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How to Play a PowerPoint Presentation on an iPad: A Step-by-Step Guide

Playing a PowerPoint presentation on an iPad is simple and straightforward. Just ensure you have the Microsoft PowerPoint app installed, and you’re good to go. You’ll be presenting in no time!

After following the steps, your PowerPoint presentation will be up and running on your iPad. Whether it’s for a business meeting or a classroom presentation, you’ll be able to engage your audience effectively.

Step by Step Tutorial on How to Play a PowerPoint Presentation on an iPad

Playing a PowerPoint presentation on an iPad involves a few simple steps that will get your slides up and ready for viewing. Let’s dive in!

Step 1: Download the PowerPoint app

First thing’s first – download the PowerPoint app from the Apple App Store.

The PowerPoint app is free to download but may require a Microsoft Office 365 subscription for full functionality. Make sure you’re signed in to your Microsoft account after downloading the app.

Step 2: Open the app and find your presentation

Open the app and locate the presentation you want to play.

You can access your presentations from cloud storage services like OneDrive or Dropbox, or you can transfer files directly to your iPad using iTunes or email.

Step 3: Open your presentation

Once you’ve found your presentation, tap to open it.

Your PowerPoint slides will appear just as they would on a computer. At this point, you can make any last-minute edits or go straight to presenting.

Step 4: Play your presentation

To start your presentation, tap the “Play” icon.

Your iPad will switch to presentation mode, displaying your slides full-screen. Swipe left or right to navigate through the slides.

Step 5: Use additional features as needed

Take advantage of PowerPoint’s features like highlighting or drawing on slides during your presentation.

These features can be accessed by tapping the pen icon on the screen. They add an interactive element to your presentation and can help emphasize key points.

Tips for Playing a PowerPoint Presentation on an iPad

Make sure your iPad is charged or plugged in; you don’t want it dying mid-presentation!
Familiarize yourself with the app’s interface before the presentation to avoid any hiccups.
Use a stylus for more precise highlighting or drawing on slides.
If you’re presenting to a group, connect your iPad to a larger screen using AirPlay or an adapter.
Practice navigating through your slides on the iPad to ensure a smooth presentation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can i edit my powerpoint presentation on the ipad.

Yes, the PowerPoint app allows you to edit presentations directly on your iPad.

Can I play a presentation without an internet connection?

Yes, once the presentation is downloaded to your device, you do not need an internet connection to play it.

Can I use my iPad as a remote for the presentation?

Yes, with the right setup, you can use your iPad as a remote control to navigate through your slides.

Are animations and transitions supported on the iPad?

Most animations and transitions in PowerPoint are supported on the iPad app.

Can I add notes to my presentation on the iPad?

Yes, you can add and view presenter notes in the PowerPoint iPad app.

Download the PowerPoint app from the Apple App Store.
Open the app and locate your presentation.
Open your presentation.
Play your presentation using the “Play” icon.
Use additional features like highlighting or drawing as needed.

Playing a PowerPoint presentation on an iPad is a breeze once you know the steps. With the portability and convenience of the iPad, you’re no longer tethered to your laptop for presentations. The ability to edit on the go, use interactive features, and present without a hitch makes the iPad a powerful tool for anyone needing to share information visually.

Remember to download the PowerPoint app, familiarize yourself with its features, and practice beforehand to ensure your presentation goes smoothly. And don’t forget, a well-charged iPad is a happy iPad! So, the next time you need to play a PowerPoint presentation, consider using your iPad and impress your audience with your tech-savviness.

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Keynote User Guide for iPad

What’s new in Keynote 14.0
Intro to Keynote
Intro to images, charts, and other objects
Create a presentation
Choose how to navigate your presentation
Open a presentation
Save and name a presentation
Find a presentation
Print a presentation
Prevent accidental editing
Undo or redo changes
Quick navigation
Change the working view
Customize the toolbar
Copy text and objects between apps
Basic touchscreen gestures
Use Apple Pencil with Keynote
Create a presentation using VoiceOver
Add or delete slides
Reorder slides
Group or ungroup slides
Skip or unskip a slide
Change the slide size
Change a slide background
Add a border around a slide
Show or hide text placeholders
Show or hide slide numbers
Apply a slide layout
Add and edit slide layouts
Change a theme
Add an image
Add an image gallery
Edit an image
Add and edit a shape
Combine or break apart shapes
Save a shape to the shapes library
Add and align text inside a shape
Add 3D objects
Add lines and arrows
Add and edit drawings
Add video and audio
Record video and audio
Edit video and audio
Add live video
Set the movie and image formats
Position and align objects
Use alignment guides
Place objects inside a text box or shape
Layer, group, and lock objects
Change object transparency
Fill shapes and text boxes with color or an image
Add a border to an object
Add a caption or title
Add a reflection or shadow
Use object styles
Resize, rotate, and flip objects
Add linked objects to make your presentation interactive
Select text
Copy and paste text
Format a presentation for another language
Use phonetic guides
Use bidirectional text
Use vertical text
Change the look of text
Use text styles
Change text capitalization
Add drop caps
Make characters superscript or subscript
Format fractions automatically
Format dashes and quotation marks
Format Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text
Set tab stops
Format text into columns
Adjust line spacing
Format lists
Add mathematical equations
Add borders and rules (lines) to separate text
Add or delete a table
Select tables, cells, rows, and columns
Add or remove rows and columns
Move rows and columns
Resize rows and columns
Merge or unmerge cells
Change the look of table text
Show, hide, or edit a table title
Change table gridlines and colors
Use table styles
Resize, move, or lock a table
Add and edit cell content
Format dates, currency, and more
Highlight cells conditionally
Format tables for bidirectional text
Alphabetize or sort table data
Add or delete a chart
Change a chart from one type to another
Modify chart data
Move, resize, and rotate a chart
Change the look of data series
Add a legend, gridlines, and other markings
Change the look of chart text and labels
Add a chart border and background
Use chart styles
Animate objects onto and off a slide
Animate objects on a slide
Change build order and timing
Add transitions

Present on your iPad

Present on a separate display
Present on iPad over the internet
Use a remote
Make a presentation advance automatically
Play a slideshow with multiple presenters
Add and view presenter notes
Rehearse on your device
Play a recorded presentation
Check spelling
Look up words
Find and replace text
Replace text automatically
Set your author name for comments
Highlight text
Add and print comments
Send a presentation
Intro to collaboration
Invite others to collaborate
Collaborate on a shared presentation
See the latest activity in a shared presentation
Change a shared presentation’s settings
Stop sharing a presentation
Shared folders and collaboration
Use Box to collaborate
Create an animated GIF
Post your presentation in a blog
Use iCloud Drive with Keynote
Export to PowerPoint or another file format
Restore an earlier version of a presentation
Move a presentation
Delete a presentation
Password-protect a presentation
Create and manage custom themes
Transfer files with AirDrop
Transfer presentations with Handoff
Transfer presentations with the Finder
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcut symbols

Play a Keynote presentation on iPad

To advance through the presentation, do any of the following:

Go to the next slide: Tap the slide.

Go back a slide or reset the builds on the slide: Swipe right. Avoid the left edge of the screen as you swipe, so the slide navigator doesn’t appear.

