In a long presentation like this, sometimes I have trouble finding a specific word or
phrase that I know is in there somewhere.
The Find feature can help by searching the presentation for you.
To begin, click Find on the Home tab… type the word or phrase you're looking for… then
click the button that says Find Next.
If the word is found, PowerPoint will jump to the slide, and select the text for you.
If you realize that you've made a mistake throughout your presentation, or you need
to swap a certain word or phrase for another, there's a command for that too.
Just click Replace on the Home tab, or right here in the dialog box.
I just need to change the years in this presentation, so I'm going to enter that here.
When you're ready, click the Replace button… and PowerPoint will replace will replace the
word, and take you to the next instance automatically.
You can even use Replace All to change every instance at once, instead of cycling through
them one by one.
When it comes to using Replace All though, it’s important to remember that it could
find matches you didn’t anticipate, and might not actually want to change.
Generally, you don't want to use Replace All because it doesn't give you the option of
skipping anything you don’t want to change.
So you should only use this option if you're absolutely sure that it won't replace anything
you didn’t intend it to.
Now that you know how to use Find and Replace, you can put this time-saving technique to
work in your PowerPoint presentations.