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How to hide slide numbers on PowerPoint Title Slide?

Lee-Ann

Apr 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 ...

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Can I change PowerPoint starting slide number?

Lee-Ann

Apr 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 ...

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Troubleshooting PowerPoint Slide Numbering: How to fix common

Lee-Ann

Apr 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 ...

Feature Update

Can I insert slide totals with slide numbers in PowerPoint? Yes!

Courtney

Apr 7, 2021

PPT Productivity recently released our Manage Slide Numbering feature for PowerPoint. Standard PowerPoint does not have a feature to dynamically display the total number of slides (aka a slide count ...

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How to change slide size in PowerPoint?

Courtney

Mar 25, 2021

Trying to change your slide size in your presentation? PowerPoint lets you choose between a couple of standard slide sizes plus a custom option. In this hints and tips blog post we provide a guide ...

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How to 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, ...

Feature Update

Text Box Tables (aka Marvin Table) for PowerPoint

Lee-Ann

Mar 18, 2021

Many of our McKinsey alumni customers used Text Box Tables (aka Marvin Tables) in PowerPoint slides at McKinsey. Box tables in PowerPoint are made up of a series of text boxes, rather than standard ...

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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 icons in PowerPoint are popular and where you can find additional icons for PowerPoint presentations. Icons are becoming ...

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How to add speaker notes in PowerPoint

Lee-Ann

Feb 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 ...

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How to change theme fonts in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann

Jan 22, 2021

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

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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 ...