1. How to Create Top
SlideShare Presentations
With PowerPoint
2. Create Your Presentation in
PowerPoint
• Your next task is to create your online presentation
using PowerPoint.
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• To create your presentation, look at the basic steps
below.
Step 1. Open a Blank PowerPoint
Presentation
To get started with creating a PowerPoint
presentation, open a blank PowerPoint presentation.
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4. Step 2. Apply a Pro PowerPoint
Template
• The next step is to open a Premium PPT template to use
with this presentation.
• To get to where your template is stored on your computer,
use the Browse icon (it looks like a folder):
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• To get to where your template is stored on your computer,
use the Browse icon (it looks like a folder):
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• Double-click on the folder icon where your presentation
template is stored. Click the .pptx template file you want to
use and click the Open button.
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• The best slideshow size for a SlideShare presentation is the
4.3 ratio. So, we'll select the folder that contains the 4x3
templates.
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6. Step 3. Add Your Presentation Text
• Now that you've got your template open, it's time
to add your presentation text. Let's start with the
text for the title slide.
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• Remember that the title slide is the first part of
your presentation a viewer will see. So, take some
extra time crafting the best title for your audience.
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• Here's the title slide for this PowerPoint SlideShare
presentation:
• Because you used a presentation template, you
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8. Step 4. Add New Slides
• Once you've created the title, you're ready to create the
additional slides of your presentation. Start by browsing
through the pre-designed slides to see which ones you can
use that matches your material best. Use the scroll bar to
right of the template thumbnails to move through them.
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• Select any thumbnails you don't need by clicking on them.
Press the Delete key on your keyboard to remove them from
the presentation.
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• Once you've decided which slide designs you want to use,
you may need to rearrange the order of your slides. To move
a slide, click on it and drag it to the position where you'd like
it to be.
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• Type over the text information on each template slide with
9. Step 5. Place Your Images
• One way to make your presentation stand out is by
adding images. For our example SlideShare
presentation, I added this image:
10. Step 7. Save Your Online
SlideShare Presentation
• When your presentation is complete, save it for
upload to SlideShare
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• One of the easiest formats to upload to SlideShare
is a .pdf file. To export your SlideShare presentation
to PDF format, go to the File screen. Click Export
and then click the Create PDF/XPS icon:
• Select the folder where you want to save your PDF
file. Check that the file is named properly. Then,
click the Publish button.
13. Step 1. Access SlideShare
• To access SlideShare, type www.slideshare.net into
your web browser's Address field. If you're not
logged into your SlideShare account, do so now. Or,
log in using LinkedIn or Facebook. The main
SlideShare screen displays:
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• As you look at the screen, notice that there's a
Search field on the top left. Use search to find
SlideShare slideshows on topics of interest to you.
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• In the bottom center, under Today's Top
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15. Step 2. Upload Your Presentation
to SlideShare
• To upload your presentation, click the Upload
button on the upper right. The Upload a File screen
appears:
• Click the Select files to upload button. Navigate to
the folder where your presentation is stored. Select
your presentation file, and click Open. The
maximum size for an uploaded file is 300 MB. If
your presentation file is larger than that, edit it
down so it meets the requirement.
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• Note: You can also upload a file from Dropbox or
drag and drop a file from your desktop.
