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Extra effort doesn't have to mean extra time
Small changes that save hours. These are the tools and shortcuts we use every day, free to download.
Free PowerPoint downloads
Some slides crop up time and time again. Here are templates you can reuse and adapt.
Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar
In Office apps, many commands are hard to reach. Aligning shapes can take four clicks. So we built a ready-made Quick Access Toolbar with the most useful commands. It comes with an extra SHARPN Favourites tab that gathers even more in one place.
How to install
- Download the file for PowerPoint or Excel.
- Note where the file is saved. It's usually your Downloads folder.
- In PowerPoint or Excel, go to File, Options, Customize Ribbon.
- Click Import/Export, then Import customization file.
- Go to the file you saved in step 2 and open it.
The steps are the same for PowerPoint and Excel. MS Office for Mac does not support importing customisations at the moment.
Once they are installed, you can change them to suit you.
Keyboard shortcuts
We've picked the most useful keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint. Learning them helps you do the mouse-and-keyboard dance. It will save you hours in the long run.
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