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PowerPoint’s 3D experiences get more enhanced all the time. To begin with, the only way you could animate 3D models was by using the Morph transition effect. Next, you could use the 3D animations. But now, with the new embedded 3D animations feature, you no longer even need to animate, because these new 3D models are already pre-animated!
You must be using an Office 365 subscriber version of PowerPoint to access this feature. Also, new features such as this one percolate to all installations of Office 365 in a phased manner. Insider and Monthly Channel versions get these features first, followed by most other users. If you work in a large organization, your system administrator may prevent these updated features from being installed, even if you use an Office 365 subscription version.
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New Features
Tagged as: New Features, Office 365, Office Insider, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2019, Tutorials
We do have some extensive content on what Unicode encoded fonts are, and how the remaining ASCII encoded fonts are of two types: single-byte and double-byte. However, our readers want more info, as can be understood from these questions we received:
If you just could tell me which fonts in Microsoft Windows are double-byte, I’ll know which ones I can manually replace or not use in the first place in PowerPoint, please?
I have to replace a double-byte font in my PowerPoint file, but I don’t know which ones they are. All those I choose, such as Comic Sans, Arial, etc. refuse to replace double-byte fonts. So can you please tell me the names of all double-byte fonts in PowerPoint?
Yes, we feel your pain, and will provide a list of double-byte fonts we see in our systems. However, if you see more double-byte fonts, do comment below and we will update this list.
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Reference
Tagged as: Double-byte, Fonts, Single-byte
Is it possible to change a text box into a Title in PowerPoint? I’ve got tons of slides that use text boxes instead of Title and Content placeholders, and I have no clue about how I can get started!
Yes, this is a genuine call for help we received from one of our readers, and we know that there are tons of users who face this problem. In fact, even PowerPoint design houses have to convert text boxes to placeholders all the time in slides they receive from their clients. This is one of those areas that consumes so much time, and yet there’s very little information out there about how you can overcome or resolve this issue. So, this post is going to do just that: address the issue of converting text boxes to placeholders in PowerPoint.
First of all, you might want to watch this video.
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Techniques
Tagged as: Change, Convert, Techniques, Text, Text Boxes, Text Placeholders, Tutorials
If you are confused about what Unicode is, what Unicode fonts are, and where do single-byte and double-byte fonts fit in, then here’s a simple explanation about Unicode and Unicode encoded fonts. About single-byte and double-byte fonts, we will refer to them in this post, and also link to another post.
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Reference
Tagged as: Double-byte, Fonts, Single-byte, Tutorials, Unicode
Do you see charts with data labels that read [CELLRANGE] rather than a real value or number? Do you see this behavior more in PowerPoint slides you receive from others, rather than the slides you create yourself? This is a known bug, and can effect users of PowerPoint 2010 and older versions if they open slides with charts created in PowerPoint 2013 and newer versions.
Look at this chart created in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows, as shown in Figure 1, below. You will notice that the data labels have been highlighted in red.
Figure 1: Slide with data labels in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
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Tagged as: [CELLRANGE], Charts, Data Labels, Geetesh Bajaj, PowerPoint 2003, PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, PowerPoint 2016
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