When you create custom slide layouts in PowerPoint Slide Master view, the order they appear in the Normal view layout picker may not match the sequence you intended. This happens because PowerPoint sorts layouts alphabetically by default, not in the order you added them. This article explains why the order changes and provides the exact … Read more
You created a custom PowerPoint slide master with unique layouts and placeholders for your company’s presentations. Now you want to reuse that design in other files without rebuilding it each time. A PowerPoint theme file, which uses the .thmx extension, stores slide masters, layouts, colors, fonts, and effects. However, by default, saving a theme does … Read more
When you create a PowerPoint presentation with custom fonts, those fonts may not display correctly on another computer. The slide layout shifts, text overflows, or placeholder characters appear. This happens because the second device lacks the specific font files used in your original design. This article explains how to embed custom fonts directly into a … Read more
When you share a PowerPoint presentation with others, fonts you used may not display correctly on their computers. This happens because the fonts are not embedded in the file. PowerPoint can embed fonts, but only if the font license allows it. Many commercial fonts have embedding restrictions that prevent full embedding. This article explains how … Read more
When you create a presentation that contains text in both Asian characters like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean and Latin characters like English, PowerPoint applies a single font to the entire text box by default. This often results in mismatched typography where the Latin text inherits an Asian font and looks out of place. The cause … Read more
You want to adjust the spacing between characters in a PowerPoint text box to create a specific visual effect or improve readability. PowerPoint calls this setting Character Spacing, and it measures spacing in points, not em units. This article explains how to convert your desired em value into PowerPoint’s point-based system and apply it precisely. … Read more
You want to add typographic polish to your PowerPoint headings using ligatures and other OpenType features. PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 and PowerPoint 2021 support OpenType fonts, but the controls for ligatures are different from those in Word or Adobe applications. This article explains where to find OpenType settings in PowerPoint, how to enable standard and … Read more
You want your slide titles and large display text to look polished and professional, but default letter spacing often looks too loose or uneven. Kerning adjusts the space between specific character pairs to create visually balanced text. This article explains what kerning pairs are, how to enable and fine-tune them in PowerPoint, and which settings … Read more
PowerPoint does not include a dedicated baseline grid snapping feature like Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Publisher. When you align text boxes manually, the text baselines often shift between slides, making multi-slide layouts appear inconsistent. The cause is that PowerPoint aligns objects by their bounding box edges, not by the invisible line where text sits. This … Read more
You want to adjust the space between lines of text in a PowerPoint text box, but the built-in Line Spacing options often feel too rigid or imprecise. PowerPoint does not have a dedicated leading control like professional page-layout software, but you can achieve precise line spacing by combining multiple settings. This article explains the exact … Read more