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PowerPoint comes equipped with all the features you need to create visually stunning presentations. This application is the easiest way for you to create and showcase dynamic slides that can be used in meetings or presented in classrooms. To make your presentations more lively and informative, many choose to insert images, videos, and even embed a calendar into PowerPoint.
Creating Additional Calendars in PowerPoint
Inserting a Calendar into PowerPoint
In this guide, we'll use PowerPoint 2016 to demonstrate how to insert a calendar in PowerPoint.
Step 1: Open PowerPoint -> then click on the File tab -> and select New to create a new slide.
Step 2: In the search bar -> enter the keyword Calendar to search for available calendars in PowerPoint.
As a result, you'll notice there are 2 types of calendars provided by the application that you can use as images below:
If you want additional calendar templates -> open your web browser, type the address Templates.office.com/en-us/Calendars or visit HERE to download more calendars.
The image above shows the list of calendars when accessing the website -> here, scroll down to calendars labeled PowerPoint to download calendars in potx format.
Next, click the Download button to save the file -> then open it to use as usual.
Step 3: Returning to the 2 available calendar templates -> choose one template -> then click the Create button to generate and open the calendar in PowerPoint.
Step 4: Instantly, the Calendar appears on PowerPoint slides, divided into separate slides corresponding to each month of the year.
If you only want to use the calendar for a specific month on an existing PowerPoint slide -> right-click on that month's calendar slide -> select Copy.
Afterward, open the desired slide in PowerPoint -> then right-click on the slide content -> choose Keep Source Formatting, or press the shortcut key Ctrl +V to quickly paste the calendar into the slide content.
Step 5: The result is that you will see the calendar displayed on the current PowerPoint slide. You can also customize the content for each day of the month, add additional information for events. Entering normal content on the dates in the calendar is sufficient.
You can also change the formatting such as font, font size, color, artistic font style to highlight important dates in the calendar.
Here is the Guide to Inserting a Calendar into PowerPoint with very simple and easy-to-follow steps. If you only need to add a calendar with regular dates, without the need for extravagance, using the 2 available templates when searching on PowerPoint is enough for you to use. However, if you want more, you will have to take a few more steps to go to the Microsoft homepage and choose different Calendar templates to use for your presentation file. If you want to insert a clock into a slide, you can refer to the article inserting a clock into PowerPoint HERE.
To make your presentation more dynamic, adding Audio in PowerPoint is also something you should know. The process of inserting is quite simple, you can see the details HERE on how to insert. Adding sound, audio to slides will surely make your presentation, lecture more captivating and engaging for the audience.