Jump to a different slide: Tap the left side of the screen to show the slide navigator, then tap the slide you want. You may need to swipe up or down to see all the slides. Tap anywhere on the slide to hide the slide navigator. Even if your device is connected to an external display, the slide navigator appears only on the device.

To see the toolbar, touch and hold anywhere on the screen, then tap a button to show the slide navigator, live video sources , multipresenter slideshow , or drawing and laser pointer controls. Tap away from the toolbar to dismiss it.

To stop playing a presentation, pinch anywhere on the screen.

Draw on a slide as you present

You can draw on your slides as you present to emphasize information on the slide. If you’re using Keynote Remote to control a presentation from your iPad, you can draw on your iPad and have your drawing appear on the Mac, iPhone, or iPad that’s playing your presentation.

A slide in slide illustration mode showing the laser pointer and color selection controls.

Do any of the following:

Draw with a color: Tap a color, then draw with your finger on the slide.

Use the laser pointer: Tap the laser pointer and move your finger around the slide; the laser pointer follows your movements.

Return to the previous slide or advance a slide: Tap the left or right arrow on the slide.

Hide the drawing tools: Tap Done.

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8 Things I’ve Learned Using an iPad for Presentations

I love using my iPad for travel to conferences, and not just because it’s so lightweight and its battery lasts all day. For one thing, with the LTE version I’m not beholden to conference Wi-Fi; while some conferences have good connectivity, I never want to count on it. With the iPad I can nearly always get online.

But the iPad isn’t convenient only for attending conferences. It’s a good tool for presentations, too-or at least an excellent backup for a dedicated computer. I can easily be ready to present if I have a last-minute computer replacement.

Still, I had some things to learn the hard way about using an iPad for presentations. Perhaps I can save you a few steps.

The Basics of Getting Started

Learn the differences between “desktop” keynote and the ipad version.

While I present nearly exclusively from an iPad, I usually build my initial presentation on a Mac. I build all of my presentations in Keynote, and store them in iCloud. I can (and do) make tweaks to a presentation on-site via the iPad version of Keynote, but it always feels as though I’m slightly fighting with the software.

Keynote supports a customizable presenter display in both versions. On the Mac desktop version, you can pick three ways to give yourself that during-the-talk cheat sheet, instructing it to show you the current slide, next slide, and presenter notes. On the iPad, the presenter display options only give you a “two out of three” option, between current slide, next slide, and presenter notes. I begrudgingly pick Next Slide and Presenter Notes, and then I hope the venue has a confidence monitor that shows me what’s on the projector behind me.

Some folks prefer to use Powerpoint or Google Slides. This distills down to religion, and I can confidently state that those people are wrong. Both tools offer iPad versions as well, but I’m not well versed in them. Deckset doesn’t offer an iPad version, and I’ve not had much patience for the swath of custom JavaScript-based presentation tools that render Markdown inside of browsers. I want to like them, but I can’t quite get there yet. As a result, use Keynote; you’ll be happier. As an added bonus, the presentations live in iCloud; with a bit of notice you can grab a copy on someone’s Mac, iPhone, or iPad and be back in business should calamity befall your iPad.

Do be aware that this means that if your presentation requires a demo in a terminal or a web browser, you either get to do some awkward transitions—or accept that presenting from an iPad isn’t right for this talk. I still haven’t found a good way to give my “Terrible Ideas in Git” talk from an iPad due to its live demos…

Invest in a presentation remote

A presentation remote is a necessity, unless you enjoy being trapped behind the podium. I treated myself to a little luxury with the Logitech Spotlight .

This device does it all. It speaks its own wireless protocol via a USB-A dongle that plugs into most laptops, but the Spotlight also speaks Bluetooth with a great range. Its battery charges using a built-in USB-C port that hides behind the dongle, and a single charge lasts for months.

I freely accept that most folks find the idea of paying $129 for a single-purpose device a bit nutty. Those folks generally don’t give double-digit numbers of presentations a year. A word of caution: Don’t leave it behind at the podium after your talk. It’s expensive enough to buy the first time. Please don’t ask me how I know.

Pay attention to fonts and typefaces

I have a condition I jokingly refer to as “typeface blindness.” I can’t tell the difference between most fonts unless I stare at them and actively work out what I’m seeing. I’m told this is atypical, and whenever I forget this fact I get reminded on Twitter. “Well, that’s the fifth talk so far today that uses Helvetica (the system default)” always makes me facepalm. As a result, I make it a point to not use system default fonts.

Contrary to what many folks believe, you can use custom fonts on iOS, but the process is a bit arcane. Do yourself a favor and drop the $2 for AnyFont . This magic app streamlines an otherwise incredibly painful process.

Lessons I’ve Learned

I’m conservative here; while you can save money by buying third party adapters, I find that minimizing the risk of screwing up a presentation in front of 400 people is worth the extortionate rate that Apple charges for first party adapters. You’ll want both HDMI and VGA adapters. Both of these are available in Lightning and USB-C flavors, depending upon which generation of iPad you’re using. Note that this is less of a concern with USB-C than it is with Lightning adapters—just make certain you test all of your adapters before you leave home.

Save time; don’t bother looking for DVI adapters. The iPad officially doesn’t support it, Apple doesn’t sell them for Lightning, and I’ve only ever encountered it on the speaking circuit once. Your test a few hours before your talk will validate that you’ll be okay.

You can never be too rich, too thin, or have a big enough battery pack

Grab a beefy battery pack, and you can go days without finding a power outlet. You don’t want to discover that the podium power strip is full, the extension cord is a trip hazard, or that you don’t have the right adapter for the country you’re in when it’s time to give a talk. Having a battery pack that can borderline jump-start a car means you’re fine so long as your iPad battery level is anywhere about roughly 3%. (Too much lower and the tablet won’t boot at all.)

I like Anker products for this, but your mileage may vary. I soundly endorse finding reputable brands. Saving a few bucks on chargers, cables, or batteries that (a) plug into a very expensive electronic device and (b) have a propensity to include “sets the building on fire” in their list of failure modes just never seemed worth the trade-off to me.

Note: If you need to give away something at a booth, don’t use branded USB battery packs or chargers, as swag. At best, they’re cheap and feel flimsy. At worst, something with your logo on it started a fire.

Spend extra for an LTE connection

You can tether your iPad to a mobile device or ride on conference Wi-Fi. However, if you’re presenting frequently it’s worth the extra money to get an iPad version that can speak to the cell networks. Suddenly you no longer care what the conference Wi-Fi password is, whether you remembered to charge your phone, or if the captive portal login page is going to expire and pop up again mid-presentation.

Speaking of which…

Before the presentation, turn on both “Do Not Disturb” and “Airplane Mode”

In presentation mode, Keynote swears that it blocks pop-ups, reminders, incoming calls, and other distractions. To its credit, I’ve never seen it do otherwise.

That said, I always enable Do Not Disturb on my iPad. I put the device in airplane mode. And only then do I plug in the projector. Perhaps I’m paranoid, but you’re also not seeing horrible screenshots from my talks that feature embarrassing notifications, either.

