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What code will let me drag and drop shapes in presentation mode for PowerPoint?

I would like to be able to drag and drop various objects in my slide presentation. It's for an interactive map where other people would choose where certain objects would be placed. This is not for a quiz, there are no right or wrong answers and I don't…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,937 questions
asked 2024-10-11T15:52:53.5033333+00:00
Sam 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-21T02:36:42.0933333+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 10,155 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

[Powerpoint 2021] - "Access Denied. Contact Your Administrator." Error Message.

We have a computer here that is unable to open .pptx files on our share drive by double-clicking on them Powerpoint opens with an error "Access Denied. Contact Your Administrator.", and as such, the powerpoint file fails to load in. Fact A. If…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
asked 2024-10-17T13:38:58.3033333+00:00
Joseph K 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-10-18T15:02:37.5033333+00:00
Joseph K 0 Reputation points
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How do I remove the Copilot icon from slide view in PowerPoint?

Yesterday or the day before, a new icon for Copilot appeared in PowerPoint. It is directly over the slide in Normal view, between the ruler and the top of the slide. The icon is positioned in such a way that the bottom of the slide is disappearing off…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
325 questions
asked 2024-08-16T18:04:09.8766667+00:00
Gina Deysel 300 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-18T00:11:27.8+00:00
Erin Talisman 0 Reputation points
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Fonts and colors does not match destination theme

Recently I've created a template in Powerpoint for our company, but we've noticed a few problems according to colors and fonts when you paste a chart from another PowerPoint presentation. Even if I paste the chart with destination theme, the colors and…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
SharePoint
SharePoint
A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.
10,740 questions
asked 2024-10-07T08:30:43.16+00:00
Rasmus Lundgren 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-17T09:07:14.8466667+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 10,155 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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How to Fix "Repair" Popup When Generating PPTX Slides Dynamically in Node.js

I am using a Node.js script to dynamically generate PowerPoint slides (.pptx) by replacing placeholders with required data. Although the PPTX is generated successfully, when I open the file, PowerPoint shows a "Repair" popup. After repairing,…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,937 questions
asked 2024-10-15T11:57:37.06+00:00
Danesh Naik 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-10-16T02:15:35.6233333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 25,156 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
7 answers

PowerPoint memory leak - Application becomes slower while editing

For the last 6 months I have been experiencing PowerPoint getting slower and slower while editing (complex) presentations. I work in the live events industry and this happens on all PC's. - All of my self employed colleagues that create advanced…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
asked 2023-02-06T15:50:49.39+00:00
Gunderz 175 Reputation points
answered 2024-10-15T21:11:35.0033333+00:00
Simon Baldwin 1 Reputation point
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Installed a new font and now no custom fonts are pulling through when saving as PDF from PowerPoint

Hi there, I have installed specific fonts onto my Mac and they've worked fine across the Microsoft office suite apps including when saving the documents as PDF files (specifically from PowerPoint). But today, I installed a new font and now all the fonts,…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
859 questions
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
asked 2024-09-03T18:27:39.1066667+00:00
Bilal 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-15T14:08:15.1933333+00:00
Hannah 0 Reputation points
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PowerPoint (M365) launches itself in the background about 10 minutes after I log in

Whenever I try to shutdown my PC (Win11 23H2), it is prevented by PowerPoint - despite me not having run PowerPoint. When I start up my PC and check running processes in task manager, PowerPoint appears in the list after the system has been on for a…

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
4,993 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,664 questions
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
9,732 questions
asked 2024-06-12T09:12:57.9466667+00:00
David George 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-13T14:35:40.26+00:00
Joshua Sutherland 0 Reputation points
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My Micro-office isn't working now.

Hello, I bought 1-year of Micro-Office Professional Plus 2021 yesterday, but it isn't working now. #. It used to run fine without any problems, but when I updated it, it said it could only run in safe mode because it had been a long time since I last ran…

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
4,993 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,664 questions
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
1,919 questions
asked 2024-10-04T07:47:39.07+00:00
신웅 윤 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-10-12T11:07:10+00:00
simo-k 475 Reputation points
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Images within some PowerPoint and Word files become corrupt randomly - Windows Server 2019 file share

Hoping that someone can assist or may have come across a similar issue. We have a client with a fairly standard server file share setup. They have one network file share hosted on a Windows 2019 server. Users access this from a mix of Windows 10/11…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
859 questions
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
asked 2023-04-27T14:01:20.5066667+00:00
Chris_arb 30 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-12T07:29:26.8333333+00:00
Sunny Avry 0 Reputation points
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Current slide not showing in presenter view

