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Did you know that PowerPoint can loop on its own, forever, without anyone standing next to it clicking a mouse. Two settings, a handful of clicks, and you’ve got a self-running slideshow.
And once you know that, PowerPoint stops being just a tool for standing up in front of a room. It becomes a free, ready-made, revolving notice board.
Most people only ever use PowerPoint the way it was originally sold to them: open it, present it, close it. But a looping slideshow doesn’t need a presenter in the room at all.
You’ve probably already got PowerPoint. You probably already have a spare monitor or old telly gathering dust. That’s a notice board, and it costs nothing.
Before PowerPoint can loop, it needs to know how long to sit on each slide. Otherwise it just waits for a click that’s never coming.
3. In the Timing group, untick On Mouse Click. This stops PowerPoint waiting for someone to click through.
4. Tick After, and set your time. Ten seconds is a sensible starting point for a notice board slide, longer if there’s more to read.
5. Click Apply to All. so every slide gets the same timing, not just the one you had selected.
1. Go to the Slide Show tab.
2. Click Set Up Slide Show.
[Screenshot: Set Up Slide Show button on the Slide Show tab]
3. Tick Loop continuously until ‘Esc’.
4. Click OK, then press F5 to start the show.
That’s it. When PowerPoint hits the last slide, it quietly goes back to the first and carries on. Forever, or until someone presses Esc.
If the slideshow is running somewhere with no one minding it, a notice board, a shop window, an exhibition stand, use Kiosk mode instead of the basic loop setting.
In the same Set Up Show dialog, under Show type, select Browsed at a kiosk (full screen). This does two useful things at once.
For anything genuinely unattended, this is the safer choice. The basic loop tickbox still lets someone click through with a mouse. Kiosk mode takes that control away entirely.
Don’t want the whole deck on repeat, just a handful of slides? Build a Custom Slide Show first.
Handy if your deck doubles up as both a full sales presentation and a shorter highlights reel for the lobby screen.
Yes, PowerPoint can loop, properly, on its own, no clicking required.
Set your slide timings on the Transitions tab first.
Then tick Loop continuously until ‘Esc’, or better, use Kiosk mode for anything unattended.
Suddenly your old deck is a notice board, a welcome screen, or a trade show display. Free of charge.
How do I make a PowerPoint slideshow loop continuously? Set slide timings on the Transitions tab (untick On Mouse Click, tick After), then go to Slide Show > Set Up Slide Show and tick Loop continuously until ‘Esc’.
How do I stop a looping PowerPoint slideshow? Press the Esc key at any time.
What is Kiosk mode in PowerPoint? A Set Up Show option (Browsed at a kiosk) that automatically loops the presentation and blocks the audience from clicking through or exiting the slideshow themselves, ideal for unattended public screens.
Can I loop just some slides instead of the whole deck? Yes, build a Custom Slide Show under Slide Show > Custom Slide Show, choose only the slides you want, and run that instead.
Can PowerPoint loop with sound or narration? Yes, if you’ve recorded narration or added audio, tick Use timings, if present in Set Up Slide Show so the audio and slide timings stay in sync through the loop.
