Microsoft Has Removed The Font Icons in the Font Drop Down!!
PowerPoint has always lagged behind in font management, it is something that seems to have never been a priority for the dev team. And I have had a list of needed tools and ideas for implementation I have shared with the Dev Team at Microsoft over the years. But suddenly (this can be the evil side of subscription software), the only font management tool PowerPoint offered to indicate if a font is installed on a computer was removed!!!
This image is from a May 2016 post that shows the font drop down list in PowerPoint 2016.
Note the small icons that indicate if a font is a TrueType or OpenType. The key is if the font is not installed on the computer, the font name is listed but no icon was shown – because the font is not available there is nothing to provide details on the font type. This missing icon was immeasurably valuable in troubleshooting font defaults (when slides do not display text as designed because PowerPoint randomly assigned an installed font for the missing font used).
This is a feasible feature at best, but it provided some help in identifying font issues.
Here is the font drop down menu from today, PowerPoint 2016, Windows Office 365, 32-bit – no font installed icons!!
Note 1: back in October 2014 I posted about the same icons being removed from the Replace Font dialog – and Microsoft has still not made updates to put them back into that dialog.
Note 2: Several of the PowerPoint MVPs tested on their computers and it looks like the 64-bit version may still have the icons, the 32-bit version does not. Non Office 365 versions still have the icons.
Final word – Arghhh!
Troy @ TLC
WE BELIEVE 2017 (A PowerPoint Infographic)
At TLC Creative Services, we are starting our year with a simple, insightful, and fun infographic style “We Believe” statement to get us focused for the new year. The PDF can be downloaded HERE.
Troy @ TLC
Making the TLC Christmas PowerPoint Animation
We have received many compliments on the Christmas animation the TLC design team created this year (Thank You!). To answer some of the questions:
- Yes, all of the animation is 100% PowerPoint, no video was used.
- Yes, several of us used the new Morph animation/transition.
- The opening and closing segment of the snowman was PowerPoint, but no animation, just very fast auto transitions to create a stop motion style effect.
- No, we did not add the music in PowerPoint. Well, the Cat Meowing Christmas Carol was part of Amber’s animation, but the full track was added after the PowerPoint animation was exported (so we did use a video editing app, but only for the music bed).
- We compiled all animation files into a single PowerPoint slide deck and exported that as a single video.
- There was a total of 306 slides in the compiled presentation.
– Troy @ TLC
The Presentation Podcast Episode #21 Released Today!
A new episode from The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out their latest discussion on “Video and PowerPoint” and add to your favorite Podcasts on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, SoundCloud and more at The Presentation Podcast.
11 Year Anniversary!!
11 years ago today, Troy started The PowerPoint Blog. Here is the very first post (reposted) that started it all!
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Happy New Year! So, with the new year comes new resolutions. I figure I have thought about adding an informative and engaging blog for quite a while, so now must be the perfect time to start!
Why a PowerPoint blog? Well, I think there is a need for a good resource that focuses on the development/creation side of presentations. And because that is what I do every day, I should be able to offer up a steady stream of good (if not entertaining) information. Enjoy!
– Troy @ TLC
Happy New Year PowerPoint Animation
This is the final day in the studio for us before 2017 begins! Many thanks to Wanda on the TLC Creative design team for creating this fun Happy New Year PowerPoint animation!
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The presentation is a single slide with many layers of custom images, music and SFX embedded, and lots of PowerPoint animation.
Editable PowerPoint slide can be downloaded here.
– Troy @ TLC
Green Screen Holiday Greeting (fun)
Christmas Greetings from Troy and Lori of TLC Creative Services, Inc. Many thanks to the Video Resources team for letting us jump in and make a fun Christmas greeting in their very cool green screen studio!
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– Troy @ TLC