Update nothing before your presentation

If a new iOS version or a Keynote update comes out the same week as your presentation, fine. But resist the upgrade. It can wait a day.

There have been enough regressions in software over the years that I’m extremely hesitant to trust that everything will “just work” an hour before I go on stage.

These are the sometimes-hard-won lessons I’ve learned after spending a year giving talks solely from an iPad.

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Presenting with the iPad

Get it together

Apple’s $10 Keynote for iOS ( ) can import presentations made in Microsoft PowerPoint ( ) or in Keynote for OS X ( ), but in both cases you’re likely to lose a great deal during the import process. Say goodbye to some fonts, transitions, and builds that aren’t available on the iPad, plus audio and more. (Presenter notes are supported, however, whether created on the iPad or imported from a PowerPoint or Keynote for Mac presentation.) Therefore, when feasible, create your presentation directly on the iPad.

If you do use Keynote on a Mac, be sure to read Apple’s Best practices for creating a presentation on a Mac for use on an iPad , which guides you in selecting compatible templates, fonts, and other features. Once you’ve created your presentation, you need to move it to your iPad. Although the iOS version of Keynote supports iCloud’s Documents in the Cloud feature, which automatically syncs documents on all your iOS devices with Apple’s servers, the Mac version of Keynote still lacks integrated support for this feature. ( OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion will have access to iCloud’s Documents in the Cloud.)

Instead, you must log in to your iCloud account in a Web browser at www.icloud.com , click the iWork icon, click Keynote, and then drag your Keynote document into the browser window. After it uploads, the document will appear automatically in Keynote on your iOS device—but keep in mind that this process doesn’t eliminate the compatibility issues I mentioned a moment ago.

If you don’t use iCloud, another way to move the presentation onto your iPad is to open iTunes, select your iPad, click on the Apps tab, and select Keynote. Drag your presentation to the Keynote Documents list. Then open Keynote on your iPad, go to the Document Manager (if it’s not already visible), tap the folder icon in the upper-right corner, and then tap your presentation. Or, if you want the convenience of cloud-based syncing without iCloud, a service called DropDAV ($5 per month) enables Keynote users to connect to Dropbox ( ) via WebDAV.

One note: If you’ve already created a presentation in PowerPoint, also take a look at SlideShark , a free iPad app for viewing and displaying PowerPoint presentations. It’s not perfect, but it does a better job supporting PowerPoint documents than any other iPad app I’ve seen.

Use an external display

If your audience is very small—perhaps you’re showing your portfolio to a potential client or giving your boss a quick demo—you could show your presentation on the iPad itself, albeit without the presenter notes. But you’re more likely to prefer using a projector or other display.

Plug it in One way to do this is to plug a video adapter into your iPad’s Dock connector, and then connect that to your display. You’ll get the best results (and the highest resolution) using a display or projector with either the $39 Apple Digital AV Adapter (for displays with HDMI inputs) or the $29 Apple VGA Adapter (for displays with VGA inputs).

If you’re connecting to a television with neither HDMI nor VGA inputs, you can instead use the $39 Apple Component AV Cable or the $39 Apple Composite AV Cable , as appropriate, although both offer lower resolution than the Digital AV and VGA adapters. Although this wired approach works just fine, it’s difficult to hold your iPad while giving a presentation without the video cable falling out—I speak from personal experience.

Mirror a newer iPad With an iPad 2 or later, either the Digital AV or VGA adapter lets your iPad mirror everything from its internal screen onto the external display, which may be useful if you want your presentation to include demonstrations of other iPad apps or content that’s not within Keynote itself. However, note that on the original iPad, where mirroring is unavailable, Keynote itself produces no external video signal until you tap the Play button (which is probably what you want anyway).

If you prefer to roam across the stage holding your iPad while you speak, you can beam your presentation’s audio and video wirelessly using AirPlay mirroring—provided you have an iPad 2 or later running at least iOS 5. To pull off this trick, you’ll need an AirPlay receiver connected to the projector or display and on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPad. Apple’s $99 Apple TV ( ) can serve this purpose, if you happen to have one handy. Alternatively, assuming a Mac or PC is available, you can install either of two similar utilities: AirServer (Mac version, $15; Windows version, $8) or Squirrels’ Reflection (Mac only, $15). Either of these apps can turn a computer into an AirPlay receiver, no Apple TV required. They even support displaying screens from multiple iOS devices at the same time. Note that the PC version of AirServer currently lacks audio support, but the developer says it’s “coming soon.”

Once your AirPlay receiver is set up, you can mirror your iPad’s display by double-pressing the Home button, swiping the multitasking bar toward the right, and tapping the AirPlay button. Tap the name of the device you want to use for mirroring and then set the Mirroring switch to On.

Control the presentation

Once you tap Play, you can use your iPad to control the presentation as well as provide presenter notes for yourself (a cheat sheet, if you will) that the audience won’t see. To change what’s on the iPad’s screen when using an external display, tap the Layouts icon and then one of the follow buttons: Current (the current build of the slide as shown on the external display), Next (the next build, which may or may not be the next slide), Current and Next (current and next builds side by side), or Current and Notes (current build and any accompanying presenter notes). This final layout is the only one to display presenter notes, but you can supplement it by tapping the button in the upper left corner to display a list of slide thumbnails, which can aid in navigation (tap a thumbnail to jump directly to that slide).

To advance to the next build or slide, tap once anywhere, or swipe toward the left. To go back, swipe toward the right. A nice extra in Keynote for the iPad is a “laser pointer”: Touch and hold on the iPad’s screen to show a red dot, which moves with your finger on the main display. Lift your finger and the dot disappears. This is useful when you want to call attention to a particular area of a slide. To end the presentation (and turn off Keynote’s video output), tap the Close icon.

If your iPad is physically connected to your display—or if you want to be able to move around during your presentation without carrying the iPad with you—you can download Apple’s Keynote Remote app ($1) on your iPhone or iPod touch. Follow the instructions to pair Keynote Remote with your iPad using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and then your iPhone or iPod touch becomes a remote control for Keynote on your iPad, complete with previews of your slides.

Senior contributor Joe Kissell is the senior editor of TidBits and the author of the ebook Take Control of Working with Your iPad .

[Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include information about iCloud, AirPlay, and the third-generation iPad.]

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PowerPoint for iPad: A Visual Guide

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In this first ever visual guide for the iPad version of Microsoft PowerPoint (iPad PPT), we show you step-by-step how to use the app, as well as all of the nitty gritty details behind it that you likely don’t know.

We highlight those “little hiccups” that will drive you up the wall (it’s still not the same experience as your desktop version), and we’ve done our best to show you the workarounds, if and when they exist.

Make sure to note the orange boxes we’ve sprinkled through the guide with pro tips and tricks based on years of experience building PowerPoint presentations…ignore them at your own peril

We will do our best to keep this guide up to date with each new Microsoft update. If you see something that we’ve missed, PLEASE let us know and we’ll do our best to update this guide ASAP.

Don’t have the PowerPoint app on your iPad yet? Download it by clicking here .

