How to make a PowerPoint a screen saver

Maybe you’re gathering pictures from a vacation, assembling a digital baby book, or making photo collages for a mood board. Or perhaps you have an educational, business, or charitable organization slideshow that you want to display when your screen is idle.

If you have an existing PowerPoint slideshow or would like to create one filled with images, you can use it as your screensaver on both Windows and Mac.

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Make a PowerPoint a screensaver on Windows

To turn your presentation into a screensaver on Windows, you’ll start by saving it as an image file and then move onto setting it as the screensaver.

Save the slideshow

1. With your slideshow open in PowerPoint, open the File tab.
2. Select Save As or Save a Copy depending on your version.
3. Choose a location on your computer.

4. Enter the File name and pick the format in the Save as type box directly beneath. Use an image format such as JPG, PNG, or BMP. Each of these formats work just fine, but you may have a preference due to your screen resolution or file size.
5. Select Save.

6. In the pop-up window, pick All Slides for an image of each slide or Just This One for a single slide image.
7. You’ll see a confirmation that the folder has been saved along with the location you picked. Click OK.

Tip: Learn how to create a photo collage in PowerPoint too.

Set the screensaver

1. Access the screensaver settings depending on your version of Windows. 

On Windows 10, for example, you can type “screen saver” into the task bar Search and select Change screen saver from the results.

2. In the pop-up window, open the drop-down menu below Screen Saver and pick Photos.
3. Click Settings on the right.

4. Use the Browse button to locate and select the saved PowerPoint folder from above.
5. Optionally, choose the Slide show speed and Shuffle the pictures if you like.
6. Click Save.

7. When you return to the Screen Saver Settings window, you can see a Preview of the screensaver using that button to the right.
8. You can also adjust the Wait time in minutes to start your screensaver as well as check the box to display the login screen upon resume.
9. Click Apply to save a use the screensaver and then OK to close the Screen Saver Settings.

You can then enjoy your very own PowerPoint picture screensaver!

Make a PowerPoint a screensaver on Mac

Just like on Windows, you’ll save your PowerPoint as an image file and then set it as the screensaver on Mac.

Save the slideshow

1. With your slideshow open in PowerPoint, select File > Export in the menu bar.

2. Pick On My Mac to save the file locally and then choose the location in the pop-up window. Make note of the location you select so you can easily find it.

3. Enter the Export As name in the top section and pick the File Format in the bottom section. Again, you can choose JPEG, PNG, or BMP per your preference.
4. Mark Save Every Slide for an image of each slide or Save Current Slide Only for a single slide image.
5. Adjust the Width and Height for the images. When you enter one or the other, the remaining dimension should automatically update to retain the aspect ratio so that the images appear correctly and not distorted.
6. Click Export.

7. You’ll see a confirmation that the folder has been saved along with the location you picked. Click OK.

Tip: Learn how to make a picture transparent in PowerPoint for a nifty effect.

Set the screensaver

1. Access the screensaver settings on Mac with one of the following:some text
   • Select the Apple icon in the menu bar, choose System Settings, and pick Screen Saver.
   • Open the System Settings icon in your Dock and pick Screen Saver.
   • Right-click the System Settings icon in your Dock and pick Screen Saver.

2. Scroll to the Other section on the right side and pick Photos.
3. Click Options next to Photos at the top.

4. Open the Source drop-down menu and pick Choose Folder.

5. Navigate to and select the PowerPoint folder you saved above. Then, click Choose.

6. Optionally check the box to Shuffle slide order and click OK.

7. At the top of the Screen Saver settings, you can select a Style and opt to Show on all Spaces.
8. You can preview the screensaver by hovering your cursor over the thumbnail at the top and choosing Preview.

Close the Screen Saver settings using the X on the top left.

Then, sit back and appreciate your new creation!

Create eye-catching content with Plus AI

If you’re perfecting your slideshow before transforming it into a screensaver, consider some help from artificial intelligence. With Plus AI for PowerPoint, you can create and edit presentations without all the extra work.

Plus AI can compose text, add images, and provide you with engaging and eye-catching slideshows in just minutes.

Here, we used Plus AI to insert a slide in our African rainforest presentation. We simply entered a title and description for the new slide, picked an Image slide layout, and received our slide complete with photos and text in seconds.

Using Plus AI, you can also create slides with metrics, pros and cons, testimonials, team photos, project plans, and more. No matter what type of presentation you need, Plus AI can handle it. 

The tool works with Microsoft PowerPoint along with Google Slides and Google Docs as a productive and time-saving cross-platform AI assistant.

Visit the Plus AI website for all the details and to start your free trial today!

Conclusion

Whether you have a personal presentation with family pictures or a business slideshow with company images, you can make a PowerPoint screensaver to show off those photos during your downtime.

And remember that no matter what type of presentation you want to create or edit, Plus AI can lend a helping hand.

FAQs

How to make a PowerPoint into wallpaper?

To turn a PowerPoint slide into desktop wallpaper, save or export the presentation and pick Just This One on Windows or Save Current Slide Only on Mac. Open your Wallpaper or Background settings and select the slide image.

How do you make a PowerPoint slide background?

To choose or upload a slide background in PowerPoint, go to Design > Format Background. In the sidebar, pick the type of background or use Picture or Texture Fill to Insert an image.

For help in Slides, look at how to change the background in Google Slides too.

How to save a  PowerPoint presentation as a video?

To create a video from your PowerPoint slideshow, open File and choose Save as on Windows or Export on Mac. Select the video format you’d like to use in the file format menu and hit Save or Export.