Hello

I was tasked with a job using powerpoint, and I have 0 experience in using this program
the job is simple yet very repetitive

Step 1: snip images of news articles talking about subject X
Step 2: Arrange all snippits 2 snips a page
Step 3: Have a glow on snippits
Step 4: Hyperlink each snippit with its online article

I am looking to automate steps 3 and 4
having to select effect on 1000+ images is pain
having to right click > Link > Paste is also pain
usually in MSWord you could record a macro for these type of jobs but I cannot find the record macro button here even in developer tools.

What would be the best way to minimize workload on this?