PowerPoint Tips

All the latest PowerPoint Tips articles

We've curated a list of articles designed to cater to various aspects of your PowerPoint experience. Whether you're seeking expert insights on maximizing the potential of PPT Productivity, looking to revolutionise your consulting presentations with this consultant's best friend, or eager to stay up-to-date with all the latest feature updates from PPT Productivity, you're in the right place.

PowerPoint How To

How to Add a Footnote in PowerPoint (+ Edit Footers)

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

October 12, 2022

Footnotes are notes or annotations placed at the bottom of a slide or document, used to reference parts of the main text (generally using superscript numbers or symbols). Footnotes can be used to ...

Consulting Toolkit

Top 10 PowerPoint Hacks / Shortcuts used by strategy consultants

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

September 13, 2022

The team at PPT Productivity came from strategy consulting firms. As management consultants, we're always looking for the quickest possible way to achieve the best results in PowerPoint, which is why ...

PowerPoint How To

How to use PowerPoint Gridlines and Guides?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

September 7, 2022

To create professional looking slides in PowerPoint, it's important to get your proportions and alignment correct. Poorly aligned and laid out slides can distract your audience and detract from the ...

Consulting Toolkit

Looking for Deloitte Productivity PowerPoint tools?

Courtney

August 31, 2022

Are you looking for the Deloitte Productivity Toolbar for PowerPoint? PPT Productivity is working with one of the Deloitte businesses, so Deloitte users of PPT Productivity will see the PPT ...

PowerPoint How To

How to insert PDF into PowerPoint (3 Ways)

Courtney

August 26, 2022

Wondering if you can insert a pdf into PowerPoint? There are three ways you can insert a PDF into your PowerPoint presentation - you can use PowerPoint's insert object feature, you can screenshot the ...

New Features

July 2022 Update: Stretch & fill, align shapes on tables + more

Scott

August 3, 2022

Version 3.1.0.9382 released July 29th, 2022 to new free trial users and progressively rolled out during August 2022 to existing users. Note that if you have an enterprise or large team license ...

New Features

May 2022 Update: Color bold text, Harvey balls tables, Slide

Scott

May 31, 2022

Version 3.1.0.8262 released May 23rd, 2022 to new free trial users and progressively during May - early June 2022 for existing users. Note that if you have an enterprise or large team license ...

Getting Started

Can I use PPT Productivity on a Mac?

Courtney

March 15, 2022

PPT Productivity PowerPoint Plugin is working on a version of PPT Productivity that will be compatible with PowerPoint for Mac. But we have great news - you can already use the PC version of PPT ...

PowerPoint How To

How to add a PowerPoint Watermark and Lock it in place

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

March 15, 2022

This hints and tips post explains what a PowerPoint watermark is, a step by step guide for adding a Watermark in PowerPoint as well as how to lock a watermark to PowerPoint slides. Why add Watermarks ...

New Features

How to Create a Timeline in PowerPoint (and Timeline Template

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

February 24, 2022

Timelines are a great way to represent visually a sequence of events, such as project milestones or events in PowerPoint presentations. But creating a timeline slide for your presentation from scratch ...

PowerPoint How To

Superscript, Subscript & Symbols in PowerPoint: How To

Courtney

February 22, 2022

This post is a step by step guide for adding special character formatting or symbols to your PowerPoint presentation. What is superscript vs subscript? Superscript is a font formatting to offset ...

Consulting Toolkit

Missing the Bain Toolbox for PowerPoint?

Courtney

February 17, 2022

Are you a Bain Alumni, missing the features of the Bain Toolbox for PowerPoint? Maybe you moved to Private Equity and find you're churning out just as many slides as when you were in consulting, but ...