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How to Fix Multiple Slide Masters in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann

Mar 23, 2023

In general, there is no need to have multiple masters within a PowerPoint presentation. Design teams will sometimes create PowerPoint Templates with multiple masters, but it is not best practice and ...

Feature Update

February 2023 update: New Slide Libraries available to download!

Courtney

Feb 6, 2023

PPT Productivity's downloadable slide libraries have been updated. New and refreshed Slide Library Galleries include: Arrows and Flows Basic elements Charts Circles and Flows General ...

Feature Update

January 2023 Update: Agenda Wizard, Format Painters + More

Courtney

Jan 24, 2023

PPT Productivity is rolling out a new version progressively during January and February 2023 to free trial and paid users of Power Tools. This update of PPT Productivity Power Tools includes a ...

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How to insert Picture placeholders in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann

Nov 10, 2022

Standard PowerPoint Master Layouts come with built in image/ picture placeholders. If you want to create a slide with the standard layouts, simply open the standard default PowerPoint Presentation ...

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How to copy and paste formatting in PowerPoint

Courtney

Oct 21, 2022

Almost everyone knows about Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V, but there are also ways to copy and paste formatting in PowerPoint to quickly polish your presentations. In this blog post we explain the ...

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How to add a footnote in PowerPoint

Lee-Ann

Oct 12, 2022

Footnotes are notes or annotations placed at the bottom of a slide or document, used to reference parts of the main text (generally using superscript numbers). For example, footnotes can be ...

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Top 10 PowerPoint Hacks / Shortcuts used by strategy consultants

Lee-Ann

Sep 13, 2022

The team at PPT Productivity came from strategy consulting firms. As consultants, we're always looking for the quickest possible way to achieve the best results in PowerPoint which is why we created ...

Feature Update Hints and Tips

How do I use PowerPoint Gridlines and Guides?

Lee-Ann

Sep 7, 2022

To create professional looking slides in PowerPoint, it's important to get your proportions and alignment correct. Badly aligned and laid out slides can distract your audience and detract from the ...

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Looking for Deloitte Productivity PowerPoint tools?

Courtney

Aug 31, 2022

Are you looking for the Deloitte Productivity Toolbar for PowerPoint? PPT Productivity is working with one of the Deloitte businesses, so Deloitte users of PPT Productivity will see their PPT ...

Feature Update

July 2022 Update: Stretch & fill, align shapes on tables + more

Courtney

Aug 3, 2022

Version 3.1.0.9382 released July 29th, 2022 to new free trial users and progressively rolled out during August 2022 to existing users. Note that if you have an enterprise or large team license ...

Feature Update

May 2022 Update: Color bold text, Harvey balls for tables, Slide

Courtney

May 31, 2022

Version 3.1.0.8262 released May 23rd, 2022 to new free trial users and progressively during May - early June 2022 for existing users. Note that if you have an enterprise or large team license ...

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Can I use PPT Productivity on a Mac?

Courtney

Mar 15, 2022

PPT Productivity is working on a version of PPT Productivity that will be compatible with PowerPoint for Mac. But we have great news - you can already use the PC version of PPT Productivity on a Mac, ...