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All the latest PowerPoint Tips articles

We've curated a list of article 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 revolutionize 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.

New Features

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 ...

PowerPoint How To

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 ...

New Features

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 Features

Redo or repeat last PowerPoint action with keyboard shortcuts

Lee-Ann

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 / ...

PowerPoint How To

Where to find illustrations icons & clipart for PowerPoint

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 ...

PowerPoint How To

Where are PPT templates stored? Finding templates in PowerPoint

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 ...

PowerPoint How To

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 ...

New Features

Add Sticky Notes to PowerPoint Slides - Four Colors

Lee-Ann

Jul 7, 2020

PPT Productivity PowerPoint add-in has been updated to improve the appearance of our sticky notes for PowerPoint feature. You can now add up to 4 different colored notes to slides. Use the ...

New Features

Slide Library Toolbar for PowerPoint refresh

Lee-Ann

Jul 1, 2020

Use, save and share thousands of shapes, slides and images instantly using the PPT Productivity Slide Library Toolbar! Our Gallery toolbar has always been a great way to save and reuse shapes ...

New Features

Do you want to create a table from text boxes?

Lee-Ann

Jun 25, 2020

Have you ever added text boxes to a slide, but later needed to convert them to a PowerPoint table? Or in reverse, to 'ungroup / deconstruct' a table into separate shapes? With PPT Productivity’s ...

New Features

Set PowerPoint Proofing Language for all slides or a selection

Lee-Ann

Jun 15, 2020

Easily set all your existing slides to the same language in PowerPoint using PPT Productivity add-in, including shapes or objects on slides and the notes pages! This feature is especially useful for ...

New Features

Save Paragraph and Bullet styles

Lee-Ann

Jun 10, 2020

PPT Productivity has always had bullet features for PowerPoint, in fact it was one of the first functions we created. But we’re excited to have recently released an update to our bullet/ ...