Working with Slides: Working with Guides in PowerPoint

Created: Wednesday, April 4, 2018, posted by Geetesh at 1:10 pm

Updated: Monday, October 10, 2022 at 10:33 am

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To begin, let’s start with the basics. What are Guides in PowerPoint? Consider Guides as individual lines from a grid on your slide that you create. Every single Guide can be moved, added, or deleted. Guides also have snap options that are always on. Once the Guides are made visible on the slide, all objects that venture close enough to them just snap. Along with Rulers and Gridlines, Guides help you position your slide objects with more precision, and you can make them work for you.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Working with Guides in PowerPoint 2016

Working with Guides in PowerPoint 2013

Working with Guides in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Working with Guides in PowerPoint 2016

Working with Guides in PowerPoint 2011

Working with Guides in PowerPoint

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