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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.

PPT Productivity vs Think-cell: feature comparison consulting
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PPT Productivity vs Think-cell: feature comparison consulting
Courtney Courtney December 6, 2024

Professionals in consulting, strategy, and finance rely heavily on PowerPoint to create compelling, data-driven slide decks. Tools that enhance speed and consistency can be massive time savers. Two of ...

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What happened to the Reuse Slides PowerPoint feature button?
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What happened to the Reuse Slides PowerPoint feature button?
Courtney Courtney July 16, 2025

Microsoft has retired the PowerPoint Reuse Slide feature (as of July 2025). They advised this is to streamline the user experience and reduce redundancy. Microsoft's recommended alternative is to use ...

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How to Curve Text in PowerPoint
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How to Curve Text in PowerPoint
Courtney Courtney March 28, 2025

Curving text in PowerPoint is useful if you're looking to create a circular logo, emphasize a title, or simply add some artistic elements. In this blog post, we step you through several options for ...

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How to Add Music to Your PowerPoint Presentation
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How to Add Music to Your PowerPoint Presentation
Courtney Courtney March 28, 2025

Adding music to your PowerPoint presentation can enhance the overall experience for your audience. Whether you're aiming to set the mood, emphasize key points, or simply make your presentation more ...

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How to Save Custom PowerPoint Slides for Reuse
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How to Save Custom PowerPoint Slides for Reuse
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann November 4, 2025

Recreating slides from scratch for every presentation can be tedious and time-consuming. Imagine having all your best slides, customized exactly how you want and ready to use at any time. This is what ...

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PowerPoint Alignment: Guide to Aligning Objects Perfectly (with
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PowerPoint Alignment: Guide to Aligning Objects Perfectly (with
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann January 13, 2025

Creating visually appealing slides often comes down to precise alignment. Misaligned objects can make your presentation look unprofessional and detract from your message. Perfect alignment, on the ...

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PowerPoint Text Formatting Shortcuts: Save Time and Boost
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PowerPoint Text Formatting Shortcuts: Save Time and Boost
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann March 27, 2025

Formatting text in PowerPoint is a critical step in creating polished, professional presentations. Whether you're a consultant preparing a client pitch or a student working on a class project, knowing ...

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Boost Your Translation Workflow with PPT Productivity Add-In
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Boost Your Translation Workflow with PPT Productivity Add-In
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann January 13, 2025

Translation services for PowerPoint slides are crucial for effective cross-cultural communication. Global corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and the tourism and hospitality industries ...

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Accessibility features in Microsoft PowerPoint
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Accessibility features in Microsoft PowerPoint
Courtney Courtney October 17, 2024

In today’s digital age, accessibility is more than just a feature—it’s a necessity. Everyone should have the tools they need to create, share, and enjoy presentations. That’s why we’re excited to ...

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Can you convert Google Slides to PowerPoint?
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Can you convert Google Slides to PowerPoint?
Courtney Courtney July 4, 2024

Yes you can! Google slides has become a commonly used tool for creating presentations - mostly because of the collaboration features. But Google Slides doesn't have all of the formatting options that ...

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Mastering Presenter View in PowerPoint for Online Presentations
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Mastering Presenter View in PowerPoint for Online Presentations
Courtney Courtney June 6, 2024

Microsoft PowerPoint's Presenter View, also known as Presenter Mode in PowerPoint, is a great tool for maintaining your presentation flow and engaging your audience. This guide will walk you through ...

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How to print PowerPoint with notes?
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How to print PowerPoint with notes?
Courtney Courtney May 30, 2024

Trying to work out how to print PowerPoint with notes? There is a separate option in the PowerPoint print settings, for printing handout notes (which is what PowerPoint calls the printout option with ...

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How to Create a Flowchart in PowerPoint
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How to Create a Flowchart in PowerPoint
Courtney Courtney April 24, 2024

Creating flowcharts in Microsoft PowerPoint is an excellent way to visually represent processes, workflows, and decision points. Whether you're presenting a project, illustrating a concept, or ...

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How to Flip Slides in PowerPoint for Translation to
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How to Flip Slides in PowerPoint for Translation to
Courtney Courtney May 22, 2024

Are you looking to flip your PowerPoint slide from a left-to-right layout to a right-to-left layout for Arabic, Hebrew or another right to left language translation? PowerPoint is a versatile tool ...

