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Discussion on: How can I make slides beautiful without a Mac?

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Jamie Ferrugiaro • Edited

I've used Powerpoint to make very attractive slides before! The problem with Powerpoint is you're forced to work from scratch unless you make (or Google) for some templates.

I'd suggest Canva: canva.com. They have excellent templates to save you time.

Edit! Just realized you said Offline. You can download these as a PDF but they are built via their web app.

You could take one of these templates and copy the style into a blank template on Powerpoint. Learning how to improve style and design happens the best when we copy from styles and designs we love. That's how we start seeing and learning those tiny details that make something beautiful.

If you look at the types of things used, it's mostly just taking font, solid shapes, and photos using a pleasing composition. Powerpoint has all that! Canva is great for it's many already created templates, but taking a few of these templates and trying to mimic something in Powerpoint might help you learn how to create such ones yourself. :)

Canva presentation example