Co-authoring
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.
Better collaboration with modern comments
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.
 Working with a comment 

Know who's in your presentation
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.
 Shows co-author in Word 

Visual refresh
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.
 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint displayed with visual updates in ribbon and rounded corners to match Windows 11 user interface. 

New and improved Record Slide Show
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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See what’s new in stock media
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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Replay your ink strokes
Now you can apply the new Replay or Rewindanimation 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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Accessibility ribbon: Accessibility made easy
Making your presentation accessible to people with disabilities requires knowledge, compassion, and special tools. The new Accessibility ribbon in PowerPoint helps you accomplish this by bringing all the tools you need together in one place. To open the Accessibility ribbon, click Check Accessibility on the Review tab. 
* We fixed an issue where a printout would be cut off (data loss) when the user changed a document in portrait orientation from a bigger paper size to a smaller paper size.
* We fixed an issue so the app will no longer prompt for a password to modify it if the user explicitly opens the file in read-only mode.
* We fixed an issue where copying an embedded object caused the embedded object to save, as well as re-saving the containing document (which created a new version if AutoSave was enabled).
* We fixed an issue related to reordering bulleted list items using drag and drop.
* We fixed an issue where the sub-menu opened in the wrong place in a slideshow.
* We fixed an issue where ink would not be displayed when a PowerPoint slide was pasted in another program.
* We fixed an issue where using auto-save saved the file in an unexpected location; requests to save to a shared location were saved locally without notification.
* We fixed an issue where the slide size can change during print preview.


 PowerPoint slide with handwritten text and options for ink replay being clicked 

Find what you need with Microsoft Search
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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Save your changes as they happen
Upload your files to OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint Online to make sure all your updates are saved automatically.
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Arrange elements on your slides for screen readers
See the elements in screen-reading order. You can rearrange them as necessary to communicate your message effectively.
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 List of items in reading order on a slide with up- and down-arrow buttons to rearrange them 

Link to a slide
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.
 Shows Link to this Slide right-click menu 

Increase the reach of your content
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.
 Status bar showing that the Accessibility Checker is running 

Support for OpenDocument format (ODF) 1.3
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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 List of file formats from Word with ODT file format highlighted 

Updated Draw tab
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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 Microsoft 365 Drawing Tools pens 

Pick the perfect color
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.
 Shows Custom colors 

Try the Sketched style outline
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.
Morph Transition
PowerPoint 2019 comes with the Morph transition, which can help you make smooth animations on your slides.
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Zoom for PowerPoint
 Shows the Summary Section slide of a Summary Zoom in PowerPoint. 

To make a presentation more dynamic and to allow for custom navigation within it, try Zoom for PowerPoint. When you create a Zoom in PowerPoint, you can jump to and from specific slides, sections, and portions of your presentation in an order you decide while you're presenting, and the movement from one slide to another uses a zooming effect.
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Text Highlighter
 The text highlighter on the ribbon in PowerPoint. 

PowerPoint 2019 now has a Text Highlighter similar to the one in Word, by popular demand! Pick different highlight colors to emphasize certain portions of the text in your presentations.
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Pictures and other media
Vector graphics for visual impact
You can insert and edit scalable vector graphic (SVG) images in presentations to create sharp, well-designed content. SVG images can be re-colored, and they don't lose any quality if they are zoomed or resized. Office supports SVG files that have filters applied to them.
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Insert Icons
Edit SVG images
 Four buttons on the left side and an SVG image on the rght side, and an arrow in between 

Convert SVG icons to shapes
Converting an SVG image or icon to an Office shape means you can disassemble the SVG file and edit individual pieces of it.
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Insert 3D models to see all angles
Use 3D models to increase visual and creative impact in presentations. Easily insert a 3D model, and then rotate it through 360 degrees.
Bring a model to life in your presentation with the Morph transition, which creates cinematographic animations between slides.
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 Showing 3D Model template under File >New 

Easier background removal
 Background removal feature 

We've made it easier to remove and edit the background of a picture. PowerPoint automatically detects the general background area; you no longer have to draw a rectangle around the foreground of your picture. The pencil for marking areas to keep or remove can now draw free-form lines, rather than being limited to straight lines.
You can also draw free-form lines using the pencil   Pencil used to draw tables  for marking areas to keep or remove—no more being limited to drawing just straight lines.
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Export to 4K
When you export a presentation to video, 4K resolution is now an option.
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 Screenshot of the Export dialog box showing the options available when creating a video based on a presentation 

Recording features
You can record video or audio narration, and you can record digital inking gestures. An optional Recording tab on the Ribbon pulls together all the recording features in one place.
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Draw or write with digital ink
Customizable, portable pen set
 Pen gallery 

Choose a personal set of pens, highlighters, and pencils for inking, and have them available to you across the Office apps.
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Ink effects   
Along with numerous colors, you can use ink effects to express your ideas with flair—metallic pens and ink effects like rainbow, galaxy, lava, ocean, gold, silver, and more.
 Pen dropdown showing Ink Effects 

Segment Eraser for ink drawings
Segment Eraser allows for precise control when you are tidying up an ink drawing. It erases ink back to where it intersects with another line.
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A straightedge for drawing straight lines
On devices that have touch screens, you can use the Ruler on the Draw tab of the ribbon to draw straight lines or to align a set of objects. Position the ruler horizontally, vertically, or anything in between: it has a degrees setting so that you can set it at a precise angle, if necessary.
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 PowerPoint ruler feature 

Other new features
Funnel charts and 2D map charts
Use a funnel chart to display progressively decreasing proportions. LEARN MORE
Transform geographic data into a map chart in just a few steps to identify insights, trends, and opportunities. LEARN MORE
Run a slide show with your digital pen
Use your Surface pen, or any other pen with a Bluetooth button, to advance your slides.
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* We fixed an issue to re-enable cropping for pictures inside SmartArt objects.
* We fixed an issue where, in certain situations, a user was unable to use Paste Special to paste chart content from Excel to PowerPoint.