How to add and border slides in PowerPoint quickly and easily?

This article provides a general guide for adding and bordering slides in PowerPoint. The steps may vary slightly depending on the version of PowerPoint you are using .

How to add and border slides in PowerPoint.

Adding borders to slides in PowerPoint and organizing your presentation in a tabular guide format can enhance the visual appeal and clarity of your presentation. Here’s a step-by-step guide:

Adding Borders to Slides:

1. Open PowerPoint: Start PowerPoint and open your presentation.
2. Select Slide: Click on the slide to which you want to add a border.
3. Insert Shape:
   • Go to the ‘Insert’ tab.
   • Click on ‘Shapes’.
   • Choose a rectangle shape.
4. Draw the Border:
   • Draw a rectangle over the entire slide.
   • Adjust it to cover the edges of the slide.
5. Format Shape:
   • Right-click on the shape and select ‘Format Shape’.
   • Choose ‘No fill’ to make the inside of the rectangle transparent.
   • Adjust the ‘Line’ color, style, and thickness for your border.
6. Copy to Other Slides:
   • Right-click on the border.
   • Select ‘Copy’.
   • Go to other slides and ‘Paste’ the border.

Creating a Tabular Guide:

1. Decide the Structure: Plan how many rows and columns you need.
2. Insert Table:
   • Go to the ‘Insert’ tab.
   • Click on ‘Table’.
   • Choose the number of rows and columns.
3. Customize Table:
   • Enter your content in each cell.
   • Format the table using the ‘Design’ and ‘Layout’ tabs under ‘Table Tools’.
4. Consistent Design: Ensure the table design is consistent across slides for a unified look.
5. Navigation:
   • Consider adding navigation links or buttons on the table for interactive presentations.

Tips:

• Use Slide Master: To apply borders to all slides, use the Slide Master under the ‘View’ tab.
• Save a Template: If you frequently use a particular style, save your presentation as a template for future use.
• Use Guides: Utilize the ‘View’ tab to turn on guides for precise placement of shapes and tables.

Additional Tools:

• PowerPoint Add-ins: Explore add-ins for more advanced table and border designs.
• External Design Software: For intricate designs, consider creating borders in software like Adobe Photoshop and importing them into PowerPoint.
• Remember, the key to a great PowerPoint presentation is a balance between aesthetic appeal and readability. Keep your design simple and aligned with the content of your presentation.
• PowerPoint has always offered a world of possibilities for its users, which is why understanding how to place borders can be a plus to the knowledge you already have .
• Really, creating borders is a feature that many people achieve through different methods, in a way, you will probably be surprised how to do it.
• First, you should know some tools , if you handle image copying, shape drawings and PowerPoint menus, you are ready to create borders.
• First, you must start the application, enter PowerPoint as usual, open a new presentation or display the presentation that needs the borders. Well, once the presentation is open, you can start with any of the methods that we will tell you below. Check each one and choose your favorite.

Design your own borders in PowerPoint

Boring slides in PowerPoint is easy when you design them yourself, it really takes just a few clicks and in minutes you’ll have borders.

To begin, in the toolbar, you must find the “Drawing” section. Here , open the menu in the “Shape fill” section and select “No fill”.

Again in the “Drawing” section select “Line Color” and determine the color that your border will have once created. You can use the eyedropper if you want a specific color.

In the option “Shape outline” determine the aspects you want your border to have, line thickness and type, gradients, solid color and much more, create the ideal border.

Once finished, place the inset, which you can create with the click, around the slide sheet, release it, and edit the sides to make them perfect.

If you want, you can make a border thicker than others by dragging the points of the rectangle. This is a fairly simple and fast option.

Use predesigned borders

• Few people know that PowerPoint has an image service available, this is known as “Clip-Art”, a great feature of Microsoft PowerPoint.
• To access this, you must go to the toolbar, select the “Insert” tab , there, you must find the images section. Then, enter “Online Images”, this will display the search, you will have several options, among them, “Clip  Art” in its search bar write “Borders”.
• Once you have the border you want, select it and place it correctly on the slide and voila, it will be seen in excellent quality, these images are designed for PowerPoint.
• Finally, knowing all the ways to border slides in PowerPoint , you just have to start designing your presentations with this new knowledge. If you want to make sure that the edges of all your slides look the same, PowerPoint gives you the option of comparing two slides by placing them side by side.
• One way to work faster in the design of your presentation slides is by downloading predesigned templates , which provide you with unique and professional designs and if you wish you can make changes to them; such as font style.