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.

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 ...

Consulting Toolkit

Text Box Tables - Marvin Tables for PowerPoint

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

March 18, 2021

Many of our McKinsey alumni customers used Marvin Tables in PowerPoint slides at McKinsey (also known as Text Box Tables). Text Box Tables in PowerPoint are made up of a series of text boxes, rather ...

PowerPoint How To

Free PowerPoint Icons: 1,000+ Recolorable Icons

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

February 23, 2021

This hints and tips article provides an overview of what icons are, why icons in PowerPoint are popular and where you can find additional icons for PowerPoint presentations. Icons are becoming ...

PowerPoint How To

How to add Speaker Notes in PowerPoint (+ Handouts)

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

February 16, 2021

Trying to work out how to add notes to PowerPoint? Speaker notes can be added for each slide in your presentation. Adding notes in PowerPoint allows you to add talking points or other notes to refer ...

PowerPoint How To

How to change theme fonts in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

January 22, 2021

This Hints and Tips post provides a brief overview of PowerPoint templates and the steps for how to change font theme in PowerPoint. As noted in previous posts, PowerPoint Templates are a combination ...

PowerPoint How To

How to create a PowerPoint template?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

January 18, 2021

This hints and tips post by the PPT Productivity team provides a brief overview of what PowerPoint templates are, as well as a step by step guide for how to create a PowerPoint Template in Office 365. ...

PowerPoint How To

How to create custom color palette for a PowerPoint theme?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

January 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 brand aligned colors to use in ...

PowerPoint How To

How to record voice-over narration in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

January 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 want ...

Getting Started

Can I create a Slide Library in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

December 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 has a Slide Library for ...

PowerPoint How To

Difference between PowerPoint Templates, Themes, and Layouts?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

December 3, 2020

Wondering what is the difference between a PowerPoint theme and a PowerPoint template? Or what is the difference between templates and layouts in PowerPoint? You’re not alone!  When writing the ...

Getting Started

How to create and save PowerPoint table templates?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

November 19, 2020

How does PowerPoint support table templates? Standard PowerPoint lets you add Tables directly to PowerPoint presentations from a set of built-in table styles. But PowerPoint doesn't let users ...

Getting Started

How to align shapes in PowerPoint easily?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

November 10, 2020

Properly aligned shapes and objects are key to making your presentation look professional.  The creators of PPT Productivity PowerPoint addin started their careers in Management Consulting.  ...