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Powerpoint "Design Suggestions" never works!

"Design Suggestions" in PowerPoint is easily the most finicky, temperamental program Microsoft has ever come out with. When I'm working in PowerPoint, it constantly comes up when I don't need it, drives me crazy. Then, when I do want…

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asked 2026-05-13T18:03:14.0533333+00:00
Joe Brock 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-13T18:03:36.06+00:00

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PowerPoint may freeze or hang when playing embedded videos

PowerPoint may freeze or hang when playing embedded videos. I have an updated version of bot POwerpoint and the graphics driver

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asked 2026-05-03T10:37:42.67+00:00
Joana Martins Ferreira De Campos De Carvalho 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-04T22:39:03.7933333+00:00
Katerina-N 9,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Designer Feature in PowerPoint Disappeared?

The Designer feature in PowerPoint is no longer offering automatic design suggestions. I do not even see an option for it when I click on the design tab. I have tried to adjust my settings. My software is up to date.

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asked 2026-03-31T10:23:26.28+00:00
Sharon Torkelson 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-02T02:30:22.51+00:00
Norah-L 6,685 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Why is the format painter, copy and cut options graded out in PowerPoint?

Why is the format painter, copy and cut options graded out in powerpoint?

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asked 2026-03-28T22:10:21.7866667+00:00
Veronica Jolly 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-28T23:25:48.3133333+00:00
Veronica Brown 0 Reputation points
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how to download powerpoint and make it a pdf

Everytime I try to download my powerpoint and have it as a PDF, it says that something is wrong and it can't save my most recent uploads

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asked 2026-03-23T01:22:26.54+00:00
Dunkley, Jasmine 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-23T02:34:19.11+00:00
Sumit D - IA 169.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Shaking and jerking in powerpoint animation

In powerpoint during slideshow my animation is smooth and perfect but after exporting it to mp4 its shaking and jerking. How to fix it? Pls help

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asked 2026-03-20T23:52:51.1466667+00:00
Balmukund Poddar 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-03-21T00:39:06.3533333+00:00
Gérard Oomens 122.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Background graphics are disappearing when I copy and paste divider slides....

In the latest version of powerpoint - (working on a hard drive - not in the cloud) - We have created in the master template - a title slide and a divider slide. Both slides have a background image. This image has been placed >format background >…

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asked 2026-03-12T20:22:07.7533333+00:00
GabrielleG 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-19T22:11:44.19+00:00
Kal-D 7,365 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How do I give powerpoint on safari access to my microphone and camera?

I am trying to use the Presenter Coach feature, but I cannot because it says it doesn't have access to my microphone or camera.

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asked 2026-03-06T03:29:57.0066667+00:00
Patterson, Hattie 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-06T03:30:08.4266667+00:00

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Notes pages in Powerpoint do not wrap the sentence when I print

When I use Powerpoint, the Notes page does not view or print correctly. It does not wrap the words of a long sentence....just keeps on going. How do I fix this? Moved from Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps

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asked 2026-02-10T17:40:33.93+00:00
Gerald Townsend 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-17T22:51:42.2333333+00:00
Alex_T 6,385 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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how to fix PowerPoint

my microsoft powerpoint says "Were sorry, but PowerPoint has run into an error that is preventing it from working completely. powerpoint will need to be closed as a result. Would you like us to repair now? What will i do?

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asked 2026-02-15T11:00:22.28+00:00
Rengin Mansan 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-16T04:41:57.2066667+00:00
Anonymous
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What wrong with my Powerpoint?

What wrong with my Power point? I can not open the file Moved from: Microsoft Edge | Microsoft Edge development

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asked 2026-01-14T10:40:51.9566667+00:00
Sum Seakmeng 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-01-14T13:08:14.68+00:00
Quinn.HP 8,695 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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How to change font colors in Power Point notes section.

I want to change the instructions in the notes section of a power point to different font colors depending on who the instructions are for. I have followed all suggestions I've found so far and can still only display a black font. Any help…

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asked 2026-01-06T16:52:48.4666667+00:00
Pam Connor 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-06T21:16:22.4466667+00:00
Harold Milan 17,505 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Why do some pptx lose weight as pdfs while others don't?

Hello, I need a to convert 2 a pptx slide presentations into pdf files that do not exceed 1 MB. One of them (34MB) reduced to 756KB. The other pptx (40MB) when saving it as a PDF doesn't reduce below 4.8M. Why? it is only 6MB heavier than the other…

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asked 2025-12-11T09:01:45.0366667+00:00
Teresa Pascarelli 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-11T20:23:49.5266667+00:00
Restee Miranda 14,040 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Can't display slide SlidelD(366,0,Slide]

When I download the file and open it on the desktop app, everything works fine. But when I open the same file online, the error message appears after a while. I also tried opening the previous/older versions of the same PowerPoint file online, and the…

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asked 2025-12-10T00:57:27.1433333+00:00
X 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-10T00:59:11.6233333+00:00
X 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Power point audio presentation problem

I have power point slides with inserted music i wanted to delete from all slides background music but some how it does not delete I tried by going through animation and all other suggested area in power point to delete from all slides some one knows how…

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asked 2025-11-10T14:12:33.3966667+00:00
mahesh sanghvi 40 Reputation points
accepted 2025-11-13T17:02:19.2466667+00:00
mahesh sanghvi 40 Reputation points
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Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft 365 Apps) certification training content

I am currently training a group of students to prepare for the Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft 365 Apps) certification. I accessed the training content from the following…

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asked 2025-11-11T08:20:46.13+00:00
THAJBEH ALAWADHI 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-11T11:21:00.3666667+00:00
Julian Sharp 25,721 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

PPT references or tags for auto update in other parts of presentation

It would be great to have functionality in PPT that allows to assign tags or names to specific text (e.g. in the Table of Contents) that then can be used in other presentation slides to update automatically like in XLS. E.g. when i changing the text in…

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asked 2025-08-20T08:29:11.9733333+00:00
Shakhov, Alexey 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-20T12:24:46.9533333+00:00
Shakhov, Alexey 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Creating ppt presentation from Word using Copilot

Hi all, while working on Powerpoint and attempting to use Microsoft Copilot I am not able to generate a presentation from a specific file that is stored in my One Drive account. I have a Microsoft 365 Family License and everything is working properly…

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asked 2025-08-02T09:41:16.7433333+00:00
Alberto Rossi 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-08-02T14:31:02.7833333+00:00
Alberto Rossi 20 Reputation points
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Where did my PowerPoint go? I shared it for collaborative editing with my students and suddenly we all cannot open it.

This is the third time this has happened to me. I have created a PowerPoint where the sharing is open to be edited by members of my organization. It goes well for a limited amount of time, and then suddenly we all start getting errors and I cannot even…

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asked 2025-04-03T19:23:20+00:00
Anonymous
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And when i sign into microsoft account to xbox by phone number i get an email named Joni Ilkka and i don't bow who is this. Am i hacked or what please help me.

And when i sign into microsoft account to xbox by phone number i get an email named Joni Ilkka and i don't bow who is this. Am i hacked or what please help me.

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asked 2025-07-07T10:08:36+00:00
Anonymous