Create a PowerPoint presentation from an outline If you've already jotted down an outline of your presentation in Word and now need a quick way to add it to your slides, you can import a Word outline into PowerPoint. Create an outline in Word Open Word. Select View > Outline. This automatically generates an outline and opens the Outlining tools: Outline If your document has headings, you'll see those headings organized by level. Headings In the Outline Level box, select a heading Level 1 for slide titles, Level 2 for bullet points on that slide. Outline Level When finished or to edit your document, select Close Outline View. Close Outline View Save an outline in Word To save your document, select File > Save as, name your file, and then select Save.Save Save As Import a Word outline into PowerPoint Open PowerPoint and select New Slide > Slides from Outline. Slides from Outline In the Insert Outline dialog box, find and select your Word outline and select Insert. Insert Outline