Matthew Cole Nov 19, 2019 at 22:55
• Click on Insert → Object → OpenDocument Text
• Paste on opened panel
• Click outside.

Note: Copying from Notepad++ will preserve colors and styling.

• 1 Doesn't work for power point 2010. I copied text from Notepad++ to Power point presentation but it looses colors and styling. –  ART Jan 4, 2016 at 5:11
• 2 If I use NPPExport pluging and use "copy RTF to clipboard" and then paste it works. –  ART Jan 4, 2016 at 5:13

Copy the code and first paste that code into Microsoft word

Then do the formatting if necessary and then copy from word and paste back to powerpoint by right clicking and choosing use destination theme

• Either way,  what does “Then do the formatting if necessary” mean? –  Scott - Слава Україні Apr 26, 2017 at 19:10
• It means if you want to do some changes of your own like aligning or indentation of code –  selftaught91 Apr 26, 2017 at 19:17
• This was the only way that I could copy and paste code from IntelliJ (a special program used for writing code) –  robert Nov 14, 2019 at 4:15

Here's another approach:

• https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/syntax_highlight.html
• https://pinetools.com/syntax-highlighter
• Paste the code to highlight into the web site.
• Copy the highlighted version.
• Create a new Word document.
• Paste the code into Word (note the background colours may be lost).
• Copy the code from Word.
• Create a new text area in PowerPoint.
• Click the Home menu option.
• Open Paste on the ribbon.
• Select Keep source formatting .
• Optionally, change the text area background colour to taste.

Adjust the font using Inconsolata or other monospace font.

Online syntax highlighter like TextMate seems good as well, http://markup.su/highlighter/

But after pasting into PowerPoint presentation new lines and line spacing is lost, so we can take a screen shot of the preview and paste it in our PowerPoint presentation

• Pasting into ppt does not quite work here on Windows 10: The new lines are not pasted. –  koppor Nov 24, 2015 at 15:22

Using Notepad++ and Npp Export works great, but your text will end up with a white background.

To remove it, paste first the text in word with the "preserve source formatting" option. Then, select the text and in Home > Font, remove the background with the Text Highlight Color option.

Then, copy again the text from word, and paste it in powerpoint with the "preserve source formatting" option.

Pasting from Eclipse should retain formatting if the app supports it. I know Word does... not sure about PPT.

• 1 Works from Eclipse Juno to Word 2010, but not to Powerpoint 2010 - it loses the colours and converts some of them to bold text –  DNA Sep 4, 2013 at 17:21

I've had no success pasting into Powerpoint 2010 on Windows.

However, pasting from Eclipse into Word 2010 works.

You can then save this formatted text as an RTF file, then embed the RTF into a Powerpoint 2010 slide using Insert Object (and optionally select 'link' so you can edit and update the text in Word).

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How to Code Presentation Template

The How to Code Presentation Template for PowerPoint is a presentation deck with 9 slides to be used in presentations on learn to code. The How to Code template can be used to prepare a presentation describing different components of programming and coding techniques or programming courses. Programming is a skill that is a necessity for the present time. Frequently, various institutions offer courses and diplomas in programming or coding. For such institutions, this How to Code Template is the best choice.

The slides contain icons and colorful graphics of people, computer equipment, etc. Each presentation template slide explains a different aspect of programming and coding. For instance, the Developer slide discusses the essential characteristics of being a full-stack developer. The Code Editor slide can either point to the details of code editors available or a comparison between different code editors or IDEs like Visual Studio Code (VSCode), SublimeText, etc. Similarly, other slides can be edited to present features of the training organization or present the advantages of Pair programming techniques. For instance, the Pair Programming slide shows the graphic of two people with PCs; this can be used to describe the concept and significance of pair programming in general. There is another slide with a visual displaying an online meeting for the students who want to learn coding via online mode.

There are two additional slides for any additional content about the topic, one with a coding icon and the other with the title: ‘Learn to Code.’ Also, there is a data-driven chart to showcase any statistics about the institute or a general trend of various code editors so far. Another application of this template is helping you prepare a project proposal for investors to launch a programming institution. It can also help prepare a presentation about computer Programming for educational purposes.

