Create for PowerPoint
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Create features
Design and productivity software transforms the way you produce documents
Packed with features in PowerPoint to save you hours
New template
Create a new presentation based on a list of available templates within Create
Doc setup
A dialog to make changes to headers/footers, titles and secondary logos for with the current presentation
Draft stamp
Shows or hides a custom draft stamp or watermark on every slide of your presentation
Insert agenda/TOC
Insert an automated agenda or table of contents (TOC) based on section or appendix dividers, slide titles or a combination
Exclude entry in agenda/TOC
Displays a list of all items in your table of contents/agenda, where you can exclude any you don’t wish to list
Insert repeating agenda/TOC
Insert a divider slide which automatically displays all the section titles and slide numbers, with the current section highlighted
Insert section divider
Insert section (and in custom Create, appendix dividers) into your presentation
Insert divider mini-TOC
Adds a mini-TOC listing all the slide titles in the section, or you can select which titles to include and their corresponding slide number, with a hyperlink
Insert section tracker
Add a single section name – or all sections – at the top of every page, with a hyperlinks for navigation in PowerPoint, as a Screenshow, or PDF
Update section tracker
Update the section tracker or section tracker bar throughout the document
Edit section tracker
Allows editing of a current section text, which does not affect the section divider or table of contents/agenda
Home link
Shows or hides a custom hyperlink icon on every page which, when clicked, will navigate selection to the TOC/agenda
Colour palette
A palette with company approved colours and fonts, for formatting text, tables, maps and shapes
Text formatting
Comprehensive styles task pane to enable one-click formatting text, tables and shapes, based on the current template
Auto text
Insert text elements such as subtitles, source or message boxes, in right size, font and position on your slide, from a handy task pane
Insert table
Inserts a pre-formatted PowerPoint table of your choosing from a custom selection, into a placeholder
Format table
Options to format whole tables, rows, columns or selected cells
Sort table
Arrange data in a table, or multiple tables on a page at once, numerically or alphabetically
Paste subset
Paste a selection of data from Excel into an existing formatted table in PowerPoint
Table tools
Compress row, compress column and format negative numbers in a whole table or selection
View all Excel links
Display all Excel linked objects such as text, charts, tables and pictures of tables and charts for editing and updating
Update all
Global update of Excel linked objects, section trackers and agenda/TOC
View selected
Opens the selected linked object (chart, table, text, or chart/table as picture) in Excel
Update selected
Update the selected linked chart, table, text, or chart/table as picture from Excel source data
Update all charts and tables
Global update of all linked Excel charts, tables and charts/tables as pictures
Update all linked charts
Global update of all linked Excel charts and charts as pictures
Update all linked text
Global update all linked Excel text within your presentation
Update all linked Excel tables
Global update all linked Excel tables and tables as pictures
Format chart
Format Powerpoint charts from a selection of company styles
Copy/paste chart size
Pick up and apply the chart size, plot area and chart position, from one chart to another
Layout library
A selection of blank or populated layouts appropriate for your presentation
Change layout
Change the layout of a slide from a selection, copies content to the new layout
Map library
A globe-trotting collection of over 300 editable PowerPoint maps, globes and regions
Shape library
A library of editable custom shapes and graphics formatted in your branding
Map marker
Insert a map marker or other pre-defined shapes for use on maps or diagrams
Image library
Insert an image from company-approved library in Create
Picture from clipboard
Insert a picture from your clipboard
Cover graphics
Toggle to hide/show cover graphics, intended only for use with pre-printed covers
Select
Select all objects of the same shape, colour or line style on the current slide
Make all same
Apply all the attributes from a selected shape to another shape or shapes
Make same height
Apply the same height from one shape to others
Make same width
Apply the selected width of one shape to another shape or shapes
Make subtitle
Cut selected text and copy into the page subtitle shape
Make title
Cut selected text and copy into the page title shape
Alternating slide numbers
Display slide numbers on alternate slides
Page numbers
Display or hide slide numbers, updates if issues with numbers, position or formatting
Quick slides
Access to the 3 most frequently used slide layouts for your presentation
Swap shapes
Swap any two selected shapes on a slide, retaining the top left corner position
Save a PDF of your presentation, removing non-printing metadata and properties
Package
Takes a copy of your presentation and all linked files into a custom zip, for sharing or archiving
Spelling langugae
Apply a selected spelling language from a list, to the entire presentation
Show guides
Display or hide the native PowerPoint drawing guides
User settings
Change user settings such as location, paper size, layout and date format and set your default PowerPoint presentation
Make v10 compatible
Update the current presentation to fully support the features in version 10, improving speed when using some functions within Create
