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Unable to get target release
I wish to use the feature "reuse slides" in PowerPoint. It works just fine on my old computer ,but on y new one it's simply not there and it is not possible to add through Options->customize ribbon. ...
Yes, both are logged in with my work account.
Hi Erik,
How’s it getting on with the ODT?
Just a thought. On the screenshot you sent of the new computer. What happens when you click on the down arrow next to new slides? Can you send a screenshot of that?
I checked it out and most articles show that it’s there after selecting the down arrow. I just want to rule that out too.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Reuse-import-slides-from-another-presentation-C67671CD-386B-45DD-A1B4-1E656458BB86
Best, Chris
How’s it getting on with the ODT?
Just a thought. On the screenshot you sent of the new computer. What happens when you click on the down arrow next to new slides? Can you send a screenshot of that?
I checked it out and most articles show that it’s there after selecting the down arrow. I just want to rule that out too.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Reuse-import-slides-from-another-presentation-C67671CD-386B-45DD-A1B4-1E656458BB86
Best, Chris
- Well, yeah it says desktop app.
Your loading the desktop client version of Powerpoint on the pc right? I've seen the 2016 Windows 10 office versions show up in the type ahead on start button before causing issues. It should say "Desktop app" under the start menu item if it's the right one. I had this happen the other day where I was confused to why Word looked different and it was that. I removed that version off office off my machine.
- Cool! Tried it out trying to get it to revert to "current" version. It actually started to download and install Office. But when it was done I tried restarting Windows and then opening up PowerPoint but the version was not affected. It is still the same version and build as before and still no "reuse slides".
It's like this version of Office is hardcoded into the hard drive of this machine, completely impossible to change. - Well this referred to the ODT, so I gave it another try. Think I did it right this time because at least it started the Office Updater with the message "Getting things ready" However it stopped after a second or so with no real action being done. Version and build remains unaffected.
- I have a zip file of registry files that will update your release branch on your local client. You can use these to move around just click the file run it, then go into office and File > Account and then update and it'll update to the selected branch.
https://webbtech365-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/turismon_webbtech_org/ER-SfjCVoPdAmB226FpcMakBw2rADXrhKi8ey7IDbV3gaQ?e=i3aAE8 You can try this guide for downgrading to older version https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2770432/how-to-revert-to-an-earlier-version-of-office-2013-or-office-2016-clic
Not sure if this will work for you. Versions can be found here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office365-proplus
- Regarding ODT, I'm not sure if I'm doing it right but I tried downloading the tool, updated the config files to set me as insider and ran the setup file. The only thing that happens is a blink of an eye pop-up dialog box and nothing more. Didn't solve the problem. Still not target and still no usable "reuse slides" function.
Is there any way to force a downgrade of Office to standard release to see if I can initiate an upgrade from that "position"? - Hi again and thank you (all) for all help here. You're absolutely right it is there if I click the down arrow, and it has been all the time. However that seem to be an older version of the "reuse slides" tool.
The beauty with the new version is that it will automatically suggest content from OneDrive/SharePoint and suggestions will (very quickly) adapt to any search phrase I give it. A brilliant tool if you ask me! Also something I could "sell" to all our users who want to stay in our old SharePoint on prem (2010) because it still has the Slide Library that was discontinued.
The old version (that I ironically have on my new laptop) doesn't work like this at all, here you have to know exactly which document to reuse slides from and where to find it and then manually fetch it. Better than nothing, but very far from the new "reuse slides".