Things that go well with your iPad

Here are some useful resources for working with PowerPoint for the iPad:

Microsoft apps for the iPad

If you want to edit or display your Microsoft documents in their native environments on your iPad or iPhone, you’ll need to download the Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, OneNote, and OneDrive apps on your iPad and iPhone through the iTunes store. Find them here .

Microsoft Office 365

Get automatic upgrades and unlimited storage by signing up for the Microsoft 365 subscription model. Check out the latest of version of Microsoft Office here .

Lightning to VGA adapter

If you’re giving presentations with your iPad, don’t assume the meeting room will have the right adapters for you. So make sure you always bring one with you. I like apple’s adapters as they’re sleek and are 100% compatible with your device.

Bluetooth speaker

Again, if you’re giving a presentation in a meeting room and need to play music/video, be aware that your ipad’s speakers will probably not be strong enough to fill the whole room. This super compact wireless speaker hooks up incredibly easily to your ipad or iphone with no software or app necessary, and provides really high quality sound for the price.

iPhone/iPad stand

Although the iphone and ipad are designed to be light and portable, carrying them around throughout a presentation, especially if you’re moving around a room, can be a bit cumbersome. Keep your device upright and in front of you with this no-frills stand. It will fit just about any device.

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FINALLY…PowerPoint on our tablet! Down with the laptop and the desktop! Not so fast…

Although it is EXCITING to finally have PowerPoint on the iPad….there are MANY more versions to come before it can replace the desktop PowerPoint environment.

Until then, PowerPoint on your iPad is best thought of as an “extension” of the desktop experience, not as a replacement.

Yes, with each new PowerPoint for iPad update, you do get some new features, but the vast majority of REAL work that you do in PowerPoint (in our humble opinion) should still be done on your desktop.

Why? Because it’s just plain faster!

Yes, we are biased…we live, die and breath shortcuts on our keyboard AND we use LOTS of tips and tricks that haven’t come onto the iPad (yet)….so it’s okay to disagree with us.

With all that said, this is a GREAT step forward and we are PSYCHED for all the future updates and the new Office 2015.

We hope this guides helps make PowerPoint on your iPad a little bit, if not A LOT, easier for you to figure out.

This guide is organized according to the different Views in the app, and then according to each element within those Views. You can access all of these pieces using the tables of contents bar on the left.

If you want a fast way to find a command, simply hit Ctrl + F on your keyboard to search this page.

Account Settings

In this section, we look at the different things you can do in the Account Settings, such as signing out, signing in, and how to add multiple OneDrive accounts. To do any of these, you’ll have to go into the File View. In the top left hand corner, you have your Account Settings icon (with or without your account picture).

Signing out

Pro Tip: Instead of signing out of your account, you can add multiple OneDrive services to the same account so that you can access your business and personal files.

If you accidentally get signed out, here’s a step-by-step guide for how to sign back into your account. To sign into your account, follow these 4 steps (click to open gallery & instructions):

Microsoft Account: Sign in with the account you use for OneDrive, Xbox, LIVE, Outlook.com or other Microsoft services.

Organizational Account: Sign in with the account provided by your work, school or university.

Adding a service

Pro Tip: Your Office 365 account starts with a OneDrive service attached to it (whether or not you have anything in it). If you have multiple OneDrive accounts, you can add them to your account (home or office accounts), allowing you to access those files directly on your iPad.

Note: Only Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, and Dropbox are currently supported on Office for iPad.

In this section, you will learn how to create a new file/presentation, from scratch, as well as some key tips to keep in mind. To create a new presentation, follow these 2 steps (click to open gallery & instructions):

Recent files

If you have an internet connection, the most recent version of the file will be downloaded from your OneDrive and will open on your iPad.
If you do not have an internet connection BUT have previously opened the document on your iPad before, the document will open, but it will not reflect any recent changes made to the version on your OneDrive (if you’ve made any changes from your desktop).
If you do not have an internet connection and have never opened the document before on your iPad. You will receive a ‘No Internet Connection’ dialog box (below).

Email as Link: Creates a “View Only” link or a “View and Edit” link of your file and launches the Mail App.
Email as Attachment: Attaches the presentation to an email, the recipient can open and edit the document natively.
Copy Link: Creates a “View Only” link or a “View and Edit” link of your file that you can paste into other documents or emails.

Move to Cloud: Allows you to move a presentation stored locally on your iPad onto your OneDrive. This option is only available when working with a file that is stored locally on your iPad.

Remove from Recent: Removes a file from this Recent menu here on your iPad AND on your desktop. This is not the same as deleting a file, it merely removes it from the Recent files list. To delete a file, you’ll have to go into Properties in the Open menu.

Discard Changes: Still not really clear what this does. If you figure it out, let us know.

Properties: Shows you additional properties about your file including filename, location, type, size, author, created, last modified, modified by and company.

Note: You can only create links for files stored on your OneDrive. If you have a locally stored file that you want to share a link to, you first need to move it to your OneDrive before you can create and share a link.

Note: You cannot edit any of these properties from your iPad, you must do so from your desktop version of PowerPoint. However, there are work arounds that will allow you to change the file name from your iPad. To see how that works, check out the section on renaming and duplicating your files.

Sharing: Below the file name, you can see if the document is being shared with anyone else.

Reloading Your Files: If you don’t see a file that you have recently saved to the OneDrive, push and drag down with your finger to reload the file menu. Sometimes there is some lag time depending on the speed of your internet connection.

To Pin a file: Simply select a non-colored pin
To Unpin a file: Simply reselect the colored pin

Pro Tip: Keep in mind that pinned documents’ names do not update in this recent list if you change their file name. If you try and open a pinned file that has been renamed, you will receive an error message. So if you pin files and rename them, you will need to do some pin-maintenance either on your iPad or desktop version of PowerPoint.

The ‘Open’ area of the File View is where you will find all of the documents on your OneDrive services, as well as those saved on your iPad. So in this section, we’ll cover how to go about opening your files, as well as some EXTREMELY handy Pro Tips about sharing your documents and editing their properties.

Email as Link: Creates a “View Only” link or a “View and Edit” link of your file and launches the Mail App.
Email as Attachment: Attaches the presentation to an email, the recipient can open and edit the document natively.
Copy Link: Creates a “View Only” link or a “View and Edit” link of your file that you can paste into other documents or emails.

Delete: This is the only place where you can delete files from your different OneDrive accounts or from your iPad.

Properties: Shows you additional properties about your file, including: filename, location, type, size, author, created, last modified, modified by and company.

The Normal View

Navigation buttons

1. Back Button

PowerPoint for iPad Navigation File Menu Options

The undo and redo commands are the iPad keyboard of the CTRL + Z and CTRL + Y keyboard shortcuts on the desktop version of PowerPoint. Similar to the desktop version, you are given 15 commands in both directions, you can undo undo up to 15 actions, or redo 15 actions.

Note: The Navigation Bar is fixed as is. You currently cannot add other commands to it like you can on a Windows based version of PowerPoint with the Quick Access Toolbar. We hope to see this updated in a later version!

4. Autosave

The AutoSave command controls whether or not changes to your presentation are automatically saved and synced with OneDrive. By default, PowerPoint for your iPad is set to AutoSave, which occurs:

Periodically as you are working within your presentation
Immediately when you hit the back button to return to the file menu view

Don’t make the same mistake I made – save your presentation!

