New Features

All the latest New Features articles

All the latest feature updates from PPT Productivity PowerPoint Plugin. Stay ahead of the curve and explore the newest features and updates that PPT Productivity has to offer. Whether you're a seasoned user or just getting started, our updates will keep you in the loop about the latest innovations, making your PowerPoint experience even more efficient and powerful.

August 2023 update: Color Toolbar enhancement, new icons and

August 2023 update: Color Toolbar enhancement, new icons and

PPT Productivity's Q3 Release update is now available. If you're an existing user you would either have already received the update or it will be coming to you shortly (some large organizations ...

Need a Beautifying/ Proofing tool for PowerPoint?

Need a Beautifying/ Proofing tool for PowerPoint?

We are excited to let you know we are currently working on Beautifying/ Proofing tools for PPT Productivity PowerPoint add-in. The new features will be added to our PPT Productivity Power Tools ...

February 2023 update: New Slide Libraries available to download!

February 2023 update: New Slide Libraries available to download!

PPT Productivity's downloadable slide libraries have been updated. New and refreshed Slide Library Galleries include: Arrows and Flows Basic elements Charts Circles and Flows General ...

January 2023 Update: Agenda Wizard, Format Painters + More

January 2023 Update: Agenda Wizard, Format Painters + More

PPT Productivity is rolling out a new version progressively during January and February 2023 to free trial and paid users of Power Tools. This update of PPT Productivity Power Tools includes a ...

How to copy and paste formatting in PowerPoint

How to copy and paste formatting in PowerPoint

Almost everyone knows about Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V to copy and paste in PowerPoint. But did you know that you can also copy and paste formatting in PowerPoint, to quickly polish your presentations. ...

July 2022 Update: Stretch & fill, align shapes on tables + more

July 2022 Update: Stretch & fill, align shapes on tables + more

Version 3.1.0.9382 released July 29th, 2022 to new free trial users and progressively rolled out during August 2022 to existing users. Note that if you have an enterprise or large team license ...

May 2022 Update: Color bold text, Harvey balls tables, Slide

May 2022 Update: Color bold text, Harvey balls tables, Slide

Version 3.1.0.8262 released May 23rd, 2022 to new free trial users and progressively during May - early June 2022 for existing users. Note that if you have an enterprise or large team license ...

Looking for a PowerPoint Timeline Template?

Looking for a PowerPoint Timeline Template?

Timelines are a great way to represent visually a sequence of events, such as project milestones or events in PowerPoint presentations. But creating a timeline slide for your presentation is time ...

How do I create a PowerPoint Agenda / Table of Contents?

How do I create a PowerPoint Agenda / Table of Contents?

PPT Productivity add-in for PowerPoint makes creating and updating PowerPoint Agenda and Table of Contents slides easy! How can I create an Agenda in PowerPoint? There are several ways to create ...

PowerPoint Issue Trees and Frameworks - Downloadable Templates

PowerPoint Issue Trees and Frameworks - Downloadable Templates

PPT Productivity add-in for PowerPoint makes it easy to save and reuse slides with the Slide Library feature. The Slide Library lets you save and reuse slides from your personal library or for a ...

PPT Productivity Format Toolbar update

PPT Productivity Format Toolbar update

Format Toolbar for PowerPoint: 19 new buttons + full configurability PPT Productivity PowerPoint add-in's Format Toolbar has had an update! You now have more control over the layout of the Format ...

Can I skip page numbers on Hidden slides in PowerPoint? Yes!

Can I skip page numbers on Hidden slides in PowerPoint? Yes!

If you have hidden slides in PowerPoint, you may want to skip or remove slide numbers on hidden slides when presenting the slide show. Skipping numbering in PowerPoint on hidden slides excludes ...

Can I change PowerPoint starting slide number?

Can I change PowerPoint starting slide number?

Do you want to start your PowerPoint Slide number / page numbers at zero or another number? By default, PowerPoint starts your presentation slide numbering at one. But setting your slide number to ...

Can I insert slide totals with slide numbers in PowerPoint? Yes!

Can I insert slide totals with slide numbers in PowerPoint? Yes!

PPT Productivity recently released our Manage Slide Numbering feature for PowerPoint. Standard PowerPoint does not have a feature to dynamically display the total number of slides (aka a slide count ...

Can I lock a shape, image or object in PowerPoint? Yes!

Can I lock a shape, image or object in PowerPoint? Yes!

