PowerPoint can contain hundreds or thousands of words in a single slide deck. This is especially true when working on the initial draft of a presentation created from a lengthy report or editing PowerPoint templates or Google Slides templates. You might want to reduce the amount of text in your slides by finding and removing information you don’t need.
How to Search Words in PowerPoint for Desktop and Web
The Home tab contains both the Find and Replace buttons that can be used to find and replace text in PowerPoint. If you’re using PowerPoint for Windows, you can use the CTRL+F hotkey to find text or Command+F for Mac.
PowerPoint also enables searching text by base, diacritics, or other parameters for different languages when searching for text.
Below is an example of how to search text in PowerPoint.
How to Find and Replace Text in PowerPoint
To replace text, go to the Home tab and click Replace; use CTRL+H for Windows or SHIFT+Command+H for Mac. The Replace function in PowerPoint not only enables replacing text but also fonts.
Enter text to find (Find what), followed by text to replace (Replace with). Click Replace to replace a single instance of the text or Replace All to replace all instances of the specified text.
Search Text using PowerPoint for Mobile
The mobile versions of PowerPoint (Android and iOS) also contain the option to find text via the Home tab. However, a quicker way to search for text is simply using the Search button at the top.
Final Words
All versions of PowerPoint, be it for the web, desktop, or mobile, have the option to find text. However, you can’t find a text from within images or videos, as PowerPoint can only find and replace PPT text that is present in placeholders.