PowerPoint for iPad Navigation File Menu Problem Saving

This might sound obvious, but before closing PowerPoint on your iPad, hit the Back Button to return to the file menu view to ensure that the latest edits to your presentation are saved.

If you close the PowerPoint app by double-clicking the Apple button and swiping up (thus closing the app), you can lose the latest changes to your presentation…not fun!

So to ensure you save your latest changes, hit the button BEFORE closing the PowerPoint app.

PowerPoint for iPad Navigation File Menu Save Changes

If you choose this mode, to save your presentation, you need to either:

Open the file menu and hit the green save button
Hit the back button to return to file menu view to launch the Save dialog box

The Name command allows you to edit the name of a newly created AND unsaved PowerPoint presentation. As 90% of the presentations you work on your iPad will not be newly created or unsaved, this option will likely always be greyed out.

For example, if you create a new presentation on your iPad and have not saved it, the name command option is available. That said, as soon as you save the file with a name, this option becomes greyed out (forever).

How do you rename a file on your iPad?

To rename a presentation (or other office file) on your iPad, you either have to:

#1: Duplicate the presentation and save it with a new name. This will create a brand new document, so if you don’t want the older document, you will need to navigate to where it is saved on your iPad, or on your OneDrive and delete it. Painful, I know!

#2: Use the OneDrive app to rename your document (see our blog post on how to rename files in your OneDrive app).

6. Duplicate

The duplicate command creates a new copy of your current presentation and takes you to the File Menu View to rename your presentation (the same is true for the other Microsoft Office apps on your iPad). This is the Save As equivalent, or F12 keyboard shortcut on your desktop version of PowerPoint.

Note: Duplicating a presentation will not overwrite the original presentation, it will only create a new presentation with the new name you give it.

How to move my Presentation from OneDrive to my iPad:

To move a file from OneDrive to your iPad, you need to open the file, duplicate it and then select your iPad as the storage device. There is currently not a “move to iPad” command like there is a “move to cloud” command.

Note: Files stored on your iPad open faster than their OneDrive equivalents as they do not need to download the latest version.

PowerPoint for iPad Navigation File Menu Print Options

The restore command gives you a options for reverting back to an earlier version of your PowerPoint presentation.

You can either:

Back to the original you started with: Revert back to when it was last opened (PowerPoint will give you the specific time that it was opened). Doing so you get a warning indicating at what time the file was opened, so you get a sense of how far back you are going. Note: If this option is greyed out, it means there is currently nothing to revert back to.
Back to an online saved version of your presentation: Can revert back to an online saved version of your presentation. This option assumes that the file is saved on OneDrive and that you have an internet connection. Selecting this option launches safari and takes you to OneDrive. Log in with your Microsoft account and you will see all of the previous versions of your file by date on the left (assuming you have some) and allows you to revert back to that specific date.

9. Properties

Shows you the properties of your PowerPoint presentation including:

Last modified
Modified by

Note: File Properties (other than Name) are only editable on the desktop version of PowerPoint. To modify a presentation’s name, you can duplicate the presentation and save it as a new name, or use the OneDrive app for PowerPoint to edit the presentation’s name on your OneDrive. To learn more about this, check out our article on using the OneDrive App .

The Help and Support button launches basic help, support and tutorials for PowerPoint on your iPad. This menu is not extensive, but does offer solutions to simple questions you might have.

Note: You do need an internet connection to launch this dialog box.

The Home tab

1. New slide

This opens the PowerPoint slide gallery and allows you to pick from the available layouts within your presentation.

The five slide layouts shown in the picture are the standard layouts we use at Nuts & Bolts Speed Training for 99% of all of our PowerPoint presentations, you might have more or less slides layouts depending on your setup.

The Price of iPad Portability

Limited to Inserting Slides Only: You are limited to inserting slides layouts on your iPad. The Slide Master View is currently unavailable for PowerPoint on your iPad.

Changing a Slide’s Layout: You are limited to inserting new slides on your iPad, you cannot push a layout onto an existing slide.

To move an existing slide onto an new layout, you either need to wait until you are on your desktop version of PowerPoint, or insert a new slide layout, and copy and paste the different objects onto the new slide layout….kind of sucks, but that’s the price of portability.

2. Font styles

Copying and Pasting Style: If you are simply trying to match the font style of an object, it is often faster to copy and paste the font style you are trying to match, rather than identifying the font style, and then changing the font elsewhere

Microsoft Account: Sign in with the account you use for OneDrive, Xbox, LIVE, Outlook.com or other Microsoft services.

3. Font size

The font size dropdown in PowerPoint for iPad gives you three different ways to change the font size of your text:

#1 Pre-set Sizes: Select a preset size in the dropdown menu

#2 Clicker: You can use the plus and minus signs to select a font size

#3 Manually: You can double-tab the number between the plus sign and minus sign, and manually type in your desired font size

4. Bold / italics / underline

Bold: Creates bold text for highlighting information, often used in titles.
Italics: Creates italicized text for highlighting information, often used in subtitles and quotes.
Underline : Creates an underline text for highlight information, often used in titles and subtitles.

Note: There is no way to make a double underline in PowerPoint for your iPad. Pro Tip: Don’t overdo it

If everything is important, nothing is important. Use text highlighting sparingly to better emphasize your points.

5. Formatting

Strikethrough: Creates a strikethrough effect to emphasize that something should be removed
Subscript & Superscript : Creates the -25% offset subscript and +30% offset superscript formatting. These are typically used in formulas, mathematical expressions and specifications for chemicals and isotopes

PowerPoint for iPad #6A Font Color Optioins

Includes the basic theme colors for your PowerPoint presentation, and their resulting gradients (which you cannot manually set).

Automatic: The automatic color is determined by the “Windows Text” color set in Control Panel Display Appearance. Changing this color will affect text color in all Windows applications.

Editing Your Presentation’s Theme: Currently you are not allowed to change or edit your PowerPoint presentation’s theme on your iPad. All theme editing or updating must be done on your desktop version of PowerPoint.

Setting Your Presentation’s Defaults on Your Desktop: You can set the default formatting for your objects on your desktop version of PowerPoint and those defaults will carry over into PowerPoint for your iPad.

6b. More colors

PowerPoint-for-iPad-6B-More-Color-Options

#1 More Colors: Selecting more colors gives you a dialog box with standard colors to choose from.

#2 Recent Colors: If you use the Custom Color option to create your own colors within your presentation, this second row of recent colors populates.

#3 Custom Color: Allows you to select your own color from a color grid (which is not very useful as you cannot get a precise color).

Advanced Color Formatting: Currently there are no options to input RGB or HSL codes to create specific custom colors or apply transparencies in PowerPoint for your iPad. The eyedropper tool is also not available.

To copy a custom color style (font color, shape fill or shape outline) into your recent colors to reuse somewhere else, see our blog post on using custom colors in PowerPoint on your iPad. 7. Text styles

PowerPoint for iPad #7 Text Style Options

Includes standard WordArt styles you can apply to highlight your message.

