The 'Powerpoint Presentation Gallery' appears. Launch PowerpointĬlick on its icon in the dock, or double-click on the 'Microsoft Powerpoint.app' in the Applications folder on your Macintosh. The following are steps and techniques to get you started creating your poster in Powerpoint. Screenshots from the 2011 version may differ slightly from the 2016 version but the features work the same way. PowerPoint 2016 includes a few new features. Features unique to 2016 are identified below by the highlighted text New for 2016. NOTE: PowerPoint for Macintosh versions 2016 and 2011 are very similar. When you create a poster with Powerpoint, you are creating the poster on only ONE slide (a very large slide). But it can also be used to create a poster.
Microsoft Powerpoint was originally designed for created slide presentations, not posters.
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