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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.
HI, This has been making me crazy but the custom themes available on the online version of PowerPoint etc. normallly appear in the "new themes" window on PowerPoint/Word FOR MAC. It's not been working even thought I've toggled the…
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No Edit Shape command visible in Format Shape Tab Mac 365 Powerpoint
I have a macbook pro running the latest version of MacOs and O365 apps, i have an O365 subcription that includes copilot. I have followed all the instructions on over 30 threads on the support and community pages yet i can only see it on one of the…
suddenly powerpoint will not save any work. Message is "could not be saved". I use a Mac and the answers allrefer to Microsoft users who have different file menus. Cannot contact Microsoft support no matter how hard I try. getting desperate.
Hello all, I'm trying to use copilot on powerpoint on Mac, and I'm from France (I don't know whether some functionalities are disabled here...). When I'm using it, I can ask some basic requests, but when I'm trying to create a presentation from an…
I recently got the new mac and downloaded powerpoint, but i was unable to see the "add 3d model" option I did a search, and nothing useful came up. It wasn't there in the insert tab either. I'm currently running the latest version of macOS,…
hello all, i am using notes at the bottom of my presentation slides. i changed the font on the notes master, but that didnt translate to the presentation master. I don't see a presentation master box for notes. I also attempted to change the font size…
Whenever I open my Microsoft Office apps, it says that some fonts may be missing (a lot are actually missing). After clicking to find out why, it says that "support for Microsoft 2016 has ended." I bought a Microsoft 365 subscription and…
Hi, I am a student who uses PowerPoint mainly for academic presentations. On my slides, I like to use custom symbols for my bullets to carry additional meaning (e.g. "!" for theses, "?" for questions, "⟶" for points that…
Hello. I have a MS Office family plan. It was working fine up until yesterday. I can only launch Powerpoint if I hold the control key - all other MS Office apps work fine. Any suggestions? Thank you very much in advance for your…
In Excel, you can store Macros in a file called PERSONAL.XLSB. The Macros will then be available in all Excel Workbooks without having to save the Macro in each Workbook. Even better, if you go to Excel > Preferences > General, there is an option…
I just installed ppt on a brand new mac, so everything is up to date, and the text box on my smart art graphics is not working properly. the cursor does not align with the beginning of a new line within the text box, so it's impossible to tell where I…
Powerpoint notifies me that my files cannot be autosaved because of a privacy setting. I understand auto autosave only works when files are stored within OneDrive and that it is working properly. My files are already stored in OneDrive. My OneDrive is…
I'm on Mac OS Sonoma 14.6.1, on a 2023 14" MacBook Pro M2. I'm using Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Mac Version 16.93.2 (25012611) on a Microsoft 365 subscription. My slides in this presentation are extremely simple - a few text boxes and a photo…
Hi I want to put the screen recording option in my ribbon options but I cant I looked at tutorials and they say to do it from options but mine does not show it. It should be under abrir. Where can I find this options to personalize my ribbon? And where…
Hello I use PowerPoint on new(ish) MacBook Pro (M3 Max chip, latest Sequoia 15.4 macOS) and I've found my embedded MP4 video clips either freeze, stutter, or blur with mosaicism when I play my presentation. The videos are MP4 and H.264 (no audio track);…
The latest update to Microsoft PowerPoint for macOS — Version 16.97 (25051114) [Mac App Store], released on May 14, 2025 — has removed the "Save as PDF" option from the Save As dialog, as shown in the attached screenshot. This functionality now…
I have a macbook, running on Sequiia 15.5. Powerpoint was runing well two days ago, yesterday suddenly powerpoint stopped working, and would not open at all, the files can be opened in another computer without any issue. How to sort out this issue with…
Hi there, Currently, when exporting PowerPoint presentations to PDF using Microsoft PowerPoint on MacOS devices, it seems that all hyperlinks are NOT preserved - hyperlinks in the PDFs exported will not be 'clickable'. Microsoft Support over the phone…
Hi there! I am using a Mac and I'm having an issue with something that should be SO simple! I create a powerpoint for my church each week for the congregation to follow along on a large screen. We would like to start "looping" the…