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Add Solid Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Whenever a new shape is inserted on a slide in PowerPoint, it is filled by default with a solid color (or something else depending on the Theme your presentation is based on). Other than a solid fill type, PowerPoint provides several more options that let you fill a shape with a picture, a gradient, a pattern, or a texture, and we have explored these other fill options in our Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 tutorial. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can work with solid color fills.

Add solid fills to shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Fills, Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Shapes, Solid Fills, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: January 15, 2019

We first explore the topic of font sizes in a slide, and how much smaller you can go with font sizes to ensure that the last person in the room can read your slide content. We also invite you to Taylor Croonquist’s PowerPoint Shortcut Secrets webinar for 2019. We then explore some Photoshop tutorials that will benefit PowerPoint users. We also look at using Photos in Presentations.

PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn how to Repair Office and PowerPoint. PowerPoint 2013 for Windows users can explore Gradient Fills for Text. PowerPoint 2010 for Windows will learn about Creating Anchor Points for Connectors, and PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can explore Gradient Outlines, and the Account Tab in Backstage View. And if that wasn’t enough for this week, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates released in the last week.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

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Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

When you insert shapes on a PowerPoint slide, you will notice that all shapes you insert contain the same fill. Most of the time, the shapes may contain a solid color fill. Similarly, you may insert hundreds of shapes and they all have this same default fill. Have you ever wanted to change this fill to something else? You can change the fill of any shape to a solid color fill, or even change the fill type altogether to a pattern, texture, or picture.

Learn about different fill types for shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Fills, Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Shapes, Tutorials

Repair Office and PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Microsoft Office 2016 for Windows was released on September 22, 2015. It is the successor of the previous version, Office 2013, and among the most used programs across the globe. However, after using the Office 2016 programs such as PowerPoint, Word, and Excel repeatedly, there may be times when these applications face some serious issues such as crashes, corrupted files, etc. And in some scenarios, you may not be able to run any Office 2016 application. At this point in time, you may wish to perform some magical process that will resolve the issue.

Learn how to repair Office and PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Repair, Tutorials

Account Tab in Backstage View in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

In PowerPoint, and in other Office 2016 programs on the Mac, you typically need to sign in to a Microsoft Account so that you can access saved settings, customizations, and even some files off the cloud. You typically do this by managing your Account, right inside PowerPoint or another Office 2016 program such as Word and Excel. The Account tab in Backstage view is not as full-featured as what you see within PowerPoint 2016 for Windows, but most options can be found elsewhere, as we will explore within this tutorial.

Learn about options within the Account tab of Backstage view in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Account, Backstage, Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Tutorials