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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 use custom fonts in PowerPoint?

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How to use custom fonts in PowerPoint?

Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to use custom fonts to enhance the visual appeal of your presentations. Have you ever noticed a strange font in a presentation that you haven't seen previously? This ...

How to add animation to PowerPoint objects

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How to add animation to PowerPoint objects

PowerPoint has a number of built in functions that can enhance the impact of your slide presentations. One of the features that can make your slides more dynamic and engaging is animation. PowerPoint ...

What are the most popular PowerPoint shortcuts?

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What are the most popular PowerPoint shortcuts?

PowerPoint Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of keys that perform a specific action or command. If you use PowerPoint frequently, learning keyboard shortcuts can help you save time and work more ...

How to create PowerPoint Chart Templates

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How to create PowerPoint Chart Templates

PowerPoint, with its array of features and tools, has become the go-to platform for creating visually appealing and engaging presentations. One of its powerful features is the ability to create and ...

How to do Academic Reference MLA and APA Citations in PowerPoint

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How to do Academic Reference MLA and APA Citations in PowerPoint

PowerPoint presentations are a common way of sharing information and ideas in academic settings. When you use information from other sources in academic slides, you need to cite them appropriately to ...

How to use Microsoft Dictate in PowerPoint?

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How to use Microsoft Dictate in PowerPoint?

Did you know that you can now write PowerPoint slides with your voice? Microsoft Office Dictation feature for PowerPoint lets you use speech-to-text to create content in Office, providing you have a ...

How to Fix Multiple Slide Masters in PowerPoint?

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How to Fix Multiple Slide Masters in PowerPoint?

In general, there is no need to have multiple Slide Masters in a PowerPoint presentation. Design teams will sometimes create PowerPoint Templates with multiple masters, but it's not best practice. ...

How to organize PowerPoint Presentations with PowerPoint

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How to organize PowerPoint Presentations with PowerPoint

What are PowerPoint Sections? PowerPoint sections are section breaks which you can use to group slides within PowerPoint presentations. Sections can make organizing, navigating, and managing your ...

How to insert Company Logos in PowerPoint Slides

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How to insert Company Logos in PowerPoint Slides

Company logos are the visual representation of a brand, encapsulating its identity and creating recognition among audiences. Whether you want to insert your company logo to a PowerPoint slide, or the ...

How to insert Picture placeholders in PowerPoint?

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How to insert Picture placeholders in PowerPoint?

Standard PowerPoint Master Layouts come with built in image/ picture placeholders. If you want to create a slide with the standard layouts, simply open the standard default PowerPoint Presentation ...

How to add a footnote in PowerPoint

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How to add a footnote in PowerPoint

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). For example, footnotes can be ...

How to use PowerPoint Gridlines and Guides?

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How to use PowerPoint Gridlines and Guides?

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 ...

How to insert a PDF into PowerPoint

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How to insert a PDF into PowerPoint

Do you need to insert a PDF into your PowerPoint presentation but are unsure of the best way to do it? There are three ways you can do this - you can use the PowerPoint insert object feature, you can ...

How to add a PowerPoint Watermark and Lock it in place

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How to add a PowerPoint Watermark and Lock it in place

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 ...

How to add superscript, subscript, symbols, emojis in PowerPoint

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How to add superscript, subscript, symbols, emojis in PowerPoint

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 ...

How To Do a Voiceover on PowerPoint?

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How To Do a Voiceover on PowerPoint?

This Hints and Tips post provides a step-by-step guide on how to do a voiceover in PowerPoint. Did you know that PowerPoint has a voiceover or narration feature? PowerPoint's Record feature allows ...

How to Delete a Text Box in PowerPoint?

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How to Delete a Text Box in PowerPoint?

How to delete a text box in PowerPoint is one of the most commonly googled PowerPoint questions! Deleting text boxes in PowerPoint is mostly straightforward, but there are a few tricky scenarios. ...

How To Embed A Video in PowerPoint?

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How To Embed A Video in PowerPoint?

Are you trying to work out how to add a video to your PowerPoint slide? This article is a step by step guide for how to insert a video into PowerPoint presentations, including options from your device ...

How to customize the PowerPoint Ribbon?

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How to customize the PowerPoint Ribbon?

Do you want to customize a tab on the Ribbon in PowerPoint? Perhaps you want to add a feature to a PowerPoint tab that you use frequently? Yes, you can customize the PowerPoint Ribbon and it’s ...

How to add chevrons in PowerPoint?

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How to add chevrons in PowerPoint?

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 ...

How to hide slide numbers on PowerPoint Title Slide?

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How to hide slide numbers on PowerPoint Title Slide?

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 ...

How to change slide size in PowerPoint 16:9, 4:3 and custom?

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How to change slide size in PowerPoint 16:9, 4:3 and custom?

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

How do I get more icons in PowerPoint?

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How do I get more icons in PowerPoint?

This hints and tips post gives you 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 ...

How to add speaker notes in PowerPoint

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How to add speaker notes in PowerPoint

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 ...

How to change theme fonts in PowerPoint?

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How to change theme fonts in PowerPoint?

This Hints and Tips post provides a brief overview of PowerPoint templates and the steps for how to set or change the Theme Font in your PowerPoint presentation. As noted in previous posts, ...

How to create a PowerPoint template?

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How to create a PowerPoint template?

This hints and tips post provides a brief overview of what PowerPoint templates are and a step by step guide of how to create a PowerPoint Template in Office 365. There is also information about how ...

How to record voice-over narration in PowerPoint?

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How to record voice-over narration in PowerPoint?

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 ...

Difference between PowerPoint Templates, Themes, and Layouts?

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Difference between PowerPoint Templates, Themes, and Layouts?

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 ...

How to save PowerPoint commands to the Quick Access Toolbar?

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How to save PowerPoint commands to the Quick Access Toolbar?

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 ...

How to use an image as background of a PowerPoint slide

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How to use an image as background of a PowerPoint slide

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 ...

How can I remove personal information from PowerPoint documents?

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How can I remove personal information from PowerPoint documents?

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 ...

How can I share a PowerPoint presentation with custom fonts?

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How can I share a PowerPoint presentation with custom fonts?

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 ...

How to reduce file size of PowerPoint Presentations?

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How to reduce file size of PowerPoint Presentations?

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 ...

Where to find illustrations icons & clipart for PowerPoint

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Where to find illustrations icons & clipart for PowerPoint

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 ...

Where are PPT templates stored? Finding templates in PowerPoint

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Where are PPT templates stored? Finding templates in PowerPoint

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 ...

Large selection of Icons now available in PowerPoint 365

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Large selection of Icons now available in PowerPoint 365

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 ...

Pasting data into a PowerPoint table without source formatting?

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Pasting data into a PowerPoint table without source formatting?

We’ve been working hard at PPT Productivity to bring you new and improved features to help you create great slides in ...

Where can I find Maps for PowerPoint?

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Where can I find Maps for PowerPoint?

Did you know PowerPoint 365 has maps? PowerPoint World Maps are included in PowerPoint 365 and the maps are linked to Excel for easy customization and data overlays. But the PowerPoint ...

Great article on creating an engaging PowerPoint Presentation

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Great article on creating an engaging PowerPoint Presentation

The 'Psychotactics' website has been recommended to us by an associate and it's a very interesting read! This article in particular grabbed my attention - an excellent overview of the key ...

How to create custom color palette for a PowerPoint theme?

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How to create custom color palette for a PowerPoint theme?

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