We just did a fresh SharePoint 2013 farm installation and want to manually configure the service applications used - we are not using the Farm Configuration Wizard.
The issue we are facing is that PowerPoint Automation Services does not appear in Central Administration->Application Management->Manage Service Applications->New menu dropdown - but Word Automation Services and other service applications do.
How do you create a new PowerPoint Automation Service application and proxy for Sharepoint 2013?
It turns out that some SharePoint service applications do not appear under the Application Management->Manage Service Applications->New dropdown menu because Microsoft chose not to add them.
In order to create them - you cannot use CA, you must rely on PowerShell as discussed in this MS TechNet post.
PowerShell to Create PowerPoint Service Application and Proxy