You might think PowerPoint offers by default everything you might need. But with the correct extensions, you can customize your PowerPoint experience and improve your presentations even more. These 15 PowerPoint add-ins are completely free for you to download. So why not give them a try?

The best Microsoft Office PowerPoint add-ins

1. Pexels. Pexels is by far one of the best PowerPoint add-ins around if you’re looking for free, high-quality, and professional visuals for your presentation.
2. ToolsToo.
3. Office Timeline.
4. QR4Office.
5. PowerPoint Labs.
6. Templafy.

Photographs, ClipArt, shapes, charts, and other graphics can enhance PowerPoint presentations. There are several options for adding graphics to your slide. To add an image, go to the Insert tab and select “Pictures”, and then “Picture from file…”.

To apply a transition:

1. Select the desired slide from the Slide Navigation pane.
2. Click the Transitions tab, then locate the Transition to This Slide group.
3. Click the More drop-down arrow to display all transitions.
4. Click a transition to apply it to the selected slide.

To apply a transition:

1. Select the slide you want to modify.
2. Click the Transitions tab.
3. Locate the Transition to This Slide group. By default, None is applied to each slide.
4. Click the More drop-down arrow to display all of the transitions.
5. Click a transition to apply it to the selected slide.

Make text appear one letter at a time On the slide, select the box that contains your text. Select the Animations tab, and then select the Add Animation drop-down menu to select an animation, such as Appear, Fade, or Fly In.

What is a good practice to remember when adding transitions to a presentation? O Use one type of transition throughout. O Add the same sound to the transitions. O Use different effects between the slides.

It doesn’t allow you to make changes to the slides, so if you want to make them, you have to exit from this mode, make changes and come back to slide show mode to see the corrections.

Your Transition is NOT set to Advance On Mouse Click. Solution: Go to Transution Tab and check if the Advance Slide on Mouse Click Option is checked. If not, Check the option and Apply it to All slides. This will ensure that your slides move forward in slideshow option.

Transitions may seem like a pretty add on, but like animations they too can play an important part in a presentation. You can use them to move smoothly from slide to slide or again to put emphasis on a part of your presentation.

You can align multiple objects for a clean, professional look. When you’re moving things around, smart guides appear to aid you in aligning and spacing them. Helpful Align options, and static Guides and Gridlines, are also available.