Working with QAT and Ribbons: Adding Commands to Custom Groups in PowerPoint

Created: Monday, December 11, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 2:40 pm

Updated: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 3:48 pm

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If you want to really benefit from customizing your Ribbon in PowerPoint, then you’ll certainly want to add some commands that are not placed by default within any of the Ribbon tabs. Or maybe you want a particular command available on the Home tab of the Ribbon. Whatever your intent may be, you cannot place any commands within the existing groups that are built within PowerPoint. You first need to add a custom group within any of the tabs available in the Ribbon. Thereafter, you need to populate them with commands.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Adding Commands to Custom Groups in PowerPoint 365

Adding Commands to Custom Groups in PowerPoint 2019

Adding Commands to Custom Groups in PowerPoint 2016

Adding Commands to Custom Groups in PowerPoint 2013

Adding Commands to Custom Groups in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Adding Commands to Custom Groups in PowerPoint 365

Adding Commands to Custom Groups in PowerPoint 2016

Adding Commands to Custom Groups in PowerPoint

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