Create a PowerPoint presentation from an existing Word document

Using PowerPoint to create presentations is a very familiar operation for users. Now you can create Powerpoint presentations online as well as for more convenience you can quickly create Slides from an available Word document with the following operations.

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Instructions on how to create a PowerPoint presentation from an existing Word document

Download and install PowerPoint 2013
Download and install Word 2013

Prepare:

- Your computer needs to have Powerpoint 2013 or lower versions such as Powerpoint 2010 or Powerpoint 2007
- A Word text file containing available content.

Step 1 : Open PowerPoint, click the down arrow next to New Slide

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Step 2 : Continue clicking on Slides from Outline.

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Step 3 : A new window appears, find the available Word text file and click Insert

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Step 4 : All Word text content has been inserted into the Slides in PowerPoint. However, note that images will not be automatically inserted into the Slide. You can customize the text content in the Slides and insert more images if you want. And here is the result.

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Finally, save the PowerPoint presentation on your computer. (Click File --> Save --> name the file)

By doing the above steps, you can create a PowerPoint presentation from an existing Word document. With this method, creating presentation slides is much faster and easier. In addition, you can also convert PowerPoint to Video in Powerpoint 2013 to play on other effective video players.

Micah Soto

Update 23 December 2024