You can then swap out duplicate images for the ones you want to use. Right click on an image, select Change Image, then select your media. Using this method means you don’t need to spend time cropping down multiple images one by one and ensures that each image is exactly the same size. The technique will work if the images in the carousel are different sizes (so long as the first and last images are identical) but from a design perspective it probably makes more sense to keep the images the same size/aspect ratio to make everything a bit neater.
Once your images are finalised, it’s time to group them. Select them one by one, holding CTRL or Shift to select multiple objects, then right click and select Group, or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + G. Then right click the group and use the Send to Back/Send Backwards tools to move the group behind other content on your slide, if necessary.
Screenshot of PowerPoint slide with multiple images lined up on the right of the slide
Step 4
The next step is to duplicate the entire phone numbers in cambodia group to the left of the slide. You can do this using the same method as before, drag the group whilst holding down CTRL and Shift to keep the two groups in line. Alignment here is important – the last image of the duplicate group needs to be perfectly laid over the first image of the original group. This will create a left-running carousel, if you want your carousel to run to the right, drag the duplicate group to the right of the original one.
Step 5
Select both of the groups you’ve created and navigate to the Animation tab on the ribbon. Select Add Animation, and add a Line Motion Path. Motion Path start and stop handles will appeared on both groups.
The green triangle designates the start point, and the red the end point. Click on the red end point of your first group and drag it over to the start green point of your second group. PowerPoint Motion Path start and end points snap to each other, so this is just an easy way of ensuring the end point of the path is perfectly aligned to the ‘reset point’ of the looping path. Now you can delete the second group of images.