PowerPoint Tips

All the latest PPT Productivity and PowerPoint tips

Find all the latest news, hints and tips to get the most of of PowerPoint

Hints and Tips

How to add speaker notes in PowerPoint

Lee-Ann

Feb 16, 2021

Adding notes in PowerPoint allows you to add talking points or other notes to refer to when you are presenting your slides. Speaker notes are visible on your monitor when you are presenting, but ...

Hints and Tips

How to set or change theme fonts in PowerPoint?

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 ...

Hints and Tips

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 ...

Hints and Tips

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 ...

Hints and Tips

How to record voice-over narration in PowerPoint?

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 ...

Hints and Tips

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 ...

Hints and Tips

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 ...

Hints and Tips

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 ...

Hints and Tips

How can I easily align shapes in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann

Nov 10, 2020

Properly aligned shapes and objects are key to making your presentation look professional. PPT Productivity’s founders started their careers in Management Consulting. Alignment and ...

Hints and Tips

How to save PowerPoint commands to the Quick Access Toolbar?

Lee-Ann

Oct 28, 2020

One of our aims at PPT Productivity is to give you one-click access to your most frequently used PowerPoint features. However you might find there are some functions in standard PowerPoint you use a ...

Hints and Tips

How to use an image as background of a PowerPoint slide

Lee-Ann

Oct 22, 2020

Using an image as the background of your slide can add impact to your message. It’s possible to do this by adding the image to the slide and using ‘send to back’, but there is a better ...

Feature Update

Missing the Accenture QPT for PowerPoint?

Courtney

Oct 19, 2020

Are you an Accenture Alumni, missing the QPT PowerPoint (Quick Presentation Toolbar)? Perhaps you’re now running a team and need to boost the polish of your team's PowerPoint deliverables? PPT ...