How to Create a PowerPoint Teleprompter with Scrolling Text

Create a blank slide in your presentation. To make the teleprompter easy to read, right-click the slide background, select Format Background, and change the color to solid black.

Go to the Insert tab, click Text Box, and draw a large box on the slide. Paste your script into the box. Change the font color to white and increase the font size (e.g., 36pt or larger) for readability from a distance.

Select the entire text box. Navigate to the Animations tab, click 'Add Animation', scroll to the Exciting section under Entrance effects, and choose 'Credits'.

By default, the animation plays too fast for speech. Open the Animation Pane, double-click the Credits animation, go to the Timing tab, and increase the Duration to a slow speed (e.g., 30 to 60 seconds) depending on script length.

Start your Slide Show and click or press the right arrow key to begin the scrolling text. Read aloud to ensure the speed matches your natural speaking pace.

Format a slide with a black background and a white text box containing your script. Drag the text box down so the top of it is resting just beneath the bottom edge of the slide canvas.

With the text box selected, go to the Animations tab, click 'Add Animation', scroll down to Motion Paths, and select 'Lines'.

Click 'Effect Options' in the Animations ribbon and choose 'Up' to ensure the text moves upward like a standard teleprompter.

Click the red arrow end-point of the motion path on the slide and drag it straight up until it is positioned above the top edge of the slide. This guarantees all text scrolls fully off-screen.

In the Animations tab, locate the Timing section and change the Duration to 30 seconds or more to slow down the movement for comfortable reading.