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Tutorial - How to create & manage PPT Productivity Slide Library
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Tutorial - How to create & manage PPT Productivity Slide Library
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann March 14, 2024

Create and manage PowerPoint Slide content for your team/organization with the PPT Productivity Slide Library. The PPT Productivity Slide Library is a one of our most powerful tools to help keep your ...

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How to Set a Default Shape in PowerPoint
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How to Set a Default Shape in PowerPoint
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann November 8, 2023

This article provides a step by step guide of how to set default shape properties in PowerPoint in either your current presentation or in a PowerPoint .potx template file. There is also information ...

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How to Track Changes in PowerPoint using the Review / Compare
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How to Track Changes in PowerPoint using the Review / Compare
Courtney Courtney November 17, 2023

PowerPoint is a powerful tool for creating and delivering presentations. As you refine your presentation, there are also features you can use for collaboration and review. If you want to share your ...

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What is an Appendix in PowerPoint?
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What is an Appendix in PowerPoint?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann January 31, 2024

An appendix in PowerPoint is a section at the end of a presentation that contains additional information or references that may not fit in the main slides. Wondering what does an Appendix do? A ...

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How to Strikethrough Text in PowerPoint
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How to Strikethrough Text in PowerPoint
Courtney Courtney May 5, 2023

Strikethrough text is a useful feature in PowerPoint to cross out or create a line through text. Applying a strikethrough to text can be an effective way to indicate that specific text has been ...

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How to convert PowerPoint to Google slides
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How to convert PowerPoint to Google slides
Courtney Courtney November 23, 2023

Google Slides is a free, web-based presentation tool that lets you create, edit, and share slideshows online. It is compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint and it also offers some features and benefits ...

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How to choose the best fonts for PowerPoint Presentations
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How to choose the best fonts for PowerPoint Presentations
Courtney Courtney November 10, 2023

PowerPoint is one of the most popular and versatile tools for creating and delivering presentations. Whether you are pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, or sharing information, you want your slides ...

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How to remove background from pictures in PowerPoint
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How to remove background from pictures in PowerPoint
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann February 4, 2024

In this post we provide a step by step guide for how to remove backgrounds from images in PowerPoint. It's a handy skill for polishing your presentations. Plus we include troubleshooting tips to help ...

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PowerPoint Backgrounds: How to add and change
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PowerPoint Backgrounds: How to add and change
Courtney Courtney May 15, 2024

If you want to recolor or add an image to fill the backdrop of your PowerPoint presentation, you can do this by adding a background to one or more of your slides. You can use the background feature to ...

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How to turn on Dark Mode in PowerPoint
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How to turn on Dark Mode in PowerPoint
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann October 4, 2023

PPT Productivity addin for PowerPoint is now compatible with Microsoft Office Dark Mode! Dark mode is a popular feature that changes the appearance of your applications to a darker color scheme. It ...

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How to change all fonts in PowerPoint: Step by Step guide
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How to change all fonts in PowerPoint: Step by Step guide
Courtney Courtney September 28, 2023

Trying to work out how to change all the fonts in PowerPoint? Issues with inconsistent fonts? This step by step guide, along with some troubleshooting tips is here to help. Read on for the steps to ...

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How to insert PDF into PowerPoint - 3 different ways
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How to insert PDF into PowerPoint - 3 different ways
Courtney Courtney August 26, 2022

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

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How to use custom fonts in PowerPoint?
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How to use custom fonts in PowerPoint?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann August 11, 2023

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 ...

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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
Courtney Courtney April 15, 2023

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 ...

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How to add animation to PowerPoint objects
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How to add animation to PowerPoint objects
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann July 25, 2023

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 ...

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How to insert Company Logos in PowerPoint Slides
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How to insert Company Logos in PowerPoint Slides
Courtney Courtney January 16, 2023

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 ...

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How to create PowerPoint Chart Templates
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How to create PowerPoint Chart Templates
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann April 28, 2023

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 ...

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What are the most popular PowerPoint shortcuts?
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What are the most popular PowerPoint shortcuts?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann June 2, 2023

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 ...

