Presentations Glossary

File Types, File Menu, and Backstage View: Options Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint

Unknown to many users, there are lesser known options within PowerPoint that can change your workflow, and make you work faster. Most of these preferences are to be found within the PowerPoint Options dialog box.

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

Options Tab in Backstage View in PowerPoint 365

Options Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2016

Options Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2013

Options Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2010

Tutorial Code: 01 08 15
Previous: 01 08 14 Help Tab of Backstage View PowerPoint
Next: 01 08 16 Feedback Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 01-08, and Backstage View, File Menu, File Types, Interface and Basics, PowerPoint Tutorials

Shyam Pillai

Shyam Pillai is a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP. His site has many VBA snippets, plus free and commercial PowerPoint add-ins.

Here’s a list of links on Indezine sites, where Shyam Pillai has been featured:

Missing “Video from Web Site” Option in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
March 7, 2014

YouTube Video Wizard
June 22, 2012

Create Spirographs in PowerPoint Programmatically
March 20, 2009

Motion Path Tools
October 27, 2008

Animation Carbon
June 6, 2004

Image Importer Wizard 2.x
November 9, 2001

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Tagged as: Add-in, Shyam Pillai PowerPoint

Spelling, AutoCorrect, and Reference Tools: Sharing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint

Each logged-in user has a default custom dictionary accessible within PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office programs called RoamingCustom.dic. Additionally, you can create and use many more custom dictionaries. Over time, your custom dictionaries may become a very useful resource, especially since any custom dictionary loaded is used by all the Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Let us assume that you have added several words to the custom dictionaries over the last 4 or 5 years, and now you need to move to a new computer.

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

Sharing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 365

Sharing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2016

Sharing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2013

Sharing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Sharing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 05 08 15
Previous: 05 08 14 Edit Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 16 Disable, Enable, and Set the Default Custom Dictionary in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 05-08, AutoCorrect, AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint, PowerPoint Tutorials, Spelling, Spelling AutoCorrect and Reference Tools

Spelling, AutoCorrect, and Reference Tools: Disable, Enable, and Set the Default Custom Dictionary in PowerPoint

Any custom dictionary that you create within PowerPoint or any other Microsoft Office program is used by all the Office applications installed on your computer. Also, any changes made to the list of words within a custom dictionary reflect in proofing tools of all Office applications. Each logged-in user has a default custom dictionary called RoamingCustom.dic, stored in a separate folder for each local user.

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

Disable, Enable, and Set the Default Custom Dictionary in PowerPoint 365

Disable, Enable, and Set the Default Custom Dictionary in PowerPoint 2016

Disable, Enable, and Set the Default Custom Dictionary in PowerPoint 2013

Disable, Enable, and Set the Default Custom Dictionary in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Disable and Enable Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 05 08 16
Previous: 05 08 15 Sharing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 17 Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 05-08, AutoCorrect, AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint, PowerPoint Tutorials, Spelling, Spelling AutoCorrect and Reference Tools

Spelling, AutoCorrect, and Reference Tools: Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint

Although PowerPoint provides a spelling dictionary which contains a list of all common words, you might be working on a particular project that uses uncommon words not found in everyday language. You could edit a custom dictionary or load a ready-made third-party dictionary within PowerPoint. But you can actually create your own dictionary that includes a set of words for a particular project. So, if you need to do a legal presentation for a client once a year, you could create a separate dictionary for just this one project, and then edit it as required within a text editor such as Notepad.

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

Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 365

Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2016

Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2013

Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 05 08 13
Previous: 05 08 12 Loading and Using Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 14 Edit Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 05-08, AutoCorrect, AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint, PowerPoint Tutorials, Spelling, Spelling AutoCorrect and Reference Tools