5 FREE Cool Add-Ins for PowerPoint to Start Using NOW

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Discover the top Microsoft Office PowerPoint add-ins to transform your presentations! This video guides you through six must-have tools that will elevate your PowerPoint experience.
Here's what's inside:
▪️ Pro Word Cloud: Visualize text data effortlessly. Create impactful word clouds to highlight key trends and phrases.
▪️ Break Time: Manage time smartly in lengthy presentations. Embed a countdown timer directly into your slides to ensure timely breaks and keep your audience engaged.
▪️ QR4Office: Simplify audience engagement. Generate QR codes easily, directing viewers to your website, social media, or presentation materials.
▪️ Mentimeter: Make your presentations interactive. Set up live polls, quizzes, and word clouds, engaging your audience in real-time.
▪️ Thor - The Hammer: Streamline your slide designs. Position and resize images uniformly across slides with this handy tool from Steve Rinsberg.
In this video you'll learn the top 5 best add-ins for Microsoft PowerPoint any professional should have. Create word cloud images from text for free in PowerPoint, insert QR codes with a free addin. An icebreaker for any presentation is the Mentimeter addin for PowerPoint. I'll show you how to easily integrate Mentimenter with your PowerPoint presentation. You'll also learn how to add a count down timer or a break timer so everyone knows when to get back, and a hammer to memorize the size and position of any shape on a PowerPoint slide. This way you can use the same size and shape setting of one image on other slides as well.
I also added a bonus tip to speed up the use of PowerPoint add-ins in your daily work.
00:00 6 Must Have Microsoft Office PowerPoint Add-ins
00:23 How to Install an Add-in in PowerPoint
00:35 Pro Word Cloud - Create Word Cloud Images from Text
02:24 Break Time - Countdown Timer
03:35 QR4Office - Create Your Own QR Codes
04:26 Mentimeter - Best Icebreaker for Presentations
06:58 Thor - The Hammer
09:09 Bonus: Productivity Tip
09:46 Wrap Up
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  • @LeilaGharani
    @LeilaGharani5 ай бұрын

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  • @suhailzb
    @suhailzb Жыл бұрын

    Leila .. the info you provide is of high value ... I have been a Microsoft Certified Specialist of PowerPoint since 2001 and train Medics being one of them for over 20 years. I highly regard your contribution to the PowerPoint Knowledge and Creativity world.

  • @philipaw1008
    @philipaw1008 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love it. Didn’t know there are such time saving add ones! Thanks

  • @nightshift3720
    @nightshift3720 Жыл бұрын

    The key thing about the information you provide is the presentation style you have, it is excellent.

  • @tade6071
    @tade6071 Жыл бұрын

    You are a blessing to humanity! Thank you for all you do.

  • @vijayarjunwadkar
    @vijayarjunwadkar Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Leila for this add-in tutorial! Pro Word Cloud and Thor Hammer are super cool! 🙂

  • @poojanair04
    @poojanair04 Жыл бұрын

    I love all your videos. Super helpful and has helped me boost my powerpoint skills and work efficiency. Thank you!

  • @Dexcelo
    @Dexcelo Жыл бұрын

    These will improve my upcoming presentations for sure, Thank you Leila.

  • @puseletsomaraba1313
    @puseletsomaraba1313 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you , I needed this tools for doing my workshop's stakeholders feedback elicitation. And creating system screen crop's.

  • @evocmaster
    @evocmaster7 ай бұрын

    Leila, you are one of the best presenters I have seen. Your presentations are concise and to the point. They are informative and entertaining so that they hold my attention. The way you present yourself is dynamic! You look right into the camera as if you were talking directly to me which makes it very engaging, your voice isn't monotone and you have clear diction with just the right amount of intonation. You are always dressed professionally and your set is simple yet to the point. Simply put "less is more". You are a class act and I really learn a lot and enjoy your presentations. Thank you for providing these tutorials.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 ай бұрын

    Wow, thank you so much!

  • @awilliams2792
    @awilliams2792 Жыл бұрын

    I just recently found your channel , I am going back and watching all your videos. I love how you inform us of updates, techniques and ideas in an easy way.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @bjornleenen9766

    @bjornleenen9766

    Жыл бұрын

    You will find a wealth of information in the channel.

  • @christineeliseev
    @christineeliseev Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this - I had no idea that mentimeter had an add in for PPT - that's so cool.

  • @secondarysuccess9326
    @secondarysuccess9326 Жыл бұрын

    As a teacher, these tips are great for improving the effectiveness of the PPTs I use with my students- thanks!

  • @Infographicsproject
    @Infographicsproject Жыл бұрын

    It will really help in the work. Thank you

  • @robertlewisjr5021
    @robertlewisjr5021 Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU. I teach 5th grade and I used the word cloud add in for comments left on a parking lot at the end of the first week of school. The kids loved seeing their ideas represented.

