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Is it possible to select multiple shapes in Powerpoint for iPad so, for example, I and move a group of items around the screen together?
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
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PowerPoint now supports selecting multiple object on a slide!
You have to press and hold an object with one finger and then tap other objects with another finger.
Problem solved!!!!
Cheers
Luccino
Selecting multiple objects is currently not supported in PowerPoint for iPad.
If a set of items is already grouped (using a different client like PowerPoint for Windows/Mac), you can move those objects as a group on the iPad.
Thanks for the feedback, and let us know if there is anything else you would like to see improved!
Absolutely agree that selecting multiple objects is absolutely essential and it is really a major drawback that this functionality is not implemented. Even if mutliselect would only be possible via attached keyboard or via menu command, that would not be an issue at all.
Please make this otherwise so well programmed app a superb one istead of just a kind of game (because no multi-select). Thank you.
BTW, I really appreciate that MS has changed over the last years. While in the past if was a very arrogant and not much liked company this label now goes to others, as MS has started to listen to its customers and taking their opinion serioulsy.
Please do act like this here too and listen to all the customers above and many that do not express themselves. Many are working on the road nowadays and having powerpoint on the ipad is so great.
Thank you
Armin
Microsoft, please speed up development. I am almost completely PC free. All I need are some of these fundamental basics that made Office the king of the crop in the 90's!
Something to keep in mind:
Office will be updated far more often than we're used to seeing on previous desktop versions.
In just the last couple of months, some major features have been added.
Keep up the good feedback, especially if it includes explanations of WHY a feature is important to you and the pain that NOT having it causes you.
I just wanted to add my two cents worth of agreement regarding this select, copy, paste restriction being discussed. I needed to create a PowerPoint presentation tonight and had fully intended to use my iPad to do that since I have had the paid 0365 subscription for a while. When I tried to select a group of objects and realized I couldn't it surprised me that I couldn't figure out how to do it and I was convinced it must be possible so I searched Microsoft.com and found this trail. Let's just say that I immediately went and got my laptop and use the full version of 0365 to complete the work I needed to do and put the iPad away. I suppose that says enough. I'd really appreciate it if this can get resolved quickly. It is definitely a must-have not a nice to have. Thanks very much!