Super User
Super User

Questions tagged [microsoft-powerpoint-2013]

83 questions
25
votes
6 answers

How can I determine the size of individual slides in a PowerPoint slide deck?

I have a powerpoint file containing images and it has gotten too big for emailing and I need to decide which slides to cut out. But how can I tell which slides are consuming all the space? There could be just a few slides containing over-large…
Gary Barrett
  • 5,498
21
votes
1 answer

Insert Animated GIF into Powerpoint 2013?

As per title, I am looking for a way to embed animated GIF files within my powerpoint presentation. I was hoping for this to be native functionality but either inserting as image or as video does not appear to work.
jakc
  • 783
9
votes
3 answers

Changing a font's number form in PowerPoint

Some fonts, for example Corbel, include several number forms: lining figures where the numerals are the same height as a capital letter and old-style or text figures where the numerals have varying heights and blend in with lowercase text. For…
dumbledad
  • 1,116
7
votes
3 answers

How can PowerPoint 2013 compress background images (not just inserted pictures) to reduce filesize?

I have a 10-slide presentation that is a whopping 234 MB! This is because each of its slides has a different high-resolution image as its background. (I know that the large filesize is due to these photos because I tested this by temporarily setting…
Ryan
  • 2,388
5
votes
1 answer

Powerpoint 2013 - Please wait while we load pictures

Ever since I "upgraded" to Powerpoint 2013 I have run into several annoyances. One of those is that every time I need to change a picture in a presentation, the screen below pops up first. Usually it only takes a few seconds and I can click "Work…
Ryan
  • 3,925
5
votes
2 answers

How to assign a keyboard shortcut for a powerpoint macro

I had written a VBA code for powerpoint to go to a specific slide while editing the slides. However, I was unable to bind that to a shortcut key (I wanted to bind it to Ctrl+G). In excel there is an Options button when you create a new macro -…
Prasanna
  • 4,174
4
votes
2 answers

Shortcut for adding new row or column in Powerpoint 2013 table

With Powerpoint 2010, I used to be able to add a new row in a table with right-clicking on an adjacent row. With Powerpoint 2013, I only found the option to go into the Layout ribbon/button "Insert Below". I find this extremely long and mentally…
Gerard Yin
  • 3,465
4
votes
3 answers

Convert PowerPoint 1995 files to modern PowerPoint version

I am trying to open a PowerPoint 95 proprietary file, in Office 2013. It won't let me, saying to download a standalone file converter. I can't find any such converter. Any suggestions on a product that I could use to convert these files safely to a…
PearsonArtPhoto
  • 506
4
votes
1 answer

How to show the full name of an object in powerpoint 2013 animation pane

I have a powerpoint 2013 slide with tens of objects that I want to animate. I have used the selection pane to give each of the objects a meaningful name to make it easier to order them properly. But I don't seem to be able to show more than the…
toksing
  • 63
3
votes
3 answers

Disable slide transitions on a particular element in PowerPoint

Basically I have the same title on two consecutive slides and I don't want the title to do a slide transition as it doesn't change. Is there any way to do this?
Adam
  • 31
3
votes
1 answer

Number of fonts used in Powerpoint

Is there away in Powerpoint 2013 to identify how many different fonts are being used over multiple slides? People are creating bizare looking presentations with fonts that seem to constantly change from one slide to the next.
ChocolateBus
  • 454
3
votes
1 answer

How can I get presenter view when recording my PowerPoint presentation?

I am rehearsing towards a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 on a Win8.1 machine using dual monitors (one for the slides, and one for my notes using presenter view) . I would like to record my narration per slide - I found the option to do…
Gabis
  • 33
3
votes
3 answers

PowerPoint: make layout obey slide master again

When editing the footer on a slide master, its child layouts automatically inherit the footer text. However, after accidentally editing a layout, they are not in sync anymore. I always have to edit the text on the slide master and some layouts…
root
  • 1,799
2
votes
0 answers

Powerpoint 2013 - Change font size effect

Is there a way I can change the font size using animation in MS Power Point 2013? Grow/Shrink is terrible, it pixelates and mess up the line tab. I think it was possible to do in previews version, 2007.
Pedro77
  • 2,049
2
votes
3 answers

How can I make a PowerPoint Theme that will scale to 16:9 and 4:3 like the defaults?

I know how to make a powerpoint theme using the color palates, font palates, and slide masters. However, if I build it on a 16:9 aspect ratio slide, but then change the aspect ratio to 4:3, all the graphics get smashed. I'd prefer the slides crop…
Ryan Strat
  • 21
1
2 3 4 5 6