Style Note: WordArt is often distracting and hard to read and should be used sparingly if at all. See the example of Aqua, Accent 1, Reflection below the font styles gallery I created.

Note: You do not have the Text Fill, Text Outline and Text Effect options that you have on your desktop version of PowerPoint. You are currently limited to these 20 styles.

Left / Center / Right / Justify: Dictates the horizontal text alignment for text within a given PowerPoint object.

Top / Middle / Bottom: Dictates vertical text alignment for text within a given PowerPoint object.

Horizontal / Rotate Clockwise / Rotate Counterclockwise / Stacked: Dictates the rotation of your text within a given PowerPoint object. See next page for examples of each.

Columns: Controls how many columns of text are within an object. This is often used for objects with lots of text to visually break up the text.

Note: Notice that the alignment drop down stays open so that you can make multiple selections at the same time while working in your presentation…very handy!

PowerPoint for iPad #9 Bullet and Numbering Options

Allows you to select bullet and numbers options for your lists in PowerPoint, but there are number of limitations that you should be aware of:

Limitation #1 : The Ruler – As you cannot access the ruler in PowerPoint for your iPad, you are stuck with the default bullet and numbering tab spacing

Limitation #2: Custom Bullets – You cannot create custom bullets like you can on your desktop version. That said, custom bullets and numbering created on the desktop version of PowerPoint does carry over into PowerPoint for your iPad, but you are not allowed to use it outside of the shape that it is currently set in.

Limitation #3: Numbers Start at 1 – All numbers on the iPad start at 1. You cannot adjust the starting number.

10. List level increase / list level decrease

Decrease List Level: SHIFT + TAB equivalent on the desktop version of PowerPoint. Moves a bullet or numbering backwards one indent level

Increase List Level: TAB equivalent on the desktop version of PowerPoint. Moves a bullet or numbering forward one indent level.

11. Text box

Inserts a text box into the middle of your PowerPoint slide.

Note: All inserted objects always start in the middle of your slide. There is currently no setting to manually place/draw your objects in after you have selected them.

12. Shapes gallery

Opens the shapes gallery and allows you to pick a shape to insert into the middle of your PowerPoint slide.

Shapes Always Default to the Center of Your Slide: Whenever you insert an object, it always defaults to the center of your slide.

You will need to manually drag it around and position it. To make sure your shapes are the same size, either copy and paste an existing shape on your slide, or line it up next to your shape, and resize it using your SmartGuides.

The Insert tab

Inserting a table immediately gives you a default 3 by 3 table in the center of your PowerPoint slide and opens the Table Tab on the Ribbon. See Table Tab for Table Options.

3. Pictures

Selecting pictures opens the Photo Gallery. Currently, you are only allowed to insert pictures that are stored locally on your iPad (in your Camera Roll, Photo Streams, etc.).

If you have company pictures on your computer that you want to access on your iPad, you can share those pictures wireless through the iCloud service so that you can access them in PowerPoint on your iPad.

Check out Apple’s step-by-step walk-through of the iCloud service .

PowerPoint-for-iPad-Insert-Tab-4-Shapes-Gallery

Opens the shapes gallery and adds the Shape Tab on the Ribbon.

Default Your Shapes on Your Desktop: To avoid clumsy formatting in PowerPoint for your iPad, I highly recommend setting default formatting on the desktop version of PowerPoint for your specific decks as it carries over onto your iPad.

To set the default formatting on your desktop version of PowerPoint, simply right-click the shape you want to default the formatting for, and in the right-click menu, select set as default shape (line or text box, depending on what you are defaulting).

5. Text boxes

Inserts a text box into the middle of your PowerPoint slide and opens the Shapes tab on the Ribbon.

Pro Tip: Insert rectangles instead of text boxes to avoid the default “resize shape to fit text” setting. All text boxes start with this default setting and there is no way to un-select or change this formatting option in PowerPoint for your iPad.

The Transitions tab

1. Transition effect

Represents the 39 different types of transitions you can apply to your PowerPoint slides on your iPad.

32 of the 39 transition effects have effect options associated with them which changes the direction of the transition. These variations are often from left to right, or from top to bottom. For the style effects to be active, a transition with effects has to first be applied to a slide.

To change the effect options, simply select the alternative transition effect you would like for your slide.

Style Note: As transitions are often distracting when giving a presentation, I highly recommend using them sparingly (if at all) within your presentations.

PowerPoint for iPad Transitions Tab #2 Effect Options 2

Previewing a Transition: To preview your transition, hit the “from current” icon in the upper right hand corner of your screen to start the presentation form the current slide. Once in presentation mode, swipe right once to move to the previous slide, and then swipe left to preview the transition you just set for your slide.

Transitions without effects:

The Flash, Curtains

PowerPoint for iPad Transitions Tab #2 Effect Options 3

3. Apply to all styles

PowerPoint-for-iPad-Transitions-Tab-3-Apply-To-All-Slides

The Review tab

1. Show comments

PowerPoint for iPad Review Tab #1 Comments On Off

Allows you to turn comments on or off in your PowerPoint presentation. Comments appear either in the upper left hand corner of the slide, or on the specific objects they have been added to.

Note: Comments can be only be viewed on the iPad, there is currently no support for editing, adding or removing comments from a presentation.

PowerPoint for iPad Review Tab #1 General Comment

2. Previous

Cycles backwards to the previous com ment within your presentation, starting from your current slide

PowerPoint for iPad Review Tab #2 Next Comment

The Picture tab

1. Picture styles

Represents the 28 different preset picture styles you can apply to your pictures in PowerPoint.

2. Picture shadows

Represents the 23 different preset picture shadows you can apply to your pictures in PowerPoint.

4. Re-order

All objects on a PowerPoint slide exist in a stacking or layering order based on when they were inserted onto the slide.

Bring Forward: Brings an object forward, one layer.
Bring to Front: Brings an object to the front layer of all the other objects on the slide
Send Backward: Sends an object backwards one layer.
Send to Back: Sends an object all the way to the back layer behind all the other objects on the slide.

Pro Tip 2: The Bring to Front and Send to Back commands are the fastest and easiest commands to use, as you know exactly where your objects will go. Best practice is to use these first, and then readjust any other objects that you want behind or in front of your other objects.

Note: More than one object has to be present on the slide for this command to be active.

The Shapes tab

1. Text Styles

The Text Styles gallery includes the 20 standard WordArt text styles that you can use to bring emphasis to or highlight the text within your presentation.

Are text styles worth using? Typically not, but it really depends on what you are trying to accomplish.

For example, for corporate presentations, WordArt is distracting and hard to read and should be used sparingly, if at all. That said, if you are using PowerPoint as a medium for creating a poster or a graphic for a website, the WordArt text styles could be useful.

Missing Text Styles Options: In PowerPoint for your iPad, the Text Fill, Text Outline and Text Effect formatting options are not available, you can currently only play with these options on your desktop version of PowerPoint.

2. Shape Styles

The Shapes Styles represent the 42 different default shape formatting styles you can apply to your shapes in PowerPoint. Now although these are tempting to use, keep in mind that anyone who has PowerPoint has access to these shape styles, so simply using these default formatting styles will result in a very default looking PowerPoint presentation.

