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Feature Update

Missing the McKinsey PowerPoint Shortcuts?

Lee-Ann

Sep 22, 2020

Are you a McKinsey Alumni who misses the McKinsey PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts? PPT Productivity is a timesaving plug-in for PowerPoint. There are 100+ features, including a preconfigured set of ...

Hints and Tips

How can I share a PowerPoint presentation with custom fonts?

Lee-Ann

Sep 17, 2020

Can I share a PowerPoint Presentation containing customized fonts with others who do not have the font installed on their computer? This post is part of our hints and tips for standard ...

Feature Update

Can I lock a shape, image or object in PowerPoint? Yes!

Lee-Ann

Sep 12, 2020

With PPT Productivity add-in for PowerPoint you can now lock shapes, images or other objects in PowerPoint! Unlocking is only possible for PPT Productivity users. Standard PowerPoint is slowly ...

Feature Update

Can I unlock a locked shape in PowerPoint? Yes!

Lee-Ann

Sep 11, 2020

How to unlock shapes that have been locked in PowerPoint? Shapes that have been locked in your PowerPoint presentation can be unlocked by using PPT Productivity Power Tools. Simply select the ...

Hints and Tips

How to reduce file size of PowerPoint Presentations?

Lee-Ann

Sep 4, 2020

You’ve spent hours creating an awesome presentation, including lots of well thought-out images and graphics. But when you try and share your file via email, you realize it’s too large to be ...

Feature Update

Color Toolbar - Reveal RGB values of colors in PowerPoint

Lee-Ann

Sep 1, 2020

We’ve enhanced the PPT Productivity Color Toolbar! Hover over any color on the toolbar and the color’s name and RGB attributes now display in a mouseover tip. Helpful when working with subtle ...

New PowerPoint Features

Need a Beautifying/ Proofing tool for PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann

Aug 28, 2020

We are excited to let you know we are currently working on Beautifying/ Proofing tools for PPT Productivity PowerPoint add-in. The new features will be added to our Power Tools function ...

Feature Update

Redo or repeat last PowerPoint action with keyboard shortcuts

Lee-Ann

Aug 14, 2020

You can use the F4 or Ctrl+Y keyboard shortcuts to redo or repeat the last action you performed. Standard PowerPoint has the redo and repeat feature. PPT Productivity has now added the redo / ...

Hints and Tips

Where can I find illustrations and icons for PowerPoint slides?

Lee-Ann

Aug 11, 2020

Looking for presentation clipart in PowerPoint? Wondering where Clipart has gone? Trying to find the PowerPoint icons library? Microsoft's original Clipart feature was removed from PowerPoint a ...

New PowerPoint Features

How to add Stamps or Stickers to PowerPoint slides?

Lee-Ann

Aug 10, 2020

Perhaps you’ve come out of one of the top tier consulting firms like McKinsey or BCG where stamps or stickers are the way to denote status of a slide? PPT Productivity add-in for PowerPoint's ...

New PowerPoint Features

Where are PPT templates stored? Finding templates

Lee-Ann

Jul 30, 2020

Do you work in a company that uses a lot of different PowerPoint templates or themes? Perhaps your team has a template you all use, but no-one has worked out how to save it so it becomes everyone’s ...

New PowerPoint Features

Large selection of Icons now available in PowerPoint 365

Lee-Ann

Jul 15, 2020

If you are from one of the Big 3 consulting firms, i.e. McKinsey & Company, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) or Bain & Company, then you may have become accustomed to having access to a vast ...