It is surprising how some of the PowerPoint formatting tools the TLC Creative design team just takes for granted. As an example, the PowerPoint Ruler.

A default install of PowerPoint (desktop app) has the simple, but important ruler turned off. If you do not see the PowerPoint ruler, do yourself a favor and turn it on! It is only 2 clicks away:

  • Go to the VIEW tab
  • Check the RULER box
  • Done!

Side note: in writing this post, the page name (eg. the “slug”) would not accept. Turns out we did almost the same post (https://thepowerpointblog.com/powerpoint-ruler) 9 years ago! Â