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Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation in PowerPoint
Turns out you can't just change the Proofing Language for an entire presentation in PowerPoint. You have to select text boxed one by one in order to change the proofing language. So the question is, ...
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You can assign the Set Proofing Language to all text boxes on a page or to all slides at once in PowerPoint Desktop.
- You must change the view to Outline.
From the ribbon, Select View | Outline
From the left Outline navigation pane, complete the appropriate options below
Option 1: Individual Slide: Click on one slide, then press Ctrl + A to select all content on the page.
Option 2: Multiple slides: While holding down the Ctrl key, click on the preferred slides. For example, Slides 1 and 3. This method selects and deselects multiple objects and the content on the page.
Option 3: Entire presentation: This time, select all slides by pressing Ctrl + A
- Now, you can set your proofing language.
From the ribbon, select Review | Language | Set Proofing Language - Choose your language
See the updated information below dated Feb 14, 2023: Re: Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation in PowerPoint - Microsoft Community Hub
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Teresa
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- You must change the view to Outline.
I am on the newest version of PPT 365, in a brand new office building, and this thing, changing proofing language for whole presentation, does not work. Yes I have text boxes in the presentation. This has been a problem in PowerPoint for 20 years, it is difficult to understand why Microsoft does not fix it.
I just tested: indeed, for text boxes it doesn't work for me either. It does for "normal text" in slides, but not when the text is inside of text boxes. I do not understand why it is so hard for Microsoft to improve on that either.
