by Echo Swinford | Sep 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Something I realized a few months ago is, the problem with picture placeholders is that Microsoft has labeled them by image type rather than placeholder behavior. This makes inserting images into PowerPoint super confusing, not to mention more difficult to use....
by Echo Swinford | Jul 10, 2024 | Office 365, PDF
I hear a lot of complaints about problems with converting PowerPoint files to PDF. One of the most common complaints is about fonts not converting properly. This is generally due to using variable fonts in PowerPoint. I strongly encourage you to read Julie...
by Echo Swinford | Mar 23, 2024 | Microsoft features, Microsoft Office suggestions, PowerPoint, PowerPoint suggestions, uservoice, Vote for features
March 1, 2024 Setting up the theme fonts in PowerPoint is probably the most important thing you can do when creating a PowerPoint template. It is the number one most important thing. I cannot stress this enough. Why? Because EVERYTHING in PowerPoint is based on the...
by Echo Swinford | Mar 26, 2022 | Microsoft features, Microsoft Office suggestions, PowerPoint, PowerPoint suggestions, uservoice, Vote for features
Updated info, March 26, 2022 Microsoft has introduced a new feedback portal to suggest features. To add a feature request or vote on current ones, head to feedbackportal.microsoft.com and scroll down to PowerPoint. The old UserVoice feedback site no longer collects...
by Echo Swinford | Jan 7, 2021 | Google Slides, Masters and Layouts, PowerPoint, Themes and Templates
I’ve been building Google Slides templates for clients for quite a few years, but I seem to be getting more requests for them lately. There are differences between PowerPoint and Google Slides that affect certain graphics and features. I think that a lot of this...