Brand check
Checks a presentation for brand deviations such as non-standard colours and fonts, plus inconsistencies such as double spaces, highlighted text and square brackets
Help
A searchable guide with user-friendly step-by-step instructions and screenshots
Alert
The notifications pane will alert you to any important messages or alerts concerning any template or software updates
Authoring
Your company’s designated authors can curate updateable text parts, slide layouts, images, shapes and company info
Working faithfully with your brand
These features available in fully-customised Create
New template
Create a new document based on a list of available templates within Create
Edit doc setup
Change cover and other information, headers and footers within the current document
Draft stamp
Shows or hides a custom draft stamp or watermark on every slide of your document
Colour palette
A palette with company approved colours and tints, for formatting of text, tables and shapes
Layout library
Insert a layout, section divider, or other custom element from a library of content, based on your template
Symbols library
Custom text symbols, e.g. ticks, crosses and harvey balls, which can be inserted into text, tables or shapes
Insert landscape page
Insert a correctly formatted landscape orientation page, include headers and footers, to a portrait document
Insert portrait page
Insert a correctly formatted portrait orientation page, include headers and footers, to a landscape document
Bullet one
A button to format selected text to bullet level one
Bullet two
A button to format selected text to bullet level two
Heading one
A button to format selected text to heading level one
Heading two
A button to format selected text to heading level two
Body text
A button to format selected text to body text
All text styles
Apply a text style from a list of options relative to the document template
Insert TOC
Insert a table of contents, table of appendix or table of exhibits based on styles within your document
Edit TOC
Configure the selected table of contents or table of appendices via a series of checkboxes
Update TOC
Update all table of contents, appendices or exhibits in your document
Home link
Add a hyperlink icon to all pages, which will navigate to TOC, in Word or a PDF
Insert table
Inserts a pre-formatted Word table of your choosing from a custom selection
Format table
Format whole tables, rows, columns or selected cells from a selection
Picture from file
Inserts a picture from users computer or network, via a file explorer, scaling to fit the selected placeholder
Picture from clipboard
Inserts a picture from the users clipboard and if a group of shapes from PowerPoint, converts to a single high quality, low file size image
Format fraction
Insert a formatted fraction that isn’t necessarily available in Office symbols
FIt figure
Reduce the height of an figure placeholder to fit the maximum content or shape height
Filename
Display or hide the document file location
Insert figure
Insert a numbered figure placeholder for a table, chart, image or equation, which can be cross-referenced
Superscript
Generates a superscript character directly at source, which can be used to create your own footnotes or notes
Copy/paste chart size
Pick up and apply the chart size, plot area and position within it, and legend if present, from one chart to another
View all Excel links
Display all Excel linked objects such as charts, text, tables and pictures of tables and charts, for editing and updating
View selected
Opens the Excel source of a selected linked object, whether a chart, table, text, or chart/table as a picture
Update all
Global update of Excel linked charts, tables, text and charts or tables as pictures, plus any TOC or exhibits
Update selected
Update the selected Excel linked object (chart, table, text or chart and tables as pictures)
Update charts and tables
Global update of all linked Excel charts, tables, plus any charts or tables as pictures, within your document
Update charts
Global update of all linked Excel charts and charts as pictures, within your document
Update text
Global update of all linked Excel text within your document
Update tables
Global update of all linked Excel tables and tables as pictures
Copy selection
Copy the selection, retaining the Excel source link and formatting, to another place in the document or a new document
Copy/paste linked chart
Copy the selected chart, retaining the Excel source link and formatting, to another place in the document or a new document
Copy/paste linked table
Copy the selected table, retaining the Excel source link and formatting, to another place in the document or a new document
Paste subset
Paste a selection of unlinked data from Excel into an existing formatted table in PowerPoint
Insert placeholder
Inserts a blank placeholder for a chart, table or text and ensures integrity of any shape within it
Save a PDF of your document, removing non-printing metadata and properties you would not want to share with recipients
Make v10 compatible
Update the current presentation to fully support the features in version 10, improving speed when using some functions within Create
Package/Unpackage
Packages a copy of your document together with all Excel linked files, into a custom zip for duplicating entire documents, sharing and archiving. Extracts a package of your copied document to a chosen location, relinking all Excel objects
Check for updates
Check for updates to software or brand templates, library assets and content
Spelling language
Apply a selected spelling language from a list, to the entire document
User settings