  • @stjulian25
    @stjulian25 Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate your teachings so much, and I really enjoy the nasal quality of your voice.

  • @joanmcdicken3368
    @joanmcdicken3368 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. This information will definitely help me with my PPT presentations.

  • @borstenpinsel
    @borstenpinsel Жыл бұрын

    Mentimeter in PowerPoint is really nice for a seemless experience. This will surely set my presentations apart from the others who fumble around with switching to the browsers. Thank you so much :)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @HercNav
    @HercNav Жыл бұрын

    THOR is excellent! Thanks for the tip!

  • @junioroleary5678
    @junioroleary5678 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the add-in tutorial, I am always learning new ways to use Excel from your video's #1 place for me to go when I need to do something in excel. I have a question, is there a way to import a custom icon instead of having to pick from the defaults? An example would be to use a mechanic icon, or driver icon for the graph.

  • @anthonygikuri
    @anthonygikuri Жыл бұрын

    Effortless and priceless learning worthy giving thumbs up

  • @venelinyordanov1707
    @venelinyordanov1707 Жыл бұрын

    Another amazing and useful video! Thank you!

  • @steverindsberg5693
    @steverindsberg5693 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for featuring THOR, Leila, and for doing such a great job of it. I wrote it, I've thought about doing my own video to describe it, but why bother? I'll just send people here instead. Brilliant!

  • @hardikraja4812

    @hardikraja4812

    Жыл бұрын

    Does it work in office 365?

  • @revingmsto5199
    @revingmsto5199 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you miss Leila for sharing such amazing Add-Ins... you are the best

  • @GerhardHolzer911
    @GerhardHolzer911 Жыл бұрын

    Thx for the mentimeter add-in - using mentimeter for years but did never realize this add-in, which is really a great support in showing the live-results from the queries…

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to help, Gerhard :)

  • @gilberttan8523
    @gilberttan8523 Жыл бұрын

    There is another add in worth to consider, Slido. I used it to interact with the attendees without the need to exit from your presentation slides.

  • @florisvanderleest7798

    @florisvanderleest7798

    Жыл бұрын

    Slido is an alternative to Mentimeter. Both have limited options without subscribing. Simply choose which one’s lay-outs appeals most to you

  • @iconicacademy
    @iconicacademy Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely Love it, Cool Add-ins

  • @kashmuneer
    @kashmuneer Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing such amazing Add-Ins...

  • @nohoracastro5429
    @nohoracastro5429 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila, your are a life saver. I have learnt so much with your videos thanks a million for sharing your expertise. I'm not able to do this though, I imagine I need an specific version of PP? If so, which one?

  • @halailva
    @halailva Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for these excellent add-ins.

  • @spyx5
    @spyx5 Жыл бұрын

    Please recommend more addons! Thanks for this!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Will do!

  • @enriquefernandezaraujo3943
    @enriquefernandezaraujo3943 Жыл бұрын

    Excelent video, thank you for sharing your tips

  • @fernandocaceres9930
    @fernandocaceres9930 Жыл бұрын

    Many thanks Leila!! very useful

  • @manasaraju8552
    @manasaraju8552 Жыл бұрын

    this will really help in works, Thanks for sharing this Mam

  • @rushalmshah
    @rushalmshah Жыл бұрын

    Very useful. Thank you

  • @McIlravyInc
    @McIlravyInc Жыл бұрын

    I love the word cloud. It inspired me to wonder if there is a way to make a word cloud from a column on a SharePoint list and display it dynamically on a SharePoint page?

  • @rgarlinyc
    @rgarlinyc Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, thanks Ms Gharani!

  • @loayjawabreh4850
    @loayjawabreh4850 Жыл бұрын

    You are providing a great education, which I really appreciate knowing. THANK YOU! I have question concerning these Add-Ins, how can I find them for the pptx on iPad, because I couldn’t!!??

  • @alparkson5494
    @alparkson5494 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Leila! I really loved THOR

  • @Greenremas
    @Greenremas Жыл бұрын

    The Thor one is really useful for me. Thank you :D

  • @markpodesta4605
    @markpodesta4605 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Leila! 😀

  • @JamesHoyland
    @JamesHoyland Жыл бұрын

    Oh man the Thor one is going to be a life saver for me - I do that all the time! Subscribed and followed for that alone :) Thanks!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the sub!

  • @unnikrishnansanthosh
    @unnikrishnansanthosh Жыл бұрын

    cool one, thank you for sharing

  • @kabirdherwani1657
    @kabirdherwani1657 Жыл бұрын

    The best add-ins collection from academic perspective.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you find it helpful!