Can I change the default shapes styles in the gallery? Yes, the shape styles are dictated by your PowerPoint theme settings, so manipulating or building a corporate theme will change these default formatting styles.

3. Shape fill

Allows you to change the shape outline color in PowerPoint.

PowerPoint for iPad Shapes Tab #4 Shape Line

Bring Forward: Brings an object forward, one layer
Bring to Front: Brings an object to the front layer of all the other objects on the slide
Send Backward: Sends an object backwards one layer
Send to Back: Sends an object all the way to the back layer behind all the other objects on the slide

PowerPoint for iPad Shapes Tab #5 Reorder

The Table tab

Single tap a table: Get the standard object edit menu.
Double tap a cell within a table: Get the table specific edit menu.
Cut: Cuts the text out of the selected cell.
Copy: Copies the text in the selected cell.
Paste: Pastes in your last copied text or object. Note that you cannot copy and paste formatting between tables.
Clear: Clears the contents of the cell.
Delete: Opens an additional menu allowing you to either delete the column or row you are currently in.
Insert: Allows you to insert a column to the left of the current cell, or a row above your current cell.
AutoFit: Collapses the column width to fit the text within it.

PowerPoint for iPad Table Edit Commands Options

Header Row: Formats the first row in your table as a header row
Total Row: Formats the last row in your table as a total
Banded Row: Adds a rotating fill color to the horizontal rows of your table
First Column: Highlights the first column in a table
Last Column: Highlights the last column in a table
Banded Columns: Adds a rotating fill color to the vertical columns of your table

PowerPoint for iPad Table Tab #1 Table Styles Options Selected

Note: As you make table selections, the style gallery will populate with a live preview of those options for the different table styles.

2. Table styles

From a formatting perspective, I highly recommend starting with a pre-formatted table style that gets you closest to your end result, and then manually tweaking the table from there.

Lists the different default table styles you can apply to your tables in PowerPoint.

Note: The Styles Options (discussed above) that you have selected, will be shown within the Table Styles Gallery making it easier to pick the default style that get you closest to your end goal.

Style Note: Use the formatting / highlighting sparing to increase the effectiveness of your table.

Tapping the fill colors opens the theme colors drop down, which you can use to manually override any of the Table Styles you have already applied to your table.

PowerPoint for iPad Table Tab #3 Table Shading

Pro Tip: To reverse the banding of your rows or columns, first, manually format the first row or column with a fill color, and then toggle on or off the header row option or the first column option.

Note: You are not able to change the outline weights or colors of a table or cells within a table in PowerPoint on your iPad. All table border formatting will have to wait until you are on your desktop of PowerPoint.

Gives you options to insert rows above or below the current cell you have selected within your table, or columns to the left or right of the current cell you have selected.

PowerPoint for iPad Table Tab #4 Table Insert

How can I insert multiple rows or columns at the same time? To insert multiple rows or columns within your table, first select multiple rows or columns within your table. With multiple rows or columns selected, when you click insert, the same number of rows or columns will be added to your table.

Deletes the row, column or table that you currently have selected.

PowerPoint for iPad Table Tab #5 Table Delete

How do I AutoFit multiple columns at the same time? First select the individual columns (or the entire table) before selecting AutoFit.

7. Alignment

The Text Alignment command changes the horizontal text alignment (Left, Center, Right) or the vertical text alignment (Top, Middle, Bottom) of a cell within the selected cell in your table (similar to using the Text Alignment tool on your shapes or other PowerPoint objects).

The Reorder command allows you to change the layering of the objects on your PowerPoint Slide. All objects on your slide exist in a stacking or layering order (one on top of the other) based on when they were inserted on to the slide.

Bring Forward: Brings an object forward, one layer
Bring to Front: Brings an object to the front layer of all the other objects on the slide
Send Backward: Sends an object backward one layer
Send to Back: Sends an object all the way to the back layer behind all the other objects on the slide

PowerPoint for iPad Table Tab #8 Reorder

Pro Tip: When using the reorder command on a busy PowerPoint slide with lots of objects, the Bring to Front and Send to Back commands are the fastest and easiest to use, as you know exactly where your objects will end up.

Why is the reorder command grayed out? More than one PowerPoint object has to be present on your slide for the Reorder command to be active.

The Notes pane

1. Opening the Notes pane To open the Notes Pane, tap in the lower right-hand corner of your screen where it says ‘Notes’.

PowerPoint for iPad Notes Pane #1 Opening

How do I best use the Notes pane on your iPad? I find the notes pane useful for quickly reviewing notes prior to your presentation, as the automatic full screen mode makes it easy to both review the notes for a particulate slide, and see the thumbnail of that particular slide, outlined in orange on the left side of the screen. The notes pane will also conveniently stay open on your iPad until you manually close it.

2. Closing the Notes pane

To close the Notes Pane in PowerPoint on your iPad, simply click the notes icon in in the upper right-hand corner of the slide, and you will return to the Normal View of your presentation.

PowerPoint for iPad Notes Pane #2 Closing

Share & Slide Show View

These are the options for sharing your documents:

Email as Link: Creates a “View Only” link or a “View and Edit” link of your file and launches the Mail App.
Email as Attachment: Attaches the presentation to an email, the recipient can open and edit the document natively.
Copy Link: Creates a “View Only” link or a “View and Edit” link of your file that you can paste into other documents or emails.

The Slide Show icon starts your presentation in slide show mode starting form the current slide. Besides running your presentation, this is great for spot checking your content and for reviewing any transitions you have applied as there is no “live preview” for them on your iPad.

The Slide Show icon is the equivalent of hitting the F5 keyboard shortcut on your desktop version of PowerPoint.

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iPad presentation mode

The iPad is becoming especially in business more and more popular. Many professional and useful apps are available for the iPad. In this blog you will learn how to use the iPad on an external mode to present the content.

Merlin Project

With Merlin Project you have the professional project management software on the iPad and thus directly in your hand. Use AirPlay for a WLAN connection to the external screen or connect it directly to your iPad using an optional adapter. This will mirror all content from the iPad to the external screen.

This is already a very useful feature. But it can be even better.

With the presentation mode feature shown, Merlin Project controls no longer appear on the external screen. This gives you more area of the external screen to display the contents of your project. Especially for project meetings and conferences a very valuable tool.

The controls remain visible to you on the iPad for editing the content.

Also, make sure that you always use the current system on all devices, if possible, to avoid problems with AirPlay.

Other apps that currently have such a similar approach include:

Apple Keynote
Microsoft PowerPoint
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Let collaborators get hands-on with their feedback, with some guardrails. Lock the model viewport on your iPad, so they can view the model without the risk of accidentally editing geometry. Or, hand over the Apple Pencil and let collaborators mark up overtop your model while in Presentation Mode.

Working together is now easier across our iPad and Web apps using link sharing . Simply create a link, and share that URL with anyone to show off your 3D ideas. Collaborators can open your model in a view-only mode in SketchUp for Web without logging in or downloading any software. Ditch the screenshots and PNGs in email and immerse others in your living, breathing 3D model!

