Questions tagged [microsoft-powerpoint]
Commercial software presentation program included in all editions of the Microsoft Office suite.
514
questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
0
votes
0
answers
708
views
How to save settings as default in MS PowerPoint
I am trying to save MS PowerPoint settings so that every time that I open a new document it has those same settings. I am particularly (and, to be honest, only) interested in the embedding fonts check ...
0
votes
0
answers
343
views
Trigger slide zoom with space key
I have a slide which contains with some content that is always shown, a slide zoom and two text boxes that appear through animations. In the presentation, I first want to zoom to the detail slide, go ...
- 696
0
votes
2
answers
106
views
How can I set a default font in Microsoft Office Word/PowerPoint in Office 2013, on a Windows 10 desktop/laptop?
How can I set a default font in Microsoft Office Word/PowerPoint in Office 2013, on a Windows 10 desktop/laptop? XP and 7 solutions do not work with Windows 10.
Thank you.
0
votes
0
answers
333
views
Show slide before first animation in slide zoom preview image
I have a slide with an image and a few annotations to that image. I want to zoom to this slide from an overview slide. On the overview slide, I don't want the annotations to show yet, so I added ...
- 696
0
votes
1
answer
22
views
Powerpoint effect for permanent style change?
I have some object in a Powerpoint slide; let's say it's a textbox. The object is always visible - I never want it to "enter" or "exit"; but I do want, on mouse click, to change ...
- 9,503
0
votes
0
answers
1k
views
Powerpoint missing resolve action for comments
When using powerpoint, sometimes the comments have the "resolve" action but sometimes they don't.
I could not figure out where it could have been configured or if it is related with ...
- 121
0
votes
1
answer
649
views
TextBox ActiveX component displays oddly in Powerpoint during presentation
I'm trying to use a TextBox ActiveX component in a Powerpoint presentation. The motivation is to collect notes from the audience on the slide without having to exit presenter mode.
I have been able to ...
- 533
0
votes
1
answer
56
views
Showing a small subset of font choices in Powerpoint/Word
Is it possible to make only a small subset of fonts show up in the long list of Powerpoint/Word fonts, so that I do not have to scroll trough millions of fonts I never use to find the one(s) I need? ...
0
votes
1
answer
650
views
How to prevent Powerpoint from creating an empty title after deletion
I have little hope on this one but it's worth asking. When using Powerpoint, many times I delete the last field (say, last bullet point field; or last title field). Powerpoint then automatically ...
0
votes
0
answers
297
views
Paste formatted text from Word to PowerPoint
I am copying some formatted text in Word and paste it into PowerPoint. It is pasted as an image instead of text. When I change to "Paste as text", the formatting gets lost.
My text is
import ...
- 6,014
0
votes
0
answers
199
views
Suddenly a strange border exists around selected text in word and powerpoint (microsoft)
There's a fluorescent blue box around text I select. It happens in both Word (only text inside tables) and PowerPoint.
I never changed any settings and it just happened suddenly one day...
Does ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
2k
views
Windows 10, Office365, Powerpoint "Access denied, contact your administrator" while opening a PowerPoint-file from a net drive
We are using Windows 10 and Office365.
A user has the problem, that he can not open Powerpoint-files by doubleclicking them from a net drive.
If he doubleclicks a Powerpoint-file the error is shown. (...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
875
views
Utilizing latex syntax in powerpoint equation input, how to use \frac
I am using office 2016 home & student edition. When inserting equation, I can use some latex syntex, e.g., \rangle for >. But for \frac, I did not get it work. There is IguanaTex, http://www....
- 111
0
votes
0
answers
5k
views
How to remove horizontal line from PowerPoint background graphic?
It's there in every slide with a title. If I check 'Hide background graphics' it goes, but also other background graphics I want. How to remove this line only from the background graphics?
- 113
0
votes
0
answers
650
views
unable to copy charts from excel to powerpoint office 2019
Domain user is unable to copy charts created in excel 2019 to powerpoint 2019.
It's possible to insert charts from excel to powerpoint as images via powerpoint context menu but not as editable charts.
...
0
votes
1
answer
55
views
Update combobox in Add-in menu with new value
I have put together a PowerPoint add-in that helps with updating some document properties. The "updating" of the properties works find with the callback routine I have in place for the combo ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
176
views
How to create reusable cards in powerpoint?
I have been creating some cards in PowerPoint as in the following.
