Software & Apps > MS Office 9 Best Places for Free PowerPoint Templates Create a stunning PowerPoint presentation with these free templates By Stacy Fisher Stacy Fisher Technology Educator Emporia State University Stacy is a professional technology educator with over 25 years' experience. She has published hundreds of articles, co-authored a book, and has appeared on national and local TV. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on January 25, 2022 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email MS Office Powerpoint Word Excel Outlook These free PowerPoint templates will help you create an awesome presentation in no time. Since you start out with the formatting already done, you just need to add your own information, and you're ready to go. You'll find a wide variety of options through the sites listed below, including templates for games, weddings, business, hobbies, birthdays, technology, Christmas, and tons more. All these templates are free, so just download the ones you want and then open them in PowerPoint, a free presentation program, or some other free PowerPoint alternative. At that point, you can edit the templates however you like to fit your own needs. Information in this article applies to PowerPoint for Office 365, PowerPoint 2021, PowerPoint 2019, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint Online, and PowerPoint for Mac. 01 of 09 fppt.com What We Like Massive collection of professional templates. Easy to search by keyword, category, and more. What We Don't Like Some of the templates are large and could take a while to download. Few screenshots make it hard to decide what to download. You'll easily find the top-rated free PowerPoint templates at fppt.com. Browse their list of templates by categories, tags, backgrounds, or themes to find a template that matches your needs. There are tons of free templates here. Of the dozens of categories are abstract, graduation, religious, nature, wedding, and business templates. You'll find the download count on every download page to help you make a decision about a template before you download it. Some also have alternative options, like with a different aspect ratio. Visit fppt.com 02 of 09 Presentation Magazine What We Like Helpful ways to browse (e.g., color and tags). The templates are easy to download. Templates are added or updated frequently. Screenshots are provided. What We Don't Like Most of the templates are very basic. No rating system. There are tens of thousands of free PowerPoint templates at Presentation Magazine, including regular and animated templates. It's easy to find a template by color, tag, or popularity. Or browse through categories like nature, medical, business, architecture, weather, educational, travel, wedding, and Christmas. When you download these templates, you get the file immediately because they're not stored in archives, nor do you need to wait for an ad or message to go away. Visit Presentation Magazine 03 of 09 Microsoft What We Like Multiple slides in each presentation. Slides feature rich content. Safe downloads from a trusted source. Start quickly with the browser editor. What We Don't Like No way to rate templates. No template reviews provided. Microsoft has free templates available for all its products, including PowerPoint. Many of these templates are accessible, so they have high contrast, include alt text for images, use larger fonts, and work with a screen reader. You can filter the results by category, such as newsletters or cards, and by event/milestone—there are templates for birthdays, weddings, back to school, Spring, holidays, congratulations, and more. However, if you do that, you might end up with templates for other Office products like Word; just look for whatever says PowerPoint under the thumbnail. All download pages have a large screenshot of the PowerPoint template to help you make a decision on which ones to download. These files are downloaded in the POTX format, and some can even be edited directly in your browser with the free, online version of PowerPoint. Visit Microsoft 04 of 09 SlidesCarnival What We Like Informative download pages. Shows every slide as a preview before downloading. See comments from other users. Direct download; no signup page or ZIP file to unpack. What We Don't Like Can't filter just the free list. Hundreds of additional template are available at SlidesCarnival. Most are actually available for both PowerPoint and Google Slides. Something we like about this source are the extensive screenshots on the download page. Every slide from the template is included as a preview, so you'll understand exactly what you're getting before you start the download. There's also a list of features for each template that describe things like the number of slides it has, the aspect ratio, and other things included in it. Visit SlidesCarnival 05 of 09 Leawo What We Like Templates for nearly every occasion imaginable. Easy to browse by category. What We Don't Like Templates automatically download when selected; no standard download page. Many designs have an amateur appearance. Small previews. Must extract from a ZIP file. Over 30 categories of free PowerPoint templates are hosted at Leawo. You'll find holiday templates like Christmas, Father's Day, Mother's Day, and Labor Day, as well as education, business, wedding, and scenery templates, among others. Browse the list and preview a template before you download it in ZIP form. Visit Leawo 06 of 09 PowerPoint Styles What We Like Contains screenshots of each template. No need to extract the template from an archive; they're downloaded as PPT files. What We Don't Like Some templates are quite basic. Ads on the site make it difficult to find the correct download button. To find a template that fits your needs at PowerPoint Styles, sort the list by recently added, most viewed, or top downloaded. Or, browse through categories and tags to find telecommunication, cartoon, social, abstract and textures, blackboard, and general PowerPoint templates. If you're after a template with a specific color, select black, blue, red, or any other color to see templates with that as the primary color. Visit PowerPoint Styles 07 of 09 Showeet What We Like Every download page has several images to preview. Some templates provide multiple versions with different aspect ratios. Instructions are provided for each template. What We Don't Like Multiple ads on the page make it difficult to find the correct download option. Cluttered site design. Every template is stored in a ZIP file you have to open before using it. Find popular templates that others are downloading or browse by tags, such as business, fun, pattern, green, and others. Showeet provides lots of information about each PowerPoint template. Follow their social media accounts to get instant updates on their newest templates. Visit Showeet 08 of 09 Slide Hunter What We Like Some templates offer multiple screenshots on the download page. Related templates are listed on each page. What We Don't Like No description of slideshow length or slides included. Must extract the template from a ZIP file first. Must log in to download. Some of the free PowerPoint templates at Slide Hunter are listed under topics such as cycle, arrows, 3D, timeline, charts, education, strategy, and planning. Each download page is full of more detail about the template and screenshots of the slides. You need to sign in before you can see the download link. Visit Slide Hunter 09 of 09 24Slides What We Like Direct download links. Preview screenshots. Filter by Google Slides templates. Clean website design. What We Don't Like Must make a user account first. Very few categories to look through. Watermark on every slide (they're easy to delete). 24Slides is a refreshing site compared to some. There aren't any ads, so finding a template is much easier than it is on some sites. Plus, the PowerPoint templates are clean, professional looking, and easy to find. Browse for templates by most popular, featured, or category, such as maps, organization, and text slides. If you'd rather use these templates on Google Slides, there's a whole section of just those templates. You can also filter the templates to find corporate and business templates. This site provides direct downloads, so you don't have to unpack an archive to get to them. They're all stored in the PPTX format. But, you do need to make a user account. Visit 24Slides Was this page helpful? 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