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Adding and editing story blocks in Prezi Present

Story blocks are a great way to visualize your content. Choose from our library of ready-to-use story blocks. 

  1. Click the Story block option from the top menu bar.
  2. Click or drag a story block to the canvas to add it to your presentation.
  3. Now you can customize, move, resize it and more.


Adding story blocks

Need a little help figuring out how to visualize your content and build your presentation? Luckily, Prezi has hundreds of beautifully designed and ready-to-use story blocks to get you started. Just find the layout that best fits your message, add it to your canvas, customize it and watch your story come to life.

1. Navigate to the place in your presentation where you’d like to add a story block. 

2. Click the Story block option from the top bar.

3. Search by keyword or browse to find the right story block for your content.

4. Click on a story block to add it to your presentation. You can also drag and drop it directly onto your canvas. 

5. From the property bar, click Turn into frame to it if you would like to zoom to that content

Paid feature: Story blocks are available for users with a Standard or higher Prezi plan. Luckily it’s a breeze to upgrade your license and get access to this and all the other great features our Prezi plans have to offer.

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Editing and modifying story blocks

Once added to your presentation, click on a placeholder to add your own content, including text, images, shapes, and icons.

There are many other ways you can customize your story block or specific content within it.

Move

Click on the story block and drag it anywhere on the canvas. After you’ve moved it to where you would like it to be, release the mouse.

Resize

To adjust the size of a story block, click to select it and drag a corner to make it larger or smaller.

Rotate

Click on a story block to select it. Then hold down the ALTGr key (CTRL+right ALT) in Windows, or CMD for Mac, and drag one of the corners of the box up or down to turn it.

Add animation

Select the story block and click on the icon Add animation from the property bar to open the right sidebar, where you can add Fade in, Fade out and Zoom out animations. 

Ungrouping

You can use only certain parts of a story block by ungrouping it and deleting the content you don't need. For that, select the story block and click the Ungroup icon from the property bar or click on ⌘+Shift+ G (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+G (Windows) from your keyboard.

Save it for later

Select the story block and click on the plus icon Add to my library from the property bar to save the visual to your library to reuse it later in any presentation.

Delete

Click on the object you would like to delete. Then press BACKSPACE/DELETE on your keyboard. You can also right-click (CMD/CTRL+click) and select Delete from the context menu.

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