In less than 5 minutes, you can create a basic PowerPoint presentation by selecting a slide design, making an outline with titles and subtitles, formatting text and adding images, choosing preset animations and slide transitions, and saving the file. The document provides steps to quickly get started on a PowerPoint, including selecting a slide format, typing or importing an outline, formatting text with bullets or numbering, dragging or copying images, applying preset animations and transitions, and saving the presentation.