How To Software End Powerpoint Presentations With a Black Slide Share Pin Email Print Max Attenborough/Getty Images Software Presentations Documents Spreadsheets Desktop Publishing Graphic Design Databases Animation & Video by Wendy Russell Knows everything you need to know about PowerPoint presentation software. Updated July 30, 2018 How often have you been in the audience for a PowerPoint slide show and suddenly it was over? No indication that the end was here. Just last slide and it's done. Let your audience know that the slideshow is over by simply ending it with a black slide. You don't even have to create a new slide and make it black. There is a convenient feature in PowerPoint that does this for you. Here is how it is done 01 of 02 PowerPoint 2003 Options are Found in the Tools Menu PowerPoint Options dialog box - End with black slide. © Wendy Russell Choose Tools > Options from the menu.Click on the View tab at the top of the Options dialog box.Place a checkmark beside End with black slideClick OK 02 of 02 Access the PowerPoint 2007 Options PowerPoint 2007 Options dialog box - End with black slide. © Wendy Russell Click on the Office button.Click on the PowerPoint Options button at the bottom of the dialog box.Select Advanced in the list of options on the left.Scroll down the list of options, until you get to the Slide Show section.Check the box for End with black slide.Click OK Continue Reading