This template’s icons, shapes, and designs give users the freedom to decorate their projects. They can edit and rearrange the shapes, change the colors and font styles, etc. The How to Code Presentation Template can be edited on Google Slides well.

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Embed Code in PowerPoint Slide with Carbon.now

As a presenter, sometimes we need to embed different kind of content formats into our slides. In most cases, this will help to convey a message to an audience and explain a concept, idea or topic in a better way. In programming, embedding code is one of the best ways to explain how something works. Be it a snippet, an API or important piece of code that is part of our software, embedding code can help other developers to understand the whole idea.

PowerPoint doesn’t have a built-in function to embed code, although it would be possible to take a screenshot or just copy and paste code into the slide, then applying some format to the text. However, the results could not look as desired and here is why some other helper tools can make our lives easier. Carbon.now is one of these tools providing a creative and great way to embed code into an image than we can then insert into our slides.

Embedding source code like a pro

Simply as typing or dropping a file into the text area, the presenter or developer can get a nice image with the code embedded and without worrying to spend time formatting or adjusting the code to the slide. Carbon.now will allow to generate a cool picture with our code that we can embed into our slides. Embed code into PowerPoint has never been easier!

Who is this tool useful for?

This tool is great for developers, programmers or IT professionals that need to share source code to an audience. The tool support highlighting of different programming languages, hence this can be used by by a wide variety of programmers. Here are just a few ideas:

• WordPress developers explaining HTML/JS/PHP code for a new WP plugin.
• Laravel developers that need to explain how a new Controller or Middleware will work.
• Bloggers that need to embed images into their blogs and don’t want to worry about formatting or plugins to highlight programming languages.
• Data scientist professionals analyzing data with R, Matlab or Python.
• Teachers teaching their students the basic notions of programming in languages like Go, C++, C#.
• Frontend developers that need to create presentations in languages such as Javascript, jQuery, SASS, Vue, etc.

How to Embed Source Code into PowerPoint using Carbon.now?

It’s simple. First of all, open Carbon.now.sh  in your browser.

Then, drop the file with your snippet or source code. Alternatively, you can copy and paste the content into the text area or just start typing.

If you need, you can customize the background color and other options. This will allow you to reuse different presets or templates having different styles and colors. The customization options vary, but easily you can change the background color, the color used for highlighting,  font, padding and more. There are different Themes available, like the Material, Seti or the 3024 Night.

The colors and theme can also be customized. This is pretty simple to achieve and allows to have different look and feel in the image results.

Finally, click Export to generate an image (it can be a PNG or SVG image).

When you download the image, then you can simply drag it into the PowerPoint editor to produce a slide like the following one. Use the Eye Picker to grab the color used in the background and then fill the background with the same color so you don’t leave white areas in your slides. This will help to produce images like this one:

Embed code in other applications

The use of Carbon.now  is not only limited to presentations. You can of course use Carbon.now to create images of source code for any other application requiring to present a source code or snippet. You can easily share a source code image in Twitter for example, or embed the images into a blog.

In a similar way, the tool can also be useful if you need to embed source code in Google Slides, Keynote or OpenOffice, or embed source code in Word documents.

Using Carbon.now we can create awesome slides in PowerPoint explaining code. Very useful for developers but any presenter requiring to explain how a particular code works, be it a developer, data scientist or teacher.

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How to Display Code in Microsoft PowerPoint

The most complex ideas can be easy to take in when laid out in a PowerPoint presentation. Microsoft PowerPoint is a flexible program that allows you to showcase all kinds of information, making it useful for a variety of purposes. Computer program instructions are no exception. Powerpoint lets you make use of internal features and external tools to display code. How you go about displaying the code will, of course, depend on what your reason for displaying it is.

Know your Objectives

The various methods of displaying code on PowerPoint each have their own merits and limitations. Do you want your audience to be able to extract the code and manipulate it on their own? Or do you simply intend to temporarily show the code in order to explain something and get a point across? Perhaps you have functionality in mind, and you’re looking to practically demonstrate the code at work. It’s important that you first think about your intentions for displaying the code before deciding on which display method to go for.

