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Hello,
For the past week and a half, the microsoft powerpoint app on the ipad continuously has been crashing whenever I try to use it. Prior to this, it worked just fine but the problems started recently. It sometimes crashes when i try to open a powerpoint, and sometimes crashes mid note taking after working for several minutes. I use this app for class and I have an exam coming up, and it has been very frustrating trying to take notes when my latest notes keep disappearing every time it crashes. Is there any way this can be fixed?
I have looked at other people who have had the same issues. I have tried restarting the app, uninstalling and reinstalling, updating. None of it has worked so far. In terms of file sizes even presentations that worked perfectly before are crashing now. I cannot recall if there was an app update in the past week or so, but other than that there have been no changes to the ipad or powerpoint. My ios is up to date and so is the app.
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I’ve moved my business to Notability to take notes during lectures and I have yet to have a problem, plus I can record lectures while writing notes on it. All you guys should check it out! I think it was like $8-9 for the app.
One other thing that has helped me is to have the file open on my desktop/laptop computer 1st before and then open it up on my iPad. I then leave it open on my computer and then take my iPad with me and PPT will usuall work. I cancel the file that tries to open automatically 1st if different than the file that I want to work on. I then open the file that is open on my computer and it usually doesnt crash. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Open the PowerPoint and Print the the pages of the PowerPoint you want to take notes on. It prints them directly to OneNOte and then I set the printed pictures to the background and then write on top them. It works like a charm.
One work around is to print the PowerPoint into OneNote and take notes in OneNote on the PowerPoint. Just print it from Desktop or insert the file into onenote from onedrive. Not perfect, but better than nothing.
Just writing another comment so that Microsoft knows the severity of the issue and the inconvenience it has caused to so many users. Please fix the problem asap. I would love to continue to using Microsoft.