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Top 10 PowerPoint addins to boost your Productivity
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Top 10 PowerPoint addins to boost your Productivity
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann February 16, 2023

What is a PowerPoint addin? PowerPoint add-ins, or Plug ins, are small applications that you can install and use within PowerPoint to enhance its functionality and features. PPT Productivity is a ...

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How to use Microsoft Dictate in PowerPoint?
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How to use Microsoft Dictate in PowerPoint?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann April 3, 2023

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 ...

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How to organize PowerPoint Presentations with PowerPoint
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How to organize PowerPoint Presentations with PowerPoint
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann February 1, 2023

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 ...

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How to create a Canva presentation and edit in PowerPoint
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How to create a Canva presentation and edit in PowerPoint
Courtney Courtney April 28, 2023

So maybe you've heard about Canva and want to check out the templates, but feel overwhelmed at the prospect of learning how to use a new tool? Wondering can you convert Canva to PowerPoint? Great news ...

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How to Fix Multiple Slide Masters in PowerPoint?
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How to Fix Multiple Slide Masters in PowerPoint?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann March 23, 2023

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. ...

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How to insert a Picture placeholder in PowerPoint?
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How to insert a Picture placeholder in PowerPoint?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann November 10, 2022

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

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How to add a footnote in PowerPoint
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How to add a footnote in PowerPoint
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 ...

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How to use PowerPoint Gridlines and Guides?
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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 ...

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How To Do a Voiceover on PowerPoint?
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How To Do a Voiceover on PowerPoint?
Courtney Courtney December 12, 2021

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 you ...

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

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How To Embed A Video in PowerPoint?
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How To Embed A Video in PowerPoint?
Courtney Courtney November 7, 2021

Are you trying to work out how to insert video in PowerPoint presentations? This article is a step by step guide, including options for embedding videos either from your device or from an online ...

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How to change slide size in PowerPoint
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How to change slide size in PowerPoint
Courtney 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 to Delete a Text Box in PowerPoint?
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How to Delete a Text Box in PowerPoint?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann November 16, 2021

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. ...

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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
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 ...

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How to customize the PowerPoint Ribbon?
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How to customize the PowerPoint Ribbon?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann October 7, 2021

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 pretty ...

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How to add chevrons in PowerPoint?
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How to add chevrons in PowerPoint?
Courtney 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 add notes to PowerPoint
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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 hide slide numbers on PowerPoint Title Slide?
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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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Where to find illustrations icons & clipart for PowerPoint
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Where to find illustrations icons & clipart for PowerPoint
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann August 11, 2020

Looking for presentation clipart in PowerPoint? Wondering where Clipart has gone? Trying to find the PowerPoint icons library? Microsoft Clip art feature in its original format was removed from ...

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How do I get more icons in PowerPoint?
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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 change theme fonts in PowerPoint?
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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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Difference between PowerPoint Templates, Themes, and Layouts?
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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 create a PowerPoint template?
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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?
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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?
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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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How to save PowerPoint commands to the Quick Access Toolbar?
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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 can I remove personal information from PowerPoint documents?
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How can I remove personal information from PowerPoint documents?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann September 25, 2020

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 public ...

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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
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 ...

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How can I share a PowerPoint presentation with custom fonts?
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How can I share a PowerPoint presentation with custom fonts?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann September 17, 2020

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 PowerPoint ...

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How to reduce file size of PowerPoint Presentations?
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How to reduce file size of PowerPoint Presentations?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann September 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 ...

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Where are PPT templates stored? Finding templates in PowerPoint
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Where are PPT templates stored? Finding templates in PowerPoint
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann July 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 ...

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Large selection of Icons now available in PowerPoint 365
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Large selection of Icons now available in PowerPoint 365
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann July 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 ...

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Pasting data into a PowerPoint table without source formatting?
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Pasting data into a PowerPoint table without source formatting?
Lee-Ann Lee-Ann May 30, 2020

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

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Where can I find Maps for PowerPoint?
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Where can I find Maps for PowerPoint?
Courtney Courtney December 12, 2018

Did you know PowerPoint 365 has maps? PowerPoint World Maps are included in PowerPoint 365 - the maps are linked to Excel for easy customization and data overlays. But the PowerPoint maps are not easy ...

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Great article on creating an engaging PowerPoint Presentation
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Great article on creating an engaging PowerPoint Presentation
Courtney Courtney November 30, 2016

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 ...

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