PowerPoint: Create a table of contents - how to do it

Have you put a lot of sweat and effort into a PowerPoint presentation and now want to round it off with a nice table of contents? With a little detour, you can easily create a table of contents with PowerPoint.

How to create a table of contents in PowerPoint

In just a few steps you can create a table of contents in PowerPoint.

1. Open the presentation for which you need the table of contents and create a new slide in it.
2. Now click on "View" in the menu at the top and then on "Outline View" in the bar on the right.
3. On the outline, now perform a right-click and open the item "Reduce Outline". Then go on to "Reduce all levels".
4. Now select all entries and again make a right click on them. Select "Copy" from the menu.
5. Now go back to the slide view and paste the outline.
6. Now you should still replace the heading with "Table of Contents", so that everyone also knows what the bulleted list means.
7. From version 2013, you can with "View" > "Slide sorting" > "Overview slide" automatically create an outline slide.

Power Point offers even more features, for example, you can insert an Excel spreadsheet or you have the option to start videos completely automatically. This gives you the advantage that you do not have to click on them during the presentation.