How to Create a Word Cloud in PowerPoint?

A word cloud is an image of a cluster of words in different sizes, colors, and orientations. The more often a word occurs in the source text, the more significant—therefore, more important—the word appears. You can use them as images in your presentation, but there are also technical uses.

For instance, if you’re an editor or author of a business text, you might create a word cloud to see which terms are overused or ensure the focus isn’t overrun. You could even use them as an SEO tool. In this article, I’ll show you an add-in that produces word clouds in PowerPoint, but you can copy those images anywhere you like.

A PowerPoint word cloud is the solution if you want an exceptional presentation that stands out among the regular PowerPoint slides. Your audience will be intrigued by the words hidden within a word cloud if you use them in PowerPoint.

By using bold, colorful, and more prominent words to ensure listeners’ full attention, it is essential to convey critical information intelligently. A PowerPoint word cloud is a powerful way to combine graphics and words. You can use them as images in your presentation to make it outstanding. This risewindows article will show you how to create a word cloud in PowerPoint.

How to Create a Word Cloud with Word Art?

This is the fastest method to insert a Word Cloud in Microsoft PowerPoint. In this method, we will use a free online tool, WordArt, which will operate in PowerPoint slides. Perform these steps:-

Step 1. First, create a PowerPoint presentation where you want to introduce the word cloud and navigate to the slide where you want to place it.

Step 2. Then, open your browser and type https://wordart.com/ in the address bar, and hit Enter on your keyboard.

Step 3. When the Word Art website opens on your browser, click the CREATE button.

Step 4. After that, a new tab will open with tools and data.

Step 5. Next, enter the words or sentences you want to see in Word Cloud under the Words header. If you wish to, you can change the size of the word, color, angle, font, etc.

Step 6. Now, if you’re not happy with the default shape of your Word Cloud, then expand the SHAPES by clicking on it. Select one from the list of shapes and then click on the Visualize button to see a preview on the right side.

Step 7. Then, Word Art creates a word cloud image based on your selections. If you wish to make further changes, you can Undo or Edit the word cloud image.

Step 8. After that, if no further editing is required, click on the DOWNLOAD tab and pick either Standard PNG or Standard JPEG format for the image. The word art file will now be downloaded to your computer.

Step 9. Next, go to PowerPoint and copy and paste the downloaded Word Cloud into your slide.

How to Make a Word Cloud with Word Cloud Generator?

In this method, we will use a free online tool, Word Cloud Generator, and then insert the Word Cloud image into PowerPoint slides. Here are the steps:-

Step 1. First, open your browser and type the following in the search bar, and hit the Enter key on your keyboard to open the Word Cloud Generator website:-

https://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/

Step 3. Then, scroll up to see the preview of your generated Word Cloud. If you’re happy with the results, scroll down to the bottom and click the SVG button to download the image in SVG format.

Step 4. After that, open your Microsoft PowerPoint and copy and paste the downloaded SVG file into it.

How to Generate a Word Cloud with Pro Word Cloud?

In this method, we will use an Add-in, Pro Word Cloud, and then insert the Word Cloud image into PowerPoint slides. Here are the steps:-

Step 1. First, open an existing PowerPoint or create a new one.

Step 2. Now, click on the Insert tab in the main menu bar and then click on the Get Add-in button under the “Add-ins” group.

Step 3. Then, the Office Add-Ins dialog will appear on your computer. In the Search bar, type Pro Word Cloud and click the Search icon.

Step 4. After that, click on the Add button beside the “Pro Word Cloud,”

Step 5. Next, click the Continue button in the pop-up window.

Step 6. Place the cursor where you want to insert the Word Cloud in your slide. Switch to the Insert tab and click on the Add-ins button.

Step 7. Now, in the drop-down, select My Add-ins down arrow and then Pro Word Cloud.

Step 8. Then, the Pro Word Cloud window will appear on the right side of the slide.

Step 9. After that, you can adjust Font, Colors, Layout, Case, etc., if you want. Once changing is completed, type some text you want to see in Word Cloud.

Step 10. Next, select the texts you want to see in Word Could and click on the Create Word Cloud button.

Step 11. Then, if you want to change the texts later, edit them accordingly and click the Re-generate Word Cloud button.

Step 12. Once you find the generated preview is OK, right-click on the preview image and select the Copy image option.

Step 13. Finally, delete the selected texts and paste (CTRL+V) the copied image into your slide.

That’s it for the article.

I hope this post will guide you well.

Good luck & keep learning, guys.