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Feature Update

How to insert total number of slides with slide numbers in

Courtney

Apr 7, 2021

PPT Productivity is excited to announce our new feature to Manage Slide Numbering will be released later this month (April 2021). Standard PowerPoint does not have a feature to dynamically display ...

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How do you add a PowerPoint Table of Contents slide?

Lee-Ann

Mar 23, 2021

Adding a table of contents in PowerPoint is easy with the PPT Productivity PowerPoint add in. Standard PowerPoint does not allow you to automatically create a table of contents for your slides, but ...

Feature Update

Box Tables now available in PPT Productivity

Lee-Ann

Mar 18, 2021

Many of our McKinsey alum customers are accustomed to using Box Tables aka Marvin Tables (Tables made up of a series of text boxes) rather than traditional/ standard PowerPoint Tables. They asked if ...

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How do I get more icons in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann

Feb 23, 2021

This hints and tips post gives you an overview of what icons are, why they are popular in PowerPoint and where you can find additional icons for use in your PowerPoint presentation. Icons are ...

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How to set or change theme fonts in a PowerPoint presentation?

Lee-Ann

Jan 22, 2021

This Hints and Tips post provides a brief overview of PowerPoint templates and steps for how to set/ change the Theme Font in your PowerPoint presentation. As noted in previous posts, PowerPoint ...

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How to create a PowerPoint template

Lee-Ann

Jan 18, 2021

This hints and tips post provides a brief overview of what PowerPoint templates are and then a step by step guide of how to create a PowerPoint Template in Office 365. PowerPoint template design made ...

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How to create custom color palette for a PowerPoint theme?

Lee-Ann

Jan 13, 2021

Using a consistent color palette throughout your PowerPoint presentation makes it look more polished. Although many organizations already have a defined set of colors to use in presentations, the ...

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How to record voice-over narration on PowerPoint Presentations?

Lee-Ann

Jan 4, 2021

Adding a voiceover to your PowerPoint presentation is a useful way to enable to you present your content like you would in person, but without the need to present it live. This could be when you ...

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Can I create a Slide Library in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann

Dec 14, 2020

Looking for a great way to reuse your favorite PowerPoint slides and objects? Perhaps you’re looking for a SharePoint Slide Library replacement? PPT Productivity add-in for PowerPoint has a Slide ...

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Difference between PowerPoint Templates, Themes, and Layouts?

Lee-Ann

Dec 3, 2020

Confused about the difference between PowerPoint Templates, Themes and Layouts? You’re not alone! When writing the feature overview for our new Templates feature, we found Microsoft’s ...

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How to create / save table templates in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann

Nov 19, 2020

Standard PowerPoint doesn’t let users save table templates. Using PPT Productivity add-in for PowerPoint, you can easily save table templates to the PPT Productivity Shape and Slide Library feature ...

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How can I easily align shapes in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann

Nov 10, 2020

Can I align to first selected object in PowerPoint? PPT Productivity makes aligning shapes in PowerPoint fast and easy and provides more alignment options and shortcuts – including the option to ...