Free Mac app: fixes PowerPoint images that look sharp on Mac but pixelated on Windows
If you paste figures or tables from PDFs into PowerPoint for Mac, they may look pixelated when the deck is shown on a Windows PC (conference rooms, classrooms). This has been reported for years without a fix. Cause: PowerPoint for Mac stores the pasted PDF plus a small low-res backup image. Windows can't read the PDF, so it shows the backup. I made a small, free, open-source menu bar app that uses the sharp PDF already in the file to create a Windows-safe copy (name_windows.pptx). Your original is never changed. Drop files on the icon, or let it watch a folder so it happens automatically. https://github.com/Filhgd/pptx-mactowindows-fix Signed and notarized, macOS 13+. Feedback welcome, especially files where it doesn't work.Claude for PowerPoint – administrator permission on Microsoft 365 Personal
Hi, I’m using Microsoft 365 Personal on a Mac and installed Claude for PowerPoint directly from the Office Add-ins Store. The add-in installs successfully and appears in PowerPoint. However, when I open it, before reaching the Claude sign-in screen, Office displays: “You don’t have permission to use this add-in. Contact your system administrator to request access.” My Microsoft account is personal and is not connected to a work/school organization, so I don’t have a Microsoft 365 administrator. Microsoft Support confirmed that the add-in is installing correctly, but we were unable to identify why administrator permission is being requested. Does Microsoft 365 Personal have any Office Add-ins permission, privacy setting, or account-level restriction that could cause this message? Thanks!
Teams Meeting Recording does not include Embedded Video from PowerPoint presentation
One of my customers ran into an interesting issue recently that I have been able to replicate. I'm curious if others are also experiencing this, and if there's a way to make it work properly. Here's the scenario: A PowerPoint slideshow is shared in a Teams meeting using the "Present in Teams" button from PowerPoint. The slideshow contains an embedded *.webm video that was recorded with Stream (on SharePoint). Participants in the meeting are able to see and hear the video correctly during the meeting. In the Teams meeting recording, the audio and video from the *.webm video does not work... it appears blank on the slide as if no video was played. In some testing with the customer prior to the meeting, the video file playback quality was best when using the "Present in Teams" button instead of a screen share in Teams with computer audio. I had assumed this built-in sharing method would be our best route. We did not realize the meeting would be recorded and did not test that specifically. After the issue occurred, I recorded a new video and created a new PowerPoint slideshow to test this in 3 scenarios... First by sharing the PowerPoint app from the Teams meeting. The Teams meeting recording contained the audio and video properly from the embedded *.webm file that was played. Second, from the Teams meeting, sharing the entire screen including computer audio, the embedded *.webm video again played properly in the meeting recording. Third, when using the "Present in Teams" button from PowerPoint, the *.webm video played correctly during the meeting, but the Teams meeting recording did not contain audio or video from the embedded *.webm video, just like what my customer experienced. I can't tell if this is a known limitation, an issue with Teams meeting recording functionality, or an issue with PowerPoint. If anyone has some insight to share, it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Brian