Change user settings such as region, location, paper size and date format
Help
A searchable guide with user-friendly step-by-step instructions and screenshots
Notification
Notification concerning any software updates, or changes to content, templates or assets
Save time on everyday tasks and get consistency
Template library
Select a new workbook from your custom Create library
Worksheet library
Insert a single or multiple worksheets from your custom library
Linked text
Send selected content as linked text to PowerPoint/Word
Colours
Colour palette for recolouring objects, text, tables or charts
Multiply
Multiply values by -1, 10, 100 or 1,000
Divide
Divide selected values by 10, 100 or 1,000
Text symbols
Contains custom symbols e.g. ticks, crosses or harvey balls for insertion into text, shapes or tables
Wrap text
Wrap text in a cell/selection of cells on the worksheet
Footnote
Insert a formatted superscript number (e.g. 1, 2, 3) to text in a cell
Number formats
Applies a custom number format from a selection to the selected cell/s
Copy chart size
Copies the size of the chart plot area, position and shape of a selected chart
Apply chart size
Applies the size of the chart plot area, position and shape to a selected chart
Make line
Change a selected chart series to a line with correct formatting
Split axis
Create a split in the chart axis for better representation of the data
Switch axis
Swaps the primary and secondary axes of a chart that has two Y-axes
Second axis
Creates and assigns a chart series to a second value axis
Forecast
Adds a shaded region behind an area within your chart to represent forecast data
Pie labels
Adds labels to a pie chart as unattached text boxes, linked to up to three series (cells) of data
CAGR
Calculates and adds a CAGR arrow or line to a column chart
Add average
Calculates and inserts an average line or area onto a chart
Axis labels
Sets category date labels on an X-Y scatter line chart
Add labels
Adds custom linked data labels that do not have to be part of chart source data
Remove labels
Removes all native Excel data labels with one click
Chart comment
Adds a custom comment/text box to a data point on a chart series
New chart
Create a new chart with a custom theme applied
Change chart type
Changes the type of the selected chart and applies a custom theme
Preview chart
Resize and/or reformat a chart without sending to PowerPoint or Word
Format chart for Excel
Applies a custom Excel theme to a selected chart
OLE chart as is
Sends the chart to PowerPoint/Word as an OLE chart, without resizing or formatting
OLE chart fully formatted
Resizes, formats and sends the chart to PowerPoint/Word as an OLE chart
Format chart for PowerPoint
Applies a custom PowerPoint theme to a selected chart
Quick send to PowerPoint
One click to send a selected chart, table or text to PowerPoint, using a pre-defined method
Send chart to PowerPoint
Send and link selected chart to PowerPoint
Send chart to PowerPoint formatted
Format, size, send and link a chart to PowerPoint
Send chart to PowerPoint resized
Resize, send and link a chart to PowerPoint placeholder
Recreate as embedded in PowerPoint
Copies data and produces chart in PowerPoint as an embedded MS graph object, indepdent of the workbook
Quick send to Word
One click to send a selected chart, table or text to Word, using a pre-defined method
Format chart for Word
Applies a custom Word theme to a selected chart
Send chart to Word as is
Send and link selected chart to Word exactly as shown in Excel
Send chart to Word formatted
Format, size, send and link a chart to Word
Send chart to Word resized
Resize, send and link a chart to Word placeholder
Chart as picture as is
Send and link chart as a picture, exactly as shown in Excel, to Word or PowerPoint
Chart as picture scaled to fit
Send and link chart as a picture, scaled proportionately to fit the selected placeholder in Word or PowerPoint
Chart as picture stetched to fit
Send and link chart as a picture, stretched to fit the selected placeholder in Word or PowerPoint
Format table
Formats a selected table by applying a custom theme for PowerPoint/Word/Excel
Table borders
Formats table borders of selected rows, columns or cells
Scale table columns
Columns proportionally scaled to fit the width of a placeholder in PowerPoint/Word
Resize table
Resize a table selection in Excel to match a selected placeholder in PowerPoint or Word
Table as picture as is
Sends a linked table as a picture to PowerPoint/Word exactly as shown in Excel
Table as picture resized only
Scales and sends a linked table as a picture to PowerPoint/Word
Table as picture scaled to fit
Sends a linked table as a picture to PowerPoint/Word scaled proportionately
Copy table subset
Copies an unlinked selection of data in Excel that can be pasted into an existing formatted table in Word or PowerPoint
Send table to PowerPoint
Link and send table and then apply formatting in PowerPoint and scale to fit placeholder
Send table to Word formatted
Link and send table and then apply formatting in Word and scale to fit margins or placeholder
Send table to Word as is
Send and link selected table to Word exactly as shown in Excel
Send table to Word resized
Resize, send and link a table to Word
Undo Create action
Undo a previous Create action such as format table or chart
Clear Create undo stack
Clear the Create Undo list
Creates a PDF of your workbook and removes hidden metadata
Help
Built-in user friendly guide with step-by-step instructions and screenshots
Switch brand
Where more than one brand available, allows users to switch
Alert
Notifications tell you when content and new assets have been updated in Create
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