The Methods

Copy and paste.

There are a few ways to copy and paste code onto PowerPoint. You can do this either using the features that come with the program, or tools from outside the program. One of the simpler ways, for example, is to create a text box, in which you will paste the code you’ve copied from your notepad. To retain the original arrangement, you’ll want to right-click your text box and turn the text wrap off. For legibility’s sake, the need to stretch your code out throughout several slides may arise. You may also want to exploit the hyperlink feature so that even more information can show up when you click on a certain element.

You can insert your textbox in two ways. If you open your home tab, you’ll find an A in a box. You’ll click that A and follow up by clicking on the slide you want it to appear on. You can also find the create text box option under the insert tab. Once again, you want to look for that A shape, clicking on it and then clicking on the slide as you would from the home tab.

Insert an Image

Maybe all you want is to display your code as it is, for illustration purposes, without anyone needing to change it. Inserting an image is the perfect way to do it. All you have to do is to screenshot your code from wherever you have it typed out and save it as either a .jpg or .png file. When the image is stored, you’ll drop down the insert menu on PowerPoint and choose the picture option.

Make Use of Plug-Ins

If presenting code in PowerPoint isn’t just going to be a once-off thing for you, then this is the option for you. Get your hands on a code editor plug-in to help you copy your code onto your clipboard, in an assortment of formats, and paste it into your PowerPoint. See if you can get a code snippet plug-in, which lets you slip your code directly into your slides. You won’t have to worry about the program making changes to your code because the plug-in will handle that for you. Think of this as copy and pasting, just at a more efficient level.

Format from Within

There’s no need to stress about making the code more readable. PowerPoint allows you to format it in a way that makes it easy to digest. One way to achieve that is by setting up a monospace or code font. This font has big enough spaces between characters, which makes them easier to identify. This in turn makes the process of arranging the code elements much easier, which is great if you want to be thorough. All you have to do is highlight your code from your text editor, then copy and paste it into the program. From there, you highlight it again and change the font to monospace.

There is another way to format your code from inside PowerPoint. What you want to do is select the code you plan on formatting. You’ll then want to open your ‘format menu’. In your format menu, you should find the code block option, which is the one you will have to select. Just like that, your code will appear in a way that makes it easy to read.

Tips for Displaying Code

• You don’t want too much going on on one slide, otherwise, it might take away from what’s actually important. Any element that isn’t part of your discussion or presentation should be excluded. You can simply add some ellipsis to show that the code continues.
• Take advantage of animation. You can use it for a more dynamic presentation, where functions can be exhibited and transitions need to be made. They can prove especially useful when attempting to demonstrate some sort of progression in the code.
• Before you go on running your presentation, you may want to first test it out. This will help you make sure your code isn’t challenging to read.
• Consider exploiting PowerPoint’s action buttons for more organization and flow in your presentation. The key is to head to your insert tab, click on shapes, and then pick a button shape. You’ll then drag your shape to where you want to have it and assign an action to it either with the mouse click or mouse over the tab. You can add a hyperlink to take you elsewhere when carrying out your action or have it run a program. It’s entirely up to you what action you want to be carried out.
• Feel free to change the background, size, and color of your code so it can suit your slides. Again, you can use PowerPoint itself, or make use of a tool to help highlight your syntax images accordingly.

Display Away!

Now that you know how to display code on PowerPoint according to your needs, you can go ahead and do it. Learning all the neat little tricks in the Microsoft Office suite can prove invaluable for anyone in business. Now is the perfect time to take this Powerpoint momentum and carry on to the rest of the suite. If you want to work with data, for example, you can check out these Excel Interview Questions so you can better make use of the program along your journey.

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With Live Presentations in PowerPoint, audience members can see a presentation on their devices and read live subtitles in their preferred language while you speak. They can use "pinch to zoom" to see the slides more clearly on mobile devices, give feedback, send live reactions to the presenter, and navigate back to review previous slides.

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To use Live Presentations, presenters must have a Microsoft 365 subscription. Audience members don't need a subscription to participate in Live Presentations. 

