Presentation Enhancements - templates and conversions

While there has been significant improvements in the Presentations tool over the last couple of years, we’d like to see other capabilities similar to what’s offered in PowerPoint.  Maybe these suggestions are already documented but I'll risk offer...

Greg Barnard Workiva Advocate All Star Idea Generator Community Champion
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Table Borders

I imported a PowerPoint presentation and some of my tables have borders around them (but did not have borders in pptx).  I tried to use the no border function but it didn't work.  Any ideas on how to fix?  

Ashley DeOcampo Rising Star Idea Generator
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Linking page numbers Beantwoord

Is there a way to link page numbers in presentations? If not, that would be a useful feature when you are referencing a certain slide but that slide number may change as slides are removed/added in the presentation.

Nicole Lewis Rising Star Idea Generator
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Adding font to style guide Beantwoord

We are currently using Calibri Light in some sections of our presentation.  I am locking down style guides for consistency but when I tried to create the style for these sections, Calibri was available in the drop down but not Calibri Light.  How ...

Karen Charlton Rock Star Idea Generator
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Available font styles in next gen Presentations Voltooid

I'm wondering if the list of available fonts in Presentations will be expanded in the future? Our company's standard default font for PPT is Trebuchet MS, which does not appear available in the drop down list. We would like to expand the use of pr...

Lizette Cha Rising Star
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Is it possible to delete or hide a revision in NextGen presentations Beantwoord

I would like to delete a recent revision so that a previous version becomes the latest version. Is this possible? Alternatively, is there a way to restore a previous version in the same way as you would for office documents ?

Raymond Charouneau
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Blacklines in Presentations Beantwoord

What are teams using as workarounds or alternatives for dealing with the lack of blacklines in Next Gen Presentations? Also, what are teams using in place of support binders in Next Gen documents? 

Ashley White All Star
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Chart seies label

Hi,   I have a table with two series on x axis and 1 on y axis. The label shows on y axis. however on x asis only 1 label show up. The other lable (heading) doesnt show up at all. Initially it was there, but now i can not see option to enable both...

Pooja Mehta Rising Star
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Adding text to flowchart shape Beantwoord

When I add a shape to my flowchart, I should be able to type text directly into that shape, however for some reason that is not happening. I cannot add text by double clicking the shape.

Dana Black
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Conditional formatting in tables Beantwoord

Hi, Is it possible that we have a conditional formatting in the tables of this kind of document below (presentation) ? :   Thank you

Sokhna Aidara Niang
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Embed a hyperlink in an image Beantwoord

Is it possible to embed a hyperlink in an image in Next Gen Presentations? I'm converting a PowerPoint where we have clickable images to Presentations, and I'm not seeing a way to do that currently. Is there a plan to implement this or is there a ...

Andrew Korte Workiva Advocate Rock Star Idea Generator Community Champion
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Is there a way to wrap text inside a table in presentations? Beantwoord

Hi, this should be easy to find and yet I can't seem to find it.  Rather than merging into blank columns or shrinking the font, I would like to wrap the text in a table that I have in presentations to allow it to be narrower.  I can't seem to find...

Barbara Beta Buddy Idea Generator Data Management Suite Community Champion
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Copy slide layout from one presentation to another Beantwoord

Our slides in powerpoint have a faded background that you can see through text boxes etc.  One classic presentation that has been transitioned has maintained this backdrop and has primary layouts accordingly.  However none of the other transitione...

Barbara Beta Buddy Idea Generator Data Management Suite Community Champion
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Presentations over Document Beantwoord

We are currently using document for all our reporting purposes (internal and external). I wanted to know what is additional in presentation which is not available in document.

Arihant Bengani All Star
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Copy a slide from one presentation into another? Beantwoord

Hi I'm trying to copy a slide that was created on another PowerPoint on Workiva into another PowerPoint. Is there a way I cant seem to see an option.

Gursheel Aulakh
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Conditional Formatting in Next Gen Presentation Beantwoord

I have a table in a Next Gen Presentation that shows data by quarter in columns. The data is always for a 2-year period, so future quarters shown will be forecast. I'd like to be able to set a Conditional Format on the current year columns that wi...

Jennifer Bartlett Beta Buddy Idea Generator Community Champion
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Tip for inserting multiple "sticky" elbow connectors

Wanted to share this quick hack with my favorite peeps here in the Community. In next gen Presentations,  you can quickly insert multiple "sticky" elbow connectors by right-clicking on the connector from the Shape menu. Once this is selected, your...

Mike Davis Community Manager Amplify Attendee Community Champion Idea Generator Data Management Suite Workiva Essentials Train the Trainer
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Ticks on Zero Line in a chart in Presentations Beantwoord

Is there a way to add ticks to the zero line on a chart in next gen presentations? I'm able to add these on a chart with a line on the left axis or bottom axis, but not a zero line that appears in the middle of a chart.

Mitchell Gates
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Next Gen Presentations: can I format slides in letter size rather than legal? Beantwoord

We have an existing, Classic Presentation where all of the slides are formatted in letter size for easier printing for certain management. Unless I'm just missing it, I can't find a slide properties area that includes sizing of the slides and the ...

Gabe M Community Champion Idea Generator
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Vertical Text Beantwoord

I am trying to add vertical text to a Next Generation Presentation.  I want to have the vertical text to section out a flowchart.

Tim Rodgers Beta Buddy All Star Idea Generator Workiva Platform Data Management Suite
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Table Sizing in Next Gen Presentations Voltooid

Hey Mike, If there was an easier way to size tables for presentations, for example adding a "table settings" tab on the right that allows you to select the number of rows and columns you would like in your table, as well as adding the capability t...

Serena Legere Rising Star
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Is zoom available in next gen Presentation? Voltooid

I have recenlty migrated to Next Gen and you stated that there has been an update to Next Gen Documents with the zoom, is that ability offered in Presentations? When the presentaion is in landscape it is easy to read, but in portriat, it shrinks t...

Scott Paasch All Star Idea Generator
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Copying multiple slides Voltooid

Is there a way to copy or duplicate multiple slides? I want to create multiple groups of the same # of slides for different regions. I have only seen the option for one slide and when I select multiple slides and click duplicate it only duplicates...

Jay Lim
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