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Tips to using PowerPoint including how to guides and troubleshooting guides for common pain points. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just getting started our expert insights and step-by-step guides will help you make the most of this powerful tool. From enhancing your presentations to streamlining your workflow, we've got you covered.

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How to add chevrons in PowerPoint?

Courtney

June 7, 2021

It's easy to add chevrons to PowerPoint slides with PPT Productivity addin! With our latest release, adding pentagons aka block arrows and chevrons to slides is a one-click process. Here is a step by ...

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How to hide slide numbers on PowerPoint Title Slide?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

April 26, 2021

Want to hide the page or slide number on your PowerPoint Title slide, but display slide numbers on the rest of the slides in your PowerPoint presentation? If your PowerPoint presentation has slide ...

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How to change slide size in PowerPoint

Courtney

March 25, 2021

Trying to change slide size in PowerPoint presentations? PowerPoint lets you choose between a couple of standard slide sizes, plus a custom size option. In this hints and tips blog post we provide a ...

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How do I get more icons in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

February 23, 2021

This hints and tips article provides an overview of what icons are, why icons in PowerPoint are popular and where you can find additional icons for PowerPoint presentations. Icons are becoming ...

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How to add notes to PowerPoint

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

February 16, 2021

Trying to work out how to add notes to PowerPoint? Speaker notes can be added for each slide in your presentation. Adding notes in PowerPoint allows you to add talking points or other notes to refer ...

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How to change theme fonts in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

January 22, 2021

This Hints and Tips post provides a brief overview of PowerPoint templates and the steps for how to change font theme in PowerPoint. As noted in previous posts, PowerPoint Templates are a combination ...

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How to create a PowerPoint template?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

January 18, 2021

This hints and tips post by the PPT Productivity team provides a brief overview of what PowerPoint templates are, as well as a step by step guide for how to create a PowerPoint Template in Office 365. ...

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How to create custom color palette for a PowerPoint theme?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

January 13, 2021

Using a consistent color palette throughout your PowerPoint presentation makes it look more polished. Although many organizations already have a defined set of brand aligned colors to use in ...

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How to record voice-over narration in PowerPoint?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

January 4, 2021

Adding a voiceover to your PowerPoint presentation is a useful way to enable to you present your content like you would in person, but without the need to present it live. This could be when you want ...

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Difference between PowerPoint Templates, Themes, and Layouts?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

December 3, 2020

Wondering what is the difference between a PowerPoint theme and a PowerPoint template? Or what is the difference between templates and layouts in PowerPoint? You’re not alone! When writing the ...

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How to save PowerPoint commands to the Quick Access Toolbar?

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

October 28, 2020

One of our aims at PPT Productivity is to give you one-click access to your most frequently used PowerPoint features (as well as a lot of new features, like a PowerPoint Slide Library, Customizable ...

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How to use an image as background of a PowerPoint slide

Lee-Ann Lee-Ann

October 22, 2020

Using an image as the background of your slide can add impact to your message. It’s possible to do this by adding the image to the slide and using ‘send to back’, but there is a better way. This ...