Live Presentations is not supported for presenters in GCC, GCC-High, or DoD tenants.

Getting started

To get started with Live Presentations open your slide deck in PowerPoint for the web and go to the Slide Show tab. 

Important:  Live Presentations is supported on Microsoft Edge version 80+, Google Chrome version 72+, Mozilla Firefox version 68+, or Opera version 60+ on Windows or Mac. Currently Safari is not supported for presenters, but works fine for audience members.

First, check your audience setting. Click the drop arrow next to Present Live to select who should be able to connect to this presentation.

Only people in your organization  - This is the default option for presenters signed in with their work or school account. It limits access to people signed in with accounts in the same Microsoft 365 organization (work or school) the presenter is in.

Anyone  - If you're presenting to an audience that includes people who are not in your organization you'll need to select this one. 

Next, select Present Live and your presentation will begin with a screen that shows a customized QR code. You can also start your Live presentation from the slideshow toolbar:

Your audience can point their device cameras at the QR code, tap the link that appears over the QR code, and PowerPoint Live will load your presentation in their web browser. There's nothing for them to install.

Tip:  If they're having trouble using the QR code they can also just go to their browser and enter the short URL shown at the top of the presentation screen.

The audience can connect from any device has that has an Internet connection and a browser: iOS, Android, Windows, or Mac.   

Important:  For audiences accessing Live Presentations on their mobile devices it requires at least iOS version 11, or Android version 8.

Once your audience has joined the presentation simply advance to your first slide as normal to start presenting.

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Once your audience has loaded the presentation they will see your spoken words transcribed on the screen in near real-time. This is great for audiences when the acoustics of the venue aren't good, or if you have audience members who have difficulty hearing.

If an audience member would like to have your words translated for them into a different language, they can tap the language indicator and select from any of the supported languages. Once they've selected their language your spoken words will be machine translated into that language, and shown to them on their device as subtitles.

Each audience member can select the language of their choice.

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If an audience member wants to look back at one of your earlier slides that can do that using the slide control that appears on their screen just below the current slide. They can go all the way back to your first slide, but they can only go as far forward as the slide you're currently displaying, so you don't have to worry about them reading ahead in your deck.

Live feedback

If an audience member using PowerPoint Live wants to give you feedback as you go, they can tap the feedback button (which looks like a smiley face) towards the bottom right of their device screen.  There they can select from a handful of different feedback types, from "like" to "puzzled" and more. Their selection will briefly appear on the presentation screen.

Presentation evaluation

When you end the presentation audience members using PowerPoint Live will each get a short survey where they get to rate your slide design, speaker's skill, content, and interaction with audience on a scale of 1 to 5. They can add any other comments or feedback they might have and submit. This feedback is collected by Microsoft Forms where you can view the aggregated, anonymous, responses. 

Important:  You can save the aggregated feedback email in your inbox, but the detailed audience feedback in Microsoft Forms isn’t kept indefinitely. If you want to keep the detailed feedback, go to the feedback form, select Open in Excel , and save the resulting Excel file.

Email summary

After the presentation you will get an email containing a summary of audience feedback responses, live reactions from the audience, and some recommendations on what to improve for the next time.

Presenting remotely?

You can still use PowerPoint Live Presentations when you present remotely! Here are a few tips for your that might help:

If you're presenting using Microsoft Teams and want to use Live Presentations you'll need to use screen sharing mode, rather than presentation sharing mode, to share your presentation. Otherwise you won't be able to start Live Presentations.

It will usually be easier for your audience to use a second device, like a smartphone or tablet, to join the Live Presentation. This allows their primary device to be dedicated to the presentation itself.

If an audience member has two (or more) screens on their device it can work to join the Live Presentation in a browser window on another screen, reserving the primary screen for the presentation.

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AI presentation maker

When lack of inspiration or time constraints are something you’re worried about, it’s a good idea to seek help. Slidesgo comes to the rescue with its latest functionality—the AI presentation maker! With a few clicks, you’ll have wonderful slideshows that suit your own needs . And it’s totally free!

