PowerPoint Tips

Feb 5, 2020

We received some feedback about our product names causing confusion. To address this, we have renamed our mid tier toolset. "Productivity Tools" have been renamed to "Plus". The feature set remains ...

Alternative to Slideproof PowerPoint add-in?

Jan 17, 2020

Are you looking for an alternative to Slideproof? Following Veodin Slideproof's acquisition and integration by Templafy, we've had customers contacting us with license enquiries. PPT Productivity ...

Customizable PowerPoint Shortcut Keys feature in PPT

Apr 23, 2019

"Customizable shortcut keys" is a feature that enables you to set custom shortcut keys for 800+ PowerPoint commands. For those born before the heady days of the internet, yes we're talking about ...

What is a PowerPoint Add-in?

Dec 19, 2018

We've received a few inquiries from customers seeking to better understand what add-ins are and how our tools work. We thought it would be helpful to answer some common questions about "what" ...

Looking for a Consulting PowerPoint Toolbar?

Dec 19, 2018

We created PPT Productivity Toolbars to make our lives easier. As consultants we wanted time saving shortcuts to make it faster to create and to 'polish' slides. Ease of reuse was ...

Did you know PowerPoint 365 has maps?

Dec 12, 2018

We're busily working on some free galleries that we will make available on the website soon (e.g. Common slide layouts, Flags, Maps). We were pleasantly surprised to recently find 'maps' in ...

Updated website to manage all your license needs

Scott

Nov 16, 2018

This release includes our updated website with new and improved functionality. Whether you're a reseller, buying on behalf of your team, or individual license, you can now login and manage all ...

Remote activations enabled

Scott

Aug 4, 2018

Has your organization blocked internet access to internal applications? Our latest release of PPT Productivity add-ins for PowerPoint now allows remote activations. When you activate PPT ...

Sidebars refreshed, hi-res and screen magnification

May 30, 2018

Version 2.4.42 was released on 30/5/2018. If you have an enterprise license there may be a delay in you receiving this update as your IT team may need to separately manage your update. Shape ...

Release Notes - Fixes

Scott

Dec 15, 2016

Version 2.4.13 released on 15 December 2016 Fixes: Settings config box fixed to ensure format correct on all screen sizesFix for Shapes toolbar erroring when setting widthSticky note formatting ...

Are these the Cool Macros?

Dec 9, 2016

PPT Productivity first made its appearance as 'Cool Macros' to consultants at Boston Consulting Group back in 2010. We are occasionally contacted by former BCG consultants, who are trying to track ...

Great article on creating an engaging PowerPoint Presentation