The finer points of teamwork

Share your 3D model with anyone (even non-SketchUp users) using a link.
Enjoy real-time updates; making changes to your models will prompt collaborators in-app to refresh for the latest version.
Revoke access at any time by stopping link-sharing.

That’s not all. With these tool updates, we’ve given SketchUp for iPad serious modeling muscle.

Core modeling improvements

Use the Rotated Rectangle tool to draw rectangles at precise angles in fewer clicks.
Add text in 3D to your model with the 3D Text tool . Type into the dialog panel, adjust the text and watch it come to life in 3D.

Video showing how to use the Outliner tool

Organization nerds rejoice! Outliner is in SketchUp for iPad . Now, you can organize objects in a clean hierarchy and control their visibility within the Outliner tree.

The journey to get your ideas built requires both creativity and collaboration. With these new updates to SketchUp for iPad and Web, the adventure just got easier. Catch the complete list of updates in our release notes .

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If you’re a Go, Pro, or Studio subscriber, download the iPad app today .

If you’re just beginning your 3D journey, start a free trial of SketchUp Go via the Apple App store. Just scan the QR code below to get started.

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The cybercriminals managed to manipulate the payment pages of these online stores to transmit credit card and personal information to their servers, in addition to the legitimate ones, to help remain undetected.

“These threat groups employed various evasion strategies to prevent detection of their phishing pages by site administrators and users, using multiple vulnerabilities and tools,” the security duo stated in their Black Hat briefing .

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One of the threat actor’s primary ways of cashing in was leveraging Apple Store Online’s ‘Pickup Contact’ policy, according to the study. “The ultimate objective of this operation was financial gain,” explained Kim.

The scheme starts with selling new Apple products at “discounted” prices in second-hand online stores in South Korea. From what the research describes, these appear to be the equivalent of a Craiglist or eBay. When the buyer reaches an agreement with the seller, or in this case, the threat actors, previously stolen card credit details are used to purchase the actual product from the Apple Store.

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“A stolen card was used to make a $10,000 payment at an Apple store, but Apple’s refusal to cooperate due to internal regulations has hindered the investigation,” citing the researcher’s presentation at Black Hat Asia in a more extreme case. “Despite Mr. Yoon’s efforts to report the incident to both the card company and the police immediately, Apple’s lack of cooperation has led to over a month of investigation delays. Apple’s refusal to provide any information, citing internal policy, has sparked criticism both domestically and in the United States, despite the company’s emphasis on privacy protection.”

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I have not been able to figure the logic behind using the Apple Pen in presentation mode from the iPad. Sometimes only pencil wrotes. Sometime both hand and pencil write and simetimes only hand. And sometimes I can not use the eraser. Also I am womdering why there is no undo functionality.

Can you please point me to a place that describes the logic?

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Hi I also have issues with Apple pencil using an iPad pro to run power point on a Teams training session.

I draw on my power point slides - when I do this in a normal face to face training course it seems to work fine however when sharing screen and running a power point in Teams it constantly just stops working, then it starts working, then it stops again & I can't work out the logic of what is happening?

I have a second generation pencil & a 2020 Ipad pro 12.9 and use Office 365 for business which is always up to date

Can you help?

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I have an iPAD 2021 11" Pro running iPadOS 14.6. I'm using MS PowerPoint (latest ipad version as of today's date) in presentation mode via Sidecar.. . and the drawing tools that are normally accessible in the pop-up menu in the lower left hand corner of the slide does not appear.

Clicking the Option key and a pencil tap on the screen brings up the menu, but only once. After you select a pen, it's stuck on the pen with no apparent way to deselect/select another drawing/pointer option.

What I would like is to present a PowerPoint via sidecar AND be able to select the normal drawing tools in PowerPoint so I can draw/annotate slides directly in PowerPoint.

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How to clear your discord cache.

Clear the app's cache in just a few steps

Computers and mobile devices will store data temporarily to reduce the load speeds of apps, programs, and websites. But as files accumulate, your device's performance starts to suffer. Clearing the cache helps. You can remove old files (and sometimes corrupted ones) by performing this action.

Discord is a popular app in the social space . You spend considerable time using the platform on any handy Android tablet , phone, or computer, so it's no surprise the cache gets cluttered with every media exchange (including texts, images, and videos). To help alleviate any performance issues and technical problems down the road, we've written a guide to show you how to clear your Discord cache on any device you own.

How to clear Discord cache files on a Windows PC

Ensure all instances of Discord are closed before proceeding: exiting the tray (not keeping it minimized) and Discord web browser pages. We performed the steps using a laptop running Windows 11 and verified the steps on a desktop PC using Windows 10.

1. Open Windows File Explorer , type the following path into the File Explorer address bar, and press enter :

%appdata%\discord

2. Right-click the Cache folder and select Delete . Repeat this step for Code Cache and GPUCache folders. Alternatively, you can complete this step by pressing the Delete key on your keyboard or dragging and dropping the folders into the recycle bin, then click Empty Recycle Bin .

How to clear Discord cache files on a Mac

Similar to the steps for clearing the cache on a Windows PC, you can also delete the cache folders on your Mac.

1. Open the Finder window on your Mac.

2. At the top of your screen, navigate to Go > Go to Folder .

3. Type ~/Library/Application Support/discord .

4. Delete the following folders: Cache , Code Cache , and GPUCache .

How to clear Discord cache files on a Chromebook

You're likely using Discord on your Chromebook's web browser (instead of the Android app). Below, we will show you how to clear the Discord cache stored on Chrome.

1. Open Google Chrome .

2. Navigate to the three dots on the top-right corner to access More .

3. Select Clear browsing data and choose the following options: Time range : All time and Cache images and files (check the box) and click Clear data .

When you clear browsing data on Chrome, this will clear the cache for every web page you've visited.

How to clear Discord cache files on Android

Clearing the cache for the Android Discord app is similar to clearing the cache for any Android app . Below, we use an Android phone running Android 14.

1. Open Settings > Apps .

2. Locate and tap on Discord in the app list.

3. Tap on Storage .

4. Select Clear cache .

How to clear app cache on Android & why you should

How to clear discord cache files on ios.

Unfortunately, most apps on iOS don't have a simple way to clear the cache with a single button (like Android). To get around this, you must delete the app, which clears the cache but also removes the app's settings and data.

1. Open Settings > iPad Storage (for iPhone, select iPhone Storage ).

2. Inside the app listing, tap on Discord .

3. Select Delete App .

You can select the Offload app option to clear some storage space (uninstall the app) while keeping your user data and settings intact. However, it is not the same as clearing the app's cache (it clears some). Consider this option if you're simply trying to fix an app's performance on your device.

How to clear Discord cache files using developer mode on iOS

With developer mode enabled, you can clear the cache inside the Discord app; check the steps below to learn how.

1. Open the Discord iOS app .

2. Navigate to Settings and tap Clear Caches under Developer settings .

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When you encounter technical issues with your tablet or phone, there can be several reasons why your device feels sluggish . Most times, routinely maintaining your apps improves their performance. Otherwise, if there's no way to fix how your device behaves with an app, it might be a victim of app throttling .

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