Working with QAT and Ribbons: Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint

Created: Friday, December 28, 2018, posted by Geetesh at 11:17 am

Updated: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 4:46 pm

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PowerPoint allows you to customize the Ribbon in a number of ways. You can add Ribbon tabs, add Groups, and populate these with commands. And if you think you made a mess and were better off with the defaults, then you can always get back to square one. On a more positive front, you can share your customizations with friends and colleagues, or also your other computers. And you can export your customizations to a file saved as a backup for a rainy day!

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

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint 365

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint 2019

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint 2016

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint 2013

Apple Mac

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint 365

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint 2016

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint

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