BrightSlide features on Windows and Mac

    Our free BrightSlide add-in is available for PowerPoint running on Windows or Mac. If you’ve used PowerPoint on both platforms you may have noticed that the Mac version doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that the Windows version has. The same is true for add-ins since Microsoft don’t support everything under the hood. The table below shows what’s available on both platforms.

    FeatureWindowsMac
    InstallerEXEPKG
    Alignment Tools
    Align to Selection✓✓
    Align to First Selected✓✓
    Align to Guides✓✓ 9
    Align to Slide✓✓
    Alignment Tools✓✓
    Distribute to Grid✓✓
    Format Tools
    Match Size✓✓
    Character Spacing✓✓
    Paragraph Spacing✓✓
    Colour Tools✓✓ 1
    Format Painter✓✓
    Adjustment Painter✓✓ 2
    Table Format Painter✓✓ 2
    Selection & Object Tools
    Select Objects✓✓
    Selection Lock/Unlock✓✓
    Selection Show/Hide✓✓
    Merge Text✓✓
    Split Text✓✓
    Selection Pane Collapse/Expand✓✕
    Swap Objects✓✓
    Add to Group✓✓
    Animation Tools
    My Animations✓✓
    Animation Painter✓✓
    Animation Painter+✓✓ 2
    Motion Paths✓✓
    Waterfall Delay✓✓
    Grow/Shrink Calculator✓✓
    File & Master Tools
    Guides✓✓ 9
    Theme Colors✓✓
    Custom Colors✓✕
    Color Contrast Report✓✓
    Delete Recent Colors✓✕
    Batch / Assign Layouts✓✓
    Batch / Insert Layouts✓✓
    Batch / Clipboard & Selection✓✓ 6
    Batch / Pictures✓✓
    Review / Presentation Language✓✓ 3
    Review / Speaker Notes / Word Count✓✓
    Review / Speaker Notes / Export to Text File✓✓
    Review / Speaker Notes / Export to Excel File✓✕5
    Review / Speaker Notes / Export to Word File✓✓
    Review / Speaker Notes / Delete All✓✓
    Review / Hyperlinks✓✓
    Review / Navigate all Presentations✓✓
    Save Selected Slides as New File✓✓ 7
    Save All Slides as Individual Files✓✓ 7
    Export Selected Slides as Images✓✓ 7
    Export Media Files✓✓ 7
    Productivity Shortcuts✓ 4✕
    Contextual Tools
    Table Copy/Apply Cell Format✓✓
    Table Sort✓✓
    Table Transpose✓✓
    Table Convert to Text✓✓
    Straighten Line✓✓
    Move Section Tools✓✓
    Color Contrast Checker✓✓
    Legacy Tools
    Size & Position Tools✓✓
    Shapes / Join Shapes✓✓
    Text / Styles✓✓ 8
    Text / to Outline✓✓
    Text / to Placeholder✓✓
    Color / Insert Theme Colors✓✓
    Color / Insert Color Info✓✓
    Transitions / Timing Pro✓✓
    Presentation / Check Pictures✓✓
    Windows / Resize✓✓

    TBT – To Be Tested
    1 eyedropper not supported
    2 lasso mode not supported
    3 under development
    4 can cause PowerPoint to crash on some PCs
    5 not currently working due to a Microsoft issue and no solution currently available
    6 not working for cmd+v or PowerPoint ribbon but OK via BrightSlide ribbon
    7 may require you to Grant Access to your chosen folder
    8 styles must be created on a PC before they can be used on Mac
    9 requires PowerPoint version 16.62 (build 2205080) or higher and BrightSlide 1.0.5.5 or higher

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