I want to use this card as a placeholder and make many such cards in the PowerPoint slides. Let us say that I have 10 such cards to ...
- 125
0
votes
1
answer
122
views
Break data link of map charts in Excel
I have an Excel file with map charts to monitor wildfires from a national database. I create maps of e.g. number of fires per administrative region, for different years. I insert the map for say 2019 ...
0
votes
0
answers
2k
views
Can I syntax-highlight text for pasting into a word processor?
I have a piece of code (e.g. a C or Java function) which I'm going to put in a presentation. I would like to have this code syntax-highlighted; but LibreOffice Impress (and MS Powerpoint) don't have ...
- 9,503
0
votes
2
answers
108
views
Powerpoint macro editor (VB for application) does not support Non-Ascii characters suddenly
It was all ok for many years but it has just happened since few days ago.
The macro editor (VB for application) of Powerpoint 365 does not support Non-Ascii characters any more suddenly.
It was ok but ...
- 93
0
votes
0
answers
101
views
Word 2019 Mac: I don't have all bullet points in my word
I don't have all the symbols for bullet points in word whereas I have them in powerpoint, Can anyone tell how to bring them
See this Word screenshot, I don't have all bullets.
This is powerpoint ...
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
272
views
How can I highlight a specific part of a MS powerpoint slide by clicking an action button in another slide?
I am creating a presentation using MS Powerpoint. Is there any way that if I click an action button in one slide, I can go to other slide while a specific part of that slide is highlighted or have a ...
- 145
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How to extract slides created inside Slide Master and use individually on a different PowerPoint?
I did not realize that I was working inside the Slide Master on PowerPoint until I tried to print them all!
Only the first one prints so I closed the slide master and the other slides disappeared! I ...
0
votes
0
answers
71
views
Changing theme colour in PowerPoint doesn't affect Treemap
I have tried to change the colour theme of a PP presentation and all elements change including bar charts and pie charts but it has no effect on a Tree Map and the colours have to be manually changed. ...
- 405
0
votes
0
answers
537
views
PowerPoint - Add Set of Icons to Template Master for ease of use
In PPT (latest version), I have a set of icons which I make use of on very many pages.
Is there a way that I can add this set of icons to the master template in a way that I have them always easily at ...
- 11
0
votes
2
answers
421
views
How to avoid animation of text block in PowerPoint resetting when editing equations
I have noticed a persistent bug in PowerPoint (I don't know when I first observed it, but it is still present in the Office 365 suite, PowerPoint version 16.0.13801.20288, 64-bit).
If you have a text ...
0
votes
0
answers
66
views
PowerPoint - Consolidate internal Excel sheets
A PowerPoint presentation features a lot of diagrams.
All those diagrams are copied via embedding (not linking) to the PowerPoint file.
Is it possible to reconnect all those "internal" Excel ...
- 96
0
votes
0
answers
161
views
Apply Slide Master changes to a Slide, and then Sever the Connection to the Slide Master
I need to create a slide that incorporates the existing slide master modifications to the slide directly, and then delete the slide master from the presentation, retaining the changes that the slide ...
- 2,434
0
votes
0
answers
415
views
Some texts in my PPTs are unable to change its font
I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I'm not doing it right. But when I tried to select a font for my PPT presentation, some words doesn't change at all, no matter what font a chose[
- 553
0
votes
1
answer
132
views
Ctrl+Shift+Left bracket ([) Sends object back one position vs. all the way to back as expected on Powerpoint 365
I've recently been moved over to Office 365 and Ctrl+Shift+[ used to be the shortcut to move an object all the way to the back. Now it seems it just moves it back one position (which used to be Ctrl+[....
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
858
views
Powerpoint pasted images are too big
When I paste an image on powerpoint, the image is always bigger than Id like.
Oftentimes I will have to paste 20-30 images onto a single slide and arrange them. Resizing every image upon pasting is a ...
- 833
0
votes
0
answers
21
views
PowerPoint: edit master slide shapes from within slides
I've made a master slide layout in Powerpoint, consisting of a rectangle with a textbox inside it.
I would like to adjust the rectangle so that it contains the textbox, as the text differs between ...
user700248
0
votes
0
answers
325
views
PowerPoint math equation compatibility issues
I am creating PowerPoint files on macOS and then publish them for students in Microsoft Teams. Unfortuantly, there are recurring issues with math formulas not being displayed. I attach two screenshots ...
