How to Create Speech Bubbles in PowerPoint

Incorporating storytelling or messaging into your PowerPoint slide content is visually appealing and engaging to your audience to present an easy-to-understand message. PowerPoint also has details to help you illustrate your presentation, such as creating speech bubbles in PowerPoint. Here are instructions for creating speech bubbles in PowerPoint.

How to Create Speech Bubbles in PowerPoint

Step 1:

At the interface in the slide, the user clicks on Insert -> Shapes and then looks down at the Callouts section to select the speech bubble shape for the content slide.

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Step 2:

Here the user clicks on the speech bubble to insert it into the slide as usual.

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Next, click on the added shape and then select the Format tab and select Shape Outline to adjust the border for the chat bubble or Shape Fill to adjust the background inside the chat bubble.

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Step 3:

If you want to add an image to the speech bubble , right-click on the shape and select Format Shape .

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Look to the right at Shape Options, select Fill then select Picture to insert the image into the chat bubble and adjust.

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If you want to insert text into the chat bubble , double-click on the chat bubble and then click the Textbox icon to insert text.

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Step 4:

If you want to change the shape of the speech bubble , click on the shape, select Edit Shape , and then select another shape. The content inserted in the chat bubble such as images or text will remain unchanged.

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David Pac

Update 06 February 2025