Sidebars refreshed, hi-res and screen magnification

New Features  

Version 2.4.42 was released on 30/5/2018.  If you have an enterprise license there may be a delay in you receiving this update as your IT team may need to separately manage your update.

Shape and Color Sidebars

  • NEW: Change all icon layouts to be in 2016 format - both Shapes and Color Sidebars
  • NEW: Shape Toolbar now with Extra Large icons for hi-res monitors
  • NEW: Auto sidebar button resizing and save of positioning
  • NEW: Allow Shift-override for Shape sidebar alignment functions

  • NEW: Added ability for Personal Galleries to be easily copied or moved to a Corporate Gallery
  • NEW: Added new delete text 'x' icon for the Shape Gallery filter (to quickly remove the filter)
  • NEW: When adding a shape to the gallery, a gallery filter is applied for that shape so you can see it once added
  • NEW: If you add a shape from a slide, the description is defaulted from the Notes section
  • NEW: Can now save a selected shape as a shape or as the entire slide

Main PPT Productivity Ribbon

  • FIX - 'Send as PDF' now works when sending a document saved on SharePoint
  • FIX - PPT's Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) supported for all PPT Productivity functions
  • FIX - Can now use all PPT Productivity features while in a Slide Show (non-presenter mode)
  • FIX - When you paste a single mini slide the page now doesn't navigate away from current slide
  • FIX - Fixed some functions that didn't 'Undo' correctly
  • FIX - All window layouts updated where they were impacted by screen magnification settings of 125% or greater


Scott has been working in PowerPoint for 25 years – as a consultant at Accenture and BCG, then as CIO of two digital companies in Australia and most recently as the founder and Head of Technology for PPT Productivity. Scott nominates PPT Productivity's Color toolbar feature as his favourite, as every presentation theme colour variant for Fill, Outline, and Text is one click away.

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