Power Point Figure Rendering Issue on Mac OS

Thomas Basler 5 Reputation points
2026-02-20T14:47:26.06+00:00

Hi together,

since some of the last updates I have bigger issues with some of my existing figures on some power point slides. They are no more rendered correctly. In Office online or virtual Windows it works.

I use the latest version: Version 16.106 (26020821). Test file: https://tuc.cloud/index.php/s/CX4D9HT4KRANXYj

Do you have any ideas?

Microsoft 365 and Office | PowerPoint | For education | MacOS

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  1. Thomas Basler 0 Reputation points
    2026-05-13T09:24:49.7666667+00:00

    I justed tested my corrupted file again with the actual Power Point Version 16.109 (26051019). Now everything looks fine again. Further, macOS was updated to 26.3.1 (a). Finally, I cannot tell you what and which update was solving the issue.

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  2. John Korchok 236K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2026-02-24T16:07:09.25+00:00

    Since the display problem is evident on your Mac, but not on mine, it may be related to the particular video hardware and driver used in your computer. I recommend finding the model information for your Mac from the Apple menu About This Mac. Then, in PowerPoint, place your screen shots showing the defective rendering compared to the expect appearance. Finally, choose Help>Feedback>Report a problem, describe the issue and include the model number of your Mac and a screen shot of your sample slide. Hopefully if Microsoft tests on the appropriate Mac model, they will see the same effect and correct it.

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  3. John Korchok 236K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2026-02-20T22:18:29.89+00:00

    There may be a problem with your installation. Try creating a new user account (System Settings>Users & Groups), signing in to that, then testing if the problem still exists. If it goes away, it's an issue with the user profile part of your Office installation.

    If the issue still exists, or you'd rather not move your user data to a new profile, try uninstalling Office following these steps: Uninstall Office for Mac Then reinstall from the Subscriptions page of your Microsoft account.

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  4. John Korchok 236K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2026-02-20T16:22:22.2433333+00:00

    I'm not seeing any obvious problems with the file in PowerPoint for Mac 16.106.1 (26021521). Please choose Help>Check for Updates in the program. If you still see a problem, please post a screen shot of what you see that is incorrectly rendered.

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