- 101
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Change PowerPoint settings for slide show primary monitor
Is it possible to set the Monitor in the Slide Show tab from Automatic to Primary?
Is there a registry key associated with that setting?
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
129
views
Powerpoint 2016: I'm looking for an efficient way to manage multiple button/image animations, overlapping each other
I have 12 buttons, and each button is specific for one of 12 different images.
When the presentation is running, I'm clicking on the buttons, and the related images show up. Because of issues with ...
0
votes
0
answers
63
views
MS Powerpoint slide master keep content
I've created a master slide as shown below with multiple lines in it (and different formatting). Here is a print screen of master slide.
When (outside master slide view) I add a new slide based on ...
- 101
0
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Losing formatting when copying from excel to powerpoint
I have a table in Powerpoint in a formatting that I like:
And an excel worksheet with updated values:
And all I want to do is to copy-paste these excel values into the powerpoint table, while ...
- 424
0
votes
1
answer
998
views
How do I assign a specific Powerpoint template to open with new PPT session and with Ctrl-N?
I am trying to reassign the PPT template that opens with Ctrl-N. The template that currently opens is an old corporate template that I should not use. I have replaced all the instances of blank.potx ...
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
299
views
Compile Error: Create PowerPoint Slide for Each Row in Excel
I am absolutely new at VBA. What I want to do is exactly same with this person
Excel data into PowerPoint slides
make slides at ppt for each row of excel
make texts box at each slides for columns of ...
0
votes
0
answers
182
views
Powerpoint export as emf does not respect cropped images
I have a slide that contains cropped images.
When exporting to EMF, the images in the resulting EMF file are not cropped.
Is there a way to fix this?
(other than cropping the images in an external ...
0
votes
0
answers
570
views
How do I export a subset of slides of a MS Power Point presentation as a video?
I have a long power point presentation and I would like to export it into several videos, to keep the length of each video down, and also to reduce the export time of each individual video.
When ...
- 173
0
votes
2
answers
391
views
PowerPoint 2013 email is opening in WordPad
Can't get PowerPoint attachment to open. It opens in WordPad all the time. I accidently answered a question and said yes to opening in WordPad.
0
votes
0
answers
105
views
Powerpoint 2016: how can I change master for a slide without messing up formatting?
I have a deck with a slide master. I duplicated the master and made very minor changes to the copy. Basically, removed a word in a marker that sits in one of the corners of each slide. More precisely, ...
- 489
0
votes
1
answer
998
views
List levels have no logical format in slidemaster in powerpoint
I have a problem in a powerpoint template I am using from my company. The list level in the Slidemaster theme slide looks like this:
I would like for the third and fourth levels to occur underneath ...
- 207
0
votes
2
answers
647
views
Macro for cropping website and paste it to powerpoint
I am trying to make macro for cropping website and paste it to powerpoint using tinytask, but failed
login to site.
crop the page.(any tool eg.snipping tool).
paste it to powerpoint slide.
Resize the ...
0
votes
1
answer
207
views
Compressing video consisting mainly of text and still images (Powerpoint slides)
(NB This question is largely a duplicate of Best video codec for filmed powerpoint presentation but that question is 7 years old and I hope to see if there is new advice. I don't have enough ...
0
votes
1
answer
596
views
Macro to change PowerPoint Presentation slides with random background colors
Is there a macro that can change the PowerPoint slides to have random background colors? I have looked for the PowerPoint themes, but usually they have few colors scheme.
I am looking for a way to ...
- 1,688
0
votes
4
answers
718
views
PowerPoint 2013(6): set slide timings to narration durations
I accidentally ran Clear Timings on All Slides command and lost all slide timings.
However, each slide of my presentation has narrations.
Is there a GUI/VBA way to set slide timings to narration ...
- 120
0
votes
1
answer
569
views
Issue associating ms-powerpoint protocol to powerpoint
When trying to open powerpoint through sharepoint or teams I get an error that no application is associated to the protocol (ms-powerpoint). This seems to be true when I check in windows setting but ...
- 131
0
votes
0
answers
456
views
How: Convert Image Files from Screenshots of a Presentation to PPT - on Windows?
I've got a bunch of screenshots from some lengthy online presentations and do wish to pull some structured notes from them AS IS into PPT/X.
A manual copy or type would take a lot of time.
The ...
- 991