Generate presentations in minutes

We humans make the world move, but we need to sleep, rest and so on. What if there were someone available 24/7 for you? It’s time to get out of your comfort zone and ask the AI presentation maker to give you a hand. The possibilities are endless : you choose the topic, the tone and the style, and the AI will do the rest. Now we’re talking!

Customize your AI-generated presentation online

Alright, your robotic pal has generated a presentation for you. But, for the time being, AIs can’t read minds, so it’s likely that you’ll want to modify the slides. Please do! We didn’t forget about those time constraints you’re facing, so thanks to the editing tools provided by one of our sister projects —shoutouts to Wepik — you can make changes on the fly without resorting to other programs or software. Add text, choose your own colors, rearrange elements, it’s up to you! Oh, and since we are a big family, you’ll be able to access many resources from big names, that is, Freepik and Flaticon . That means having a lot of images and icons at your disposal!

How does it work?

Think of your topic.

First things first, you’ll be talking about something in particular, right? A business meeting, a new medical breakthrough, the weather, your favorite songs, a basketball game, a pink elephant you saw last Sunday—you name it. Just type it out and let the AI know what the topic is.

Choose your preferred style and tone

They say that variety is the spice of life. That’s why we let you choose between different design styles, including doodle, simple, abstract, geometric, and elegant . What about the tone? Several of them: fun, creative, casual, professional, and formal. Each one will give you something unique, so which way of impressing your audience will it be this time? Mix and match!

Make any desired changes

You’ve got freshly generated slides. Oh, you wish they were in a different color? That text box would look better if it were placed on the right side? Run the online editor and use the tools to have the slides exactly your way.

Download the final result for free

Yes, just as envisioned those slides deserve to be on your storage device at once! You can export the presentation in .pdf format and download it for free . Can’t wait to show it to your best friend because you think they will love it? Generate a shareable link!

What is an AI-generated presentation?

It’s exactly “what it says on the cover”. AIs, or artificial intelligences, are in constant evolution, and they are now able to generate presentations in a short time, based on inputs from the user. This technology allows you to get a satisfactory presentation much faster by doing a big chunk of the work.

Can I customize the presentation generated by the AI?

Of course! That’s the point! Slidesgo is all for customization since day one, so you’ll be able to make any changes to presentations generated by the AI. We humans are irreplaceable, after all! Thanks to the online editor, you can do whatever modifications you may need, without having to install any software. Colors, text, images, icons, placement, the final decision concerning all of the elements is up to you.

Can I add my own images?

Absolutely. That’s a basic function, and we made sure to have it available. Would it make sense to have a portfolio template generated by an AI without a single picture of your own work? In any case, we also offer the possibility of asking the AI to generate images for you via prompts. Additionally, you can also check out the integrated gallery of images from Freepik and use them. If making an impression is your goal, you’ll have an easy time!

Is this new functionality free? As in “free of charge”? Do you mean it?

Yes, it is, and we mean it. We even asked our buddies at Wepik, who are the ones hosting this AI presentation maker, and they told us “yup, it’s on the house”.

Are there more presentation designs available?

From time to time, we’ll be adding more designs. The cool thing is that you’ll have at your disposal a lot of content from Freepik and Flaticon when using the AI presentation maker. Oh, and just as a reminder, if you feel like you want to do things yourself and don’t want to rely on an AI, you’re on Slidesgo, the leading website when it comes to presentation templates. We have thousands of them, and counting!.

How can I download my presentation?

The easiest way is to click on “Download” to get your presentation in .pdf format. But there are other options! You can click on “Present” to enter the presenter view and start presenting right away! There’s also the “Share” option, which gives you a shareable link. This way, any friend, relative, colleague—anyone, really—will be able to access your presentation in a moment.

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This is just the beginning! Slidesgo has thousands of customizable templates for Google Slides and PowerPoint. Our designers have created them with much care and love, and the variety of topics, themes and styles is, how to put it, immense! We also have a blog, in which we post articles for those who want to find inspiration or need to learn a bit more about Google Slides or PowerPoint. Do you have kids? We’ve got a section dedicated to printable coloring pages! Have a look around and make the most of our site!