You and your colleagues can open and work on the same PowerPoint presentation. This is called co-authoring. When you co-author, you can see each other’s changes quickly — in a matter of seconds.

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Note: Co-authoring is not available in PowerPoint LTSC 2021.

Have control of when you send comments to your co-authors and be productive with a consistent commenting experience in your presentations and other Office apps.

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Note: Modern comments is not available in PowerPoint LTSC 2021.

See who else is working along with you and where they are in the presentation document.

Note: This feature is not available in PowerPoint LTSC 2021.

Work with a modernized Start experience and newly refreshed tabs in the ribbon. Experience a clean, clear style with monoline iconography, neutral color palette, and softer window corners. These updates communicate action and provide features with simple visuals.

Note: Visual refresh is not available in PowerPoint LTSC 2021.

Record Slide Show now supports presenter video recording, ink recording, and laser pointer recording.

Use the Record, Pause, and Resume buttons to control narration and navigation recording.

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We’re constantly adding more rich media content to the Office Premium Creative Content collection that helps you express yourself, such as a curated library of stock images, icons, and more.

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Now you can apply the new Replay or Rewind animation to ink and get the drawing effect directly in your presentations. You can adjust the timing of these animations to be faster or slower to match the experience you want.

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At the top of your Microsoft Office apps on Windows, you’ll find the new Microsoft Search box. This powerful tool helps you quickly find what you’re looking for, such as text, commands, help, and more.

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Upload your files to OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint Online to make sure all your updates are saved automatically.

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See the elements in screen-reading order. You can rearrange them as necessary to communicate your message effectively.

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Ask a colleague to contribute to your slide deck, and start them directly on the slide you need help with.

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Note: Link to a slide is not available in PowerPoint LTSC 2021.

Accessibility Checker keeps an eye on your documents and tells you in the status bar when it finds something you should look at. Try it by clicking Review > Check Accessibility.

We now include support for the OpenDocument format (ODF) 1.3. The ODF 1.3 specification adds support for many new features.

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Quickly access and change the color of all your inking tools, all in one place.

Simplify how you work with ink using new Draw tab additions: Point Eraser, Ruler, and Lasso.

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Based on your feedback, we’ve added a new input field in the Colors dialog for Hex color values. No need to convert Hex color values into RGB values.

For any property where you can define a color, you can now enter a Hex color value in the Hex box, for example, #0F4C81 or 444.

You can give a casual, hand-drawn look to shapes in your workbook with the Sketched style outline.

Try out the Curved, Freehand, or Scribble options under Format Shape > Line > Sketched style.

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