These new Microsoft PowerPoint features are bound to be a hit with all you perfectionists
Microsoft tests new features for adding custom video
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Microsoftis testing an update forPowerPointthat will allow people to incorporate a new level of customization into theirpresentations.
The headline feature, dubbed Cameo, sits within PowerPoint’s Recording Studio and will allow you to use awebcamfeed to make the video recording of your presentation “even more personal and create an immersive storytelling experience”, according to Microsoft.
Perfectionists will be fully catered to by the latest update, as it will apparently allow you to “customize your camera feed’s appearance before you record” as well as “apply your favorite camera styles, shapes, and sizes to cameo, and choose the place on the slide for your camera feed that best suits your presentation”.
The new feature is currently available for Office Insiders running Beta Channel Version 2207 (Build 15425.20000) or later.
What else is new?
Aside from the video-related updates, Microsoft is also testing new capabilities within PowerPoint to make changes within line spacing and to modify slide backgrounds with images.
All of these new features are currently available for Office Insiders running Beta Channel Version 2207 (Build 15425.20000) or later.
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Not a Microsoft Insider? Not to worry, all the above updates will be rolled out to the general public in future, though Microsoft hasn’t said exactly when.
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Neither are these the only new features the tech giant has been integrating into the classic piece ofoffice software, amid competition from rival products such asPreziandGoogle Slides.
For example, PowerPoint users recentlygained the ability to add their own custom fonts to presentations, and new integrations with Microsoft Teams have made virtual presentations much less of a chore.
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