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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!
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There's a limit to the amount of developer time they can spend on any project; if the devs spend their time scanning forums and such, they're not spending it on improving the product.
That's why they set up UserVoice. It's a way of concentrating the voices of users into one easily accessible place. And instead of a lot of scattered messages, UserVoice allows us to vote for the features we most want and ignore the ones we don't care about. The more votes, the more likely a feature is to get implemented.
Most important to understand: the iPad/iPhone etc versions of Office are still new and still VERY much works in progress. MS released them with the set of features that seemed most important and have been updating them steadily since, adding the features that users most often ask for. UserVoice is a direct pipe to the "Users most often ask for" Big Pile o' Stuff for the Devs To Do Next pile at MS.
It'll take a few minutes max to cast your vote for a feature that's important to you. If nobody asks for it or votes for it, I wouldn't expect to see it soon.
I sincerely hope Microsoft is that interested in comments from customers that they take their needs & requests seriously and periodically scan the web for requirements & suggestions. Who is the customer here? Why do I have to bend over backwards to make something as clear as requiring a car to have a reverse gear or a house to have windows? I am happy with Keynote on my iPad for the time being.
All understood. Thanks.
But have you gone to powerpoint.uservoice.com and entered this as a feature request there or better, searched for and up-voted other requests for the same feature?