In PowerPoint 2013, and in other Office 2013 programs, you typically need to
sign in to a Microsoft Account so that you can access saved
settings, customizations, and even some files off the cloud. You typically do this by managing your Account, right inside PowerPoint
or another Office 2013 program such as Word and Excel. The Account tab
in Backstage view allows you to sign in to
your Microsoft Account, and automatically connect to your OneDrive account, and do so much more.
Follow these steps to access Account options in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows:
- Open a presentation in PowerPoint 2013. Click the File menu, as shown highlighted
in red within Figure 1.
Figure 1: File menu
- This bring ups the Backstage view, as shown in Figure 2. Now, select Account option,
highlighted in blue within Figure 2.
Figure 2: PowerPoint 2016 Backstage view
- This brings up the Account tab within the Backstage view, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: Account tab within the Backstage view
- Within the Account tab, you'll find several options, as marked
in Figure 3 above:
A. User Information
- Here your find options to manage your account, change or update your account info, or switch to a separate
account altogether, as explained below:
Change Photo
- This option brings up a web page containing your Microsoft Account profile, as shown
in Figure 4. Here you can change your profile picture, and soon your profile picture within PowerPoint and other
Office programs will also update.
Figure 4: Microsoft Account web page
About Me
- Click this option to bring up the same web page as you can see in Figure 4. Here you
can edit your Contact info and Work info.
Sign Out
- To learn more, read
our Sign Out and
Switch Accounts in PowerPoint 2013 (on Windows 8)
and Sign In, Sign Out, and Switch Accounts
in PowerPoint 2013 (on Windows 7) tutorials.
Switch Account
- To learn more, read
our Sign Out and Switch Accounts in
PowerPoint 2013 (on Windows 8)
and Sign In, Sign Out, and Switch Accounts
in PowerPoint 2013 (on Windows 7) tutorials.
B. Office Background
- PowerPoint 2013 now introduces the concept of Office Background, which essentially changes or
adds a small image strip on the top right area of
the program
interface, as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5: Office Background
- Learn more in our Office
Background in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial.
C. Office Theme
- Office Theme enables you
to change the PowerPoint interface
color.
D. Connected Services
- Connected services help you access your settings and recent files or templates across all your devices,
including laptops, tablets and even smartphones. Additionally, some services allow you to access media and document files too. Learn
how to Manage and Remove Connected Services
in PowerPoint 2013.
Add a Service
- Learn more in our Add
Services in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial.
E. Product Information
- This area displays product info that can be useful to ascertain what type of license you are using. You can
also determine whether the application is activated or not.
- The information and options available in this area may be a little different, depending on whether you are
using an Office 365 subscription or a perpetual licensed version of Office 2013. To understand the differences, explore
our Version and License of Microsoft PowerPoint and
Office tutorial.
- The perpetual version’s Product Information area, shown in Figure 6, below
has no Manage Account button, as you can see within the Office 365 subscription version (highlighted
in blue within Figure 3, shown previously on this page). Clicking
the Manage Account button launches your account page in a new browser window.
- In either version, you can click the About PowerPoint button, highlighted
in red within Figure 6 below.
Figure 6: About PowerPoint button within Product Information area
- This summons the About Microsoft PowerPoint message window with detailed technical
information, as shown in Figure 7, below.
Figure 7: About Microsoft PowerPoint message window
Click the OK button to close the About Microsoft PowerPoint message window.
- Now, click the Back Arrow button on the top left area within the Backstage
view (highlighted in red within Figure 8) to go back to
PowerPoint's Normal view again.
Figure 8: Back Arrow button within Backstage view