With PPT Productivity add-in for PowerPoint you can now lock shapes, images or other objects in PowerPoint! Unlocking shapes locked using PPT Productivity plugin is only possible using PPT ...

Can I unlock a locked shape in PowerPoint? Yes!

Can I unlock a locked shape in PowerPoint? Yes!

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 ...

Color Toolbar - Reveal RGB values of colors in PowerPoint

Color Toolbar - Reveal RGB values of colors in PowerPoint

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 ...

Redo or repeat last PowerPoint action with keyboard shortcuts

Redo or repeat last PowerPoint action with keyboard shortcuts

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 / ...

Add Sticky Notes to PowerPoint Slides - Four Colors

Add Sticky Notes to PowerPoint Slides - Four Colors

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 ...

Slide Library Toolbar for PowerPoint refresh

Slide Library Toolbar for PowerPoint refresh

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 ...

Do you want to create a table from text boxes?

Do you want to create a table from text boxes?

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 ...

Set PowerPoint Proofing Language for all slides or a selection

Set PowerPoint Proofing Language for all slides or a selection

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 ...

Save Paragraph and Bullet styles

Save Paragraph and Bullet styles

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/ ...

Single licenses of PPT Productivity available

Single licenses of PPT Productivity available

Looking for a PowerPoint add-in (or plug-in / toolbar / ribbon – there are many different terms to describe our tools!) to increase your productivity? ...

Productivity Tools are now called 'Plus'

Productivity Tools are now called 'Plus'

We received some feedback about our product names causing confusion. To address this, we have renamed our mid tier toolset. "Productivity Tools" have been renamed to "Plus". The feature ...

Customizable PowerPoint Shortcuts feature in PPT Productivity

Customizable PowerPoint Shortcuts feature in PPT Productivity

Are you a PowerPoint Power user? We have a feature for you! Customizable shortcut keys for PowerPoint is a feature that enables you to set custom shortcut keys for 800+ PowerPoint commands. For those ...

Updated website to manage all your license needs

Updated website to manage all your license needs

This release includes our updated website with new and improved functionality. Whether you're a reseller, buying on behalf of your team, or individual license, you can now login and manage all ...

Remote activations enabled

Remote activations enabled

Has your organization blocked internet access to internal applications? Our latest release of PPT Productivity add-ins for PowerPoint now allows remote activations. When you activate PPT ...

Sidebars refreshed, hi-res and screen magnification

Sidebars refreshed, hi-res and screen magnification

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 ...

Release Notes - Fixes

Release Notes - Fixes

Version 2.4.13 released on 15 December 2016 Fixes: Settings config box fixed to ensure format correct on all screen sizesFix for Shapes toolbar erroring when setting widthSticky note formatting ...

Are these the Cool Macros?

Are these the Cool Macros?

PPT Productivity first made its appearance as 'Cool Macros' to consultants at Boston Consulting Group back in 2010. We are occasionally contacted by former BCG consultants, who are trying to track ...

New Line Weight function

New Line Weight function

Version 2.4.1 released on 23 December 2015 New: - Added new functions to Decrease/Increase Line Weight to Shapes Toolbar Fixes - Slide numbers now appear in the subject line when ...

Send to appendix, configurable Bullets, Bullets inside tables

Send to appendix, configurable Bullets, Bullets inside tables

Version 2.3.1 on 5 September 2015 New: - Send to Appendix function - now available on Shapes toolbar - New configuration for bullets - option for text font/color/bold/size to ...

New features and adjustable sidebars

New features and adjustable sidebars

Version 2.2.37 released on 26 July 2015 New: - Adjustable width of Shape Tools Taskpane - Can be set in the Settings - Change drop down for vertical Text alignment to one click rather than drop down ...

New Color palette sidebar, Save or Send selected slides as PDF

New Color palette sidebar, Save or Send selected slides as PDF

PPT Productivity is pleased to announce the next update in the Power Tools series, with Power Tools Version 2.1.0. Power Tools 2.1.0 features over 20 new features, as well as an upgrade on the last ...

30 new features added

30 new features added

Today, we're excited to announce that more than 30 new time saving PPT Productivity features have just been released. Many of the new features have been requested by our user community and include: ...

Color Palette, expanded Slide Library, and a non-admin installer

Color Palette, expanded Slide Library, and a non-admin installer

We're very excited to announce the release of the next major update Power Tools, Power Tools 2.0. Power Tools has again been upgraded to include a new major feature of the Color Palette, an expanded ...