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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.
It appears that the export as video feature is missing from the Mac version recording studio. While this option is in documentation for Mac and can be seen in some online screenshots, it is also available on Windows. Currently, I am using version 16.83,…
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Even when PDF export quality is set to high - the images on the PPT are blurry when using PDF export. The images are fine in the PPT itself.
Dear Community, I have a persistent issue being discussed across various platforms, including Reddit and microsoft own community. Despite numerous updates, the problem continues to exist, specifically on M1 MacBooks. The core of the issue is that…
I downloaded the latest updates and now cannot use the backspace key in powerpoint. Works fine in word, outlook, excel, etc. Any clues as to what might be wrong? <The thread has been moved to the correct category by forum moderator>
Dear all, After a lifetime spent downloading SVGs icons, I felt relieved when finally Microsoft decided to implement the insert icon function for the MacOS version of Office as well. However, this feature is recently not available for me anymore. …
I can't replay inking in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac. I can do this in the PC version but there is no option in the Mac version (v 16.37 and it's as new as I can find)...using a Wacom tablet for both and I've tried both wired and Bluetooth…
Problem : Since my last update, when I add a video to my slide to play automatically and add an animated object (icon, image, shapes) I cannot change slide in presentation mode (it gets stuck) if I do not wait for the video animation to end BEFORE…
I have Microsoft office 16.71. I get repeated messages of failed updates. Finally found an error message with A gray circle bar over the PP symbol and the title Microsoft PowerPoint Unknown Then a red-circled exclamation point. Current version: 14:4…
I'm running Office 365 on a Mac and the latest updates for both programs eliminate their ability to recognize my company's branded fonts. The fonts appear in the font list inside of each program, but Outlook appears to be using Arial in their place and…
My PPT on my macbook air M1 does not work right. Many of the buttons (indent, bullets, insert text box) just dont work, and i cant copy and paste graphics from one slide to the next, or Group objects. is there some major issue with PPT functions on an…
Hello there, After the update from microsoft yesterday the delete button stopped working only when I use powerpoint. On other applications (word, email, excel, notepad) the entire keyboard works without a hitch. I have a macbook air, and run MacOS high…
Hi, I have upgraded PowerPoint to 16.3 today for my MAC. Since the update the backspace / delete button does not work in a text box. This includes holding the command button and pressing delete. The delete key works to remove a slide and also works in…
After copying text from the speaker notes pane, I try pasting them into a different PowerPoint slide -- and then a Word document. Neither works. That leads me to believe the copy function no longer works in speaker notes. Is anyone else running into …
In Powerpoint 2019 (version 16.25 19042415) for Mac, when I try pasting slides from another presentation, inserting slides from the Insert menu, etc. I am not given any option to keep the formatting, it just pastes the slides and adapts to the theme of…
I happened along an apparent glitch in the search function today, where after finding the first instance of an apostrophe (') or quotation mark ("), I could not continue to search forward for the next occurrence in the PowerPoint file, only…
Just wondering why Powerpoint on Mac does not have keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste format (format painter)? All other Office apps on Mac and also Windows support this shortcut. On Mac it is Cmd+Shift+C and Cmd+Shift+V.
Hi all, I'm using PPT 16.20 for Mac. Embedding fonts (yay!), but when the presentation is shown on the client's PC, the character spacing is way off. I've set some text to Tight or Very Tight, but in the screencaps I'm getting back, it actually looks…
When saving a PP file directly to a USB Flash drive (thumb drive/pen drive etc) PP crashes during the process, and the file saved to the USB drive is unreadable. This happened on 16.30, was fixed by 16.31, but has recurred in 16.32. I can save the files…
I am trying to automatically get PowerPoint from Office365 Mac to automatically transition from one slide to another at the end of an audio clip. When I goto the Transitions tab --> Sound --> Other Sound, all my MP3 files are greyed out. What…
Am trying to create PowerPoint file containing videos and loaded with hi-res images. For example, I start with an already large pptx file (4 GB) that edits, saves and opens normally. Then I add a slide containing a large (1.5 GB) video. The file then…