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Questions tagged [microsoft-powerpoint-2016]

Commercial software presentation program included in all editions of the Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Office 2016 suites for Windows and Macintosh. There are also versions for iOS and Android as well as a browser-based online version.

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PowerPoint 2016 - Do not enumerate hidden slides

I have hidden slides in my presentation, but the problem is that when I generate the PDF or I use the presentation mode of the PowerPoint, it enumerates the hidden slides and then, for instance, you jump from slide 37 to slide 39. Is it possible to…
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Using an existing slide to create master slide views

Is there a way I could transfer normal slides in powerpoint to master view? As in, I want ALL my slides from a presentation to be slide views. Explanation: the request was to just make a presentation about how the company presentations should look…
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How to embed an HTML file into a PowerPoint presentation?

Is there anyway to embed an HTML file that is stored locally into a PowerPoint presentation? I know I can paste the link in the presentation and then click the link to open it in the browser but I'm wondering if it is possible to actually render the…
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How to change Powerpoint text in textbox on animation

How do I change the text within a textbox when an animation starts playing? For the graduation of some of our students we are looking to make it so their photo appears in tune with their name on a single sheet.
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Delete ink annotations from slides after saving

During a presentation, it is possible to add ink annotations to a slide using: Ctrl-P to get the pen option. Writing some text on a slide. When leaving the presentation, selecting Keep from the "Want to keep your ink annotations?" dialog. My…
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Deploy Powerpoint templates over Office 365

Our company has Office 365 with the Office 2016 suite and Sharepoint Online. I'd like to know if it's possible to push our custom templates to all users in Powerpoint and change the default create new templates for ours. Thanks
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What are the default shortcuts for "Align Center" and "Align Middle"?

From other programs, I'm used to something like Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C/M or similar. Edit: Apparently it is also not possible to define custom shortcuts in PowerPoint? Please correct me if this is wrong/outdated info.
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How to resize PowerPoint Objects and Text Proportionally at the same time?

I am trying to resize some textbox and shapes with texts in them in PowerPoint. and I cannot resize it proportionally. See the animated gif below for a demo. Scenario: Let's say you are are working on a presentation slide which contains number of…
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Is there a way to delete the text within multiple PowerPoint shapes?

I use PowerPoint almost daily as part of my job for reporting. Instead of using text boxes, we like to use Shapes with text inside it to put across ideas e.g. text statements or percentage figures. This is standard practice. Sometimes we might have…
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How to start Mac PowerPoint with a Blank Layout? (Office 365)

What I want is exactly what's in this post, but for PowerPoint for Mac (Office 365) instead of Windows. I want this to happen each time I open Powerpoint without having to double click on a template file. Here are the directions from that site for…
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Customize keyboard shortcuts powerpoint 2016 windows

In MS Word 2016, I can customize keyboard shortcuts as described here. However, the same procedure cannot be applied to my Powerpoint 2016 software. Simply, the button "Customize" in step 3 of the aforementioned manual does not exist. Is there any…
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Stop PowerPoint 2016 from changing proofing language in multilingual installation

My Windows 10 1909 is in English (Canada) and my keyboard is in Canadian french. When I write my PowerPoint they are in French, but it keeps changing the proofing language to English. Here's are my language setup in PowerPoint. As you can see, my…
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Edit background slide music in Powerpoint 2016

I have downloaded a Powerpoint template from the internet. When I play the slides, a piece of audio plays automatically everytime a new slide comes on. I am struggling to find the option to edit this. I am not sure whether I want to edit this…
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Keep Paste Special Links Contained within a Copy/Pasted and Renamed Folder

I have links from Excel Charts to Powerpoint slides, using the Paste Special Link option, so that when the Powerpoint is opened the charts can be updated easily. The Powerpoint and Excel files are all contained in the same folder, but the…
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Automatic update of powerpoint graphs from a linked excel

So I've been having a bit of a problem recently, I somewhat solved it, but I'd love to see if anyone has a better suggestion. I have created a powerpoint file with a bunch of graphs using the simple method of copying and pasting them from excel. Now…
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