PowerPoint Tips

Sep 28, 2020

Unless you protect your PowerPoint document, anyone with access to the .pptx file can open, copy and edit the contents. Here's a guide to how you can protect/ lock your PowerPoint presentations. ...

How can I remove personal information from PowerPoint documents?

Sep 25, 2020

When you create or even edit a presentation, PowerPoint automatically adds selected personal data of the user to the file. If you plan to share your presentation externally (particularly via a ...

Consulting Toolkit

Missing the McKinsey PowerPoint Shortcuts?

Sep 22, 2020

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

How can I share a PowerPoint presentation with custom fonts?

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 ...

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

Sep 12, 2020

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

Can I unlock a locked shape in PowerPoint? Yes!

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 ...

How to reduce file size of PowerPoint Presentations?

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 ...

Color Toolbar - Reveal RGB values of colors in PowerPoint

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 ...

Redo or repeat last PowerPoint action with keyboard shortcuts

Aug 14, 2020

You can use the F4 or Ctrl+Y PowerPoint 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 / ...

Where to find illustrations icons & clipart for PowerPoint

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 ...

Consulting Toolkit

How to add Stamps or Stickers to PowerPoint slides?

Aug 10, 2020

Perhaps you’ve come out of one of the top tier consulting firms like McKinsey or BCG where PowerPoint stamps or stickers are the way to denote status of a slide? PowerPoint has a comments ...

Where are PPT templates stored? Finding templates in PowerPoint