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Selecting multiple objects on a slide in Powerpoint for iPad

Anonymous
2014-03-31T05:17:42+00:00

Is it possible to select multiple shapes in Powerpoint for iPad so, for example, I and move a group of items around the screen together?

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-07-26T12:35:53+00:00

    PowerPoint now supports selecting multiple object on a slide!

    You have to press and hold an object with one finger and then tap other objects with another finger.

    Problem solved!!!!

    Cheers

    Luccino

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-03-31T18:15:04+00:00

    Selecting multiple objects is currently not supported in PowerPoint for iPad.

    If a set of items is already grouped (using a different client like PowerPoint for Windows/Mac), you can move those objects as a group on the iPad.

    Thanks for the feedback, and let us know if there is anything else you would like to see improved!

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-04-26T10:42:48+00:00

    Its now 2017 and this still isnt supported? Really? Cripples it for me. Lucky for you your bundling strategy means PPT is kept viable because people need Word,  otherwise this deviciciency alone would kill it it as a tablet app. Marketing win, technical fail—in other words, typical Microsoft.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-05-05T04:37:11+00:00

    As a former software developer, I'll bet $1000 it works just fine in the test versions used by developers, software testers, etc., etc.  Let's be real.  It's disabled so that you have to run a full version on a PC.  Funny, I'm a PC guy, and would do that anyway.  But man this hacks me off.  Thanks for wasting my time this evening looking up how to do this.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-05-05T04:37:48+00:00

    As a former software developer, I'll bet $1000 it works just fine in the test versions used by developers, software testers, etc., etc.  Let's be real.  It's disabled so that you have to run a full version on a PC.  Funny, I'm a PC guy, and would do that anyway.  But man this hacks me off.  Thanks for wasting my time this evening looking up how to do this.

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