When presenting on my larger monitor, suddenly, after having worked for years, the PowerPoint presenter view is not showing the current slide on the left hand side. The block where it should be is black. It also momentarily flashes on the screen before…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
asked 2024-10-02T23:59:04.84+00:00
Teresa Luse 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-09T13:33:09.49+00:00
Teresa Luse 0 Reputation points
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Powerpoint Copilot generates unrelated and nonsensical slides

I have been using Copilot for Office in a case that seemed perfect, namely generating slides in PowerPoint from a Word document. I got quite strange results, i.e., the first version of the slides is good, if I then ask for a modification such as reducing…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Copilot refers collectively to Copilot experiences within Microsoft 365 applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
146 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
325 questions
asked 2024-09-27T10:20:36.7933333+00:00
Massimo Barsotti 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-10-03T16:39:05.5533333+00:00
JOSHUA TRUJILLO 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Export PowerPoint Handouts to Word combining Slides, Notes and Outline.

I am working on many PowerPoint presentations that need to be reviewed, updated with tracked changes and translated. This would be greatly facilitated by being able to export the slides to Word, combining the Slides, Notes text and slide text content in…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
asked 2023-08-25T17:30:31.82+00:00
Remillard, Jocelyn (HC/SC) 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-01T15:19:50.9833333+00:00
Zaynab Mahmood 0 Reputation points
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"The service is temporarily unavailable" PowerPoint Online

Organization Assets Library has been enabled on my tenant and PowerPoint templates are showing in Microsoft 365. But when trying to actually use one of these in PowerPoint Online I get this error: "The service is temporarily unavailable. Please…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
SharePoint
SharePoint
A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.
10,740 questions
asked 2024-09-27T09:35:11.2+00:00
user11226 5 Reputation points
commented 2024-09-30T11:52:05.4966667+00:00
user11226 5 Reputation points
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query on powerpoint

One of my users is unable to see the 'Set as Default Theme' option in PowerPoint. When I check on my end, I can see this option. Please guide me on how to make the 'Set as Default Theme' option visible to the user. The user is using Office version 2407…

Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,664 questions
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,937 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,156 questions
PowerPoint Management
PowerPoint Management
PowerPoint: A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
230 questions
asked 2024-09-27T06:09:34.1133333+00:00
Rising Flight 4,596 Reputation points
accepted 2024-09-29T11:09:30+00:00
Rising Flight 4,596 Reputation points
1 answer

Can Copilot Chat create PPTs?

Hello, I've been trying to use copilot chat in the web to create a powerpoint presentation, It seems to create it, but when it comes to saving, downloading or emailing it (Getting a hold of the file in any way), it seems to fail, it simply promps that…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
325 questions
asked 2024-09-24T14:27:04.4266667+00:00
MKPrg 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-09-27T08:52:59.46+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 10,155 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

How to download Powerpoint

I'm loosing my mind over this because i cant find a way to download Powerpoint. I'm a student and I have access to microsoft 365(office) but that only opens up in a browser. I want to operate an actual powerpoint that you can download. But there appears…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
859 questions
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
asked 2024-03-11T14:33:10.86+00:00
Gašper Zdovc 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-09-25T14:00:27.8733333+00:00
TP 96,331 Reputation points
2 answers

Why can't i access powerpoint files through a specific microsoft account

I have 2 accounts, from one of them I can easily access the pptx file, but when i switch accounts, on the same internet connection, wifi connection everything, I cannot open the same pptx file. It says error before even opening that. "sorry we could…

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
4,993 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
859 questions
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
asked 2024-09-13T19:43:40.42+00:00
Priyanshu Joshi 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-09-23T08:50:43.36+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 10,155 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

Query: PowerPoint Web Add-in

We need to configure the PowerPoint web add-in to open automatically when a user starts a PowerPoint presentation. Currently, our POC using this link shows that the add-in opens automatically when a user saves the presentation, but this approach isn't…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,937 questions
asked 2024-09-19T07:46:22.6233333+00:00
Ankit Shrivastava 5 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-09-20T06:00:10.1033333+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 10,155 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

Automatically Open PowerPoint Web Addin

I need to configure the PowerPoint web add-in to open automatically when a user starts a PowerPoint presentation. Currently, our POC shows that the add-in opens automatically when a user saves the presentation, but this approach isn't ideal since users…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
295 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,937 questions
asked 2024-09-19T08:26:29.7433333+00:00
Ankit Shrivastava 5 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-09-20T01:53:46.8666667+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 25,156 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor