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How to draw on a PowerPoint slide
An enhancement to the feature just arrived for web users.
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Updated onJuly 25, 2024
updated onJuly 25, 2024
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Want to draw on a PowerPoint slide? We’ve got some good news: Microsoft has responded to extensive user feedback by enhancing thedrawing functionalitywithin the app. Now, users of the web version can enjoy an improved drawing experience, offering features such as the ability to undo and redo actions, access to a digital ruler, and the availability of temporary ink for temporary markings on slides.
As we’ve noted from Microsoft’s official release note, Redmond officials are also working to bring the ability to partially erase strokes using the Point Eraser tool, which will be available in the second half of 2023 to everyone, and many more.
Drawing on PowerPoint slides allows you to enhance your presentations with visually engaging elements. Whether you want to highlight important points, create diagrams, or add a few artistic flairs here and there, drawing on PowerPoint makes your presentation a lot easier.
So, would you like to take this feature for a spin? Not all users have this feature opted by default, so you’d need to manually activate it from the settings. Here’s how.
How to enable the feature to draw on a PowerPoint slide
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Open a PowerPoint file (.pptx)
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Double-click onHome, then clickCustomize the ribbon.
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SelectAll Tabs.
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Scroll down until you findInk. Click on it, thenAdd, thenOK.
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Click onPento start drawing with your mouse or your stylus pen.
In the meantime, we’ve also reported that the web version of the app just welcomed a new feature that lets users insert a video in their presentation, so it’s worth checking out.
To learn more about Office, don’t miss our guide on how toinsert an Excel file into PowerPoint as an icon.
Have you tried the draw feature on PowerPoint slides? Let us know in the comments!
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Rafly Gilang
Rafly is a journalist with growing experience, ranging from technology, business, social, and culture. A holder of the Romanian government scholarship, his writing has been published in several local and national publications.
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