About

Lee-Ann - Chief Productivity Officer

Chief Productivity Officer Lee-Ann has been working with PowerPoint for more than 18 years. Lee-Ann was initially an office manager and assistant, then a Production Specialist at Boston Consulting Group. Lee-Ann is now Chief Productivity Officer at PPT Productivity. Lee-Ann nominates PPT Productivity's Remember/Set Size & Position feature as one of her favourite.

PowerPoint How To

How to use PowerPoint Gridlines and Guides?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

September 7, 2022

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

PowerPoint How To

How to add a PowerPoint Watermark and Lock it in place

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

March 15, 2022

This hints and tips post explains what a PowerPoint watermark is, a step by step guide for adding a Watermark in PowerPoint as well as how to lock a watermark to PowerPoint slides. Why add Watermarks ...

New Features

How to Create a Timeline in PowerPoint (and Timeline Template

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

February 24, 2022

Timelines are a great way to represent visually a sequence of events, such as project milestones or events in PowerPoint presentations. But creating a timeline slide for your presentation from scratch ...

New Features

How do I create a PowerPoint Agenda / Table of Contents?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

February 11, 2022

PPT Productivity add-in for PowerPoint makes creating and updating PowerPoint Agenda and Table of Contents slides easy! How can I create an Agenda in PowerPoint? There are several ways to create ...

PowerPoint How To

How to Delete a Text Box in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

November 16, 2021

How to delete a text box in PowerPoint is one of the most commonly googled PowerPoint questions! Deleting text boxes in PowerPoint is mostly straightforward, but there are a few tricky scenarios. ...

PowerPoint How To

How to customize the PowerPoint Ribbon?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

October 7, 2021

Do you want to customize a tab on the Ribbon in PowerPoint? Perhaps you want to add a feature to a PowerPoint tab that you use frequently? Yes, you can customize the PowerPoint Ribbon and it’s pretty ...

Getting Started

Can I share my custom PowerPoint shortcuts?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

July 19, 2021

PowerPoint shortcuts can be used to turbo charge your productivity. That's why we created extra PowerPoint Shortcuts for PPT Productivity users! PPT Productivity lets you create custom shortcut keys ...

New Features

Can I skip page numbers on Hidden slides in PowerPoint? Yes!

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

May 3, 2021

If you have hidden slides in PowerPoint, you may want to skip or remove slide numbers on hidden slides when presenting the slide show. Skipping numbering in PowerPoint on hidden slides excludes ...

PowerPoint How To

How to hide slide numbers on PowerPoint Title Slide?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

April 26, 2021

Want to hide the page or slide number on your PowerPoint Title slide, but display slide numbers on the rest of the slides in your PowerPoint presentation? If your PowerPoint presentation has slide ...

New Features

Can I change PowerPoint starting slide number?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

April 23, 2021

Do you want to start your PowerPoint Slide number / page numbers at zero or another number? By default, PowerPoint starts your presentation slide numbering at one. But setting your slide number to ...

Getting Started

Troubleshooting PowerPoint Slide Numbering: How to fix common

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

April 16, 2021

Looking for how to add slide numbers in PowerPoint? Trying to work out what to do when PowerPoint slide number not showing? This help guide steps through troubleshooting options to fix scenarios of ...

Getting Started

How to add a PowerPoint Table of Contents slide?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

March 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 ...