Advanced Presentation Properties in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

PowerPoint saves all Property fields as metadata. This metadata can be very useful in the cataloging and search of presentations and individual slides. In addition to editing or adding the Property content in Backstage view, you can also bring up more Properties with the Advanced Properties option.

To view and edit current presentation properties through the Advanced Properties option in PowerPoint 2016, follow these steps:

Open any presentation in PowerPoint that has been saved at least once. Access the File menu get to Backstage view, and select the Info Pane as shown in Figure 1. Within the Properties pane, click the Properties button to bring up a drop-down list, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Properties drop-down list
Within the Properties drop-down list, select the Advanced Properties option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1.
This brings up the Properties dialog box, as shown in Figure 2. Note that the name of the presentation is included as part of the title of the dialog box. This makes it quick and easy to know which presentation you are editing the properties for, especially if you have more than one presentation currently open.

Figure 2: Properties dialog-box

The Properties dialog box includes five tabs which are explained below:

i. General: Within this tab you can see overview of the properties including dates for creation, modifications, and last access.

ii. Summary: Here you can see Title, Author, Subject, Keywords, etc.

iii. Statistics: This tab displays creation date, time spent creating, number of slides and words, etc.

iv. Contents: Here you can see which Font(s) and Theme(s) are used in presentation, and Titles of slides.

v. Custom: This tab contains additional information that can be added or deleted, such as name of client, name of person who checked the presentation, etc.
Once done with editing or adding properties, make sure to save your presentation.