  • @ubuntugeek
    @ubuntugeek Жыл бұрын

    Pro word cloud is a game changer for me.. thank you

  • @DanielAstro97
    @DanielAstro97 Жыл бұрын

    Helpfull video thank you

  • @sachinbs9140
    @sachinbs9140 Жыл бұрын

    Please make a video on Remote from Microsoft addin which is very useful for teachers and presenters in a boardroom

  • @neampdeak
    @neampdeak Жыл бұрын

    good your video thank you for sharing

  • @MM-yf5td
    @MM-yf5td Жыл бұрын

    Thank you from Japan.

  • @h.l6849
    @h.l6849 Жыл бұрын

    Love it!

  • @jakobjorgensen7773
    @jakobjorgensen7773 Жыл бұрын

    Awsome, thanks

  • @SyedMuzammilMahasanShahi
    @SyedMuzammilMahasanShahi Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this amazing vidoe.

  • @chh8860
    @chh8860 Жыл бұрын

    The reason I visit Leila's office every Thursday morning ... is to sample a candy-dish of ideas ... 🍬🍭🍭🍬🍬🍭🍭 ... and this morning was another 'treat'. Thank you ... thank you ... thank you .... 😍

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    You're always welcome in my little office 😊 Thanks for stopping by!

  • @chh8860

    @chh8860

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LeilaGharani 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

  • @mohamedmeshref
    @mohamedmeshref Жыл бұрын

    Great. You are the greatest on KZread! My question: For the break timer; how I can make a ring after the counter get to 00:00?

  • @katiatzo
    @katiatzo Жыл бұрын

    Awsome!

  • @bernardobieler384
    @bernardobieler384 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! I would recommend using polleverywhere instead of mentimeter. Easier access!

  • @jasonipfatsiong2062
    @jasonipfatsiong2062 Жыл бұрын

    Wow these are great and useful, thank you Leila take care

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome 😊

  • @chrism9037
    @chrism9037 Жыл бұрын

    These are great, thanks Leila!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching, Chris!

  • @vivekkhare8888
    @vivekkhare8888 Жыл бұрын

    one of the best channel on KZread

  • @luizvagnersampaio6684
    @luizvagnersampaio6684 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing...

  • @grendbelema
    @grendbelema Жыл бұрын

    loved the QR

  • @letsdoit5070
    @letsdoit5070 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing presentation style! Love it!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @khinelwinzar6143
    @khinelwinzar6143 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks alot.

  • @PiusOkwuego
    @PiusOkwuego Жыл бұрын

    Welldone Leila👍

  • @mirrorreflection3479
    @mirrorreflection3479 Жыл бұрын

    Need to see more add-ins ...

  • @alonzosmith6189
    @alonzosmith6189 Жыл бұрын

    Cool, thanks for sharing 👍

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    It's my pleasure, Alonzo.

  • @alexdemoura9972
    @alexdemoura9972 Жыл бұрын

    ... and do not forget to Export your customizations in toolbar or any other customizable feature built-in MS Office: File >> Options >> Quick Access Toolbar in (bottom right) Customization: >> [ Import/Export ] and save your customizations to carry with you to be imported to an Office app and keep your productivity in your Customer environment as an example. In my case: I consider Excel formulas as a code and I use glasses, so I usually change the Excel Formula area font to a monospaced (fixed-width) font a bit larger than the default one. Since I put my hands on one of the firsts Radio Shack TRS-80 (8-bit Z80 16KB monochromatic) of the country I fell in love by the (slashed-0) terminal fonts... and as a left-handed I abandoned my cursive handwriting to a capital letter handwriting many years ago... with a slashed-0 - my choice is Consolas 11. To change the font of Excel Formula area: File >> Options >> General in (the second field) "When creating new workbooks:" Use this as the default font: [ and chose the font you like ] it doesn't affect the document (spreadsheet) area, just the Formula area. This week I started to UXing my Excel following the W3C recommendations and AWS techniques (not the Amazon one, but initials of Ophthalmology Researchers) to improve productivity and keep my eyes safe, such as change cell colors to a (Windows Tan, light-grey greenish) (Paper) White and font colors to (Windows Dark Grey) (Ink) Black, and changed the font to Verdana 11. I already UXing my Notepad++ Light Mode to the same foreground/background colors and Consolas 11. I am still working on it but I will save as Book Template according to one of Leila Gharani's video about templates. Many thanks to Leila... I just subscribed to her channel minutes ago.

  • @LeandroMartinezLFM
    @LeandroMartinezLFM Жыл бұрын

    Leila, I usually break my decks into sections and each slide inside that section has a title with the section name on it. Is there to make the title update automatically according to the section name or something similar instead of having to go one by one?

  • @Sal_A
    @Sal_A Жыл бұрын

    Hi Leila - old fan of your channel. Can you please do a video on how to update Excel with Planner automatically. So if any buckets/task fields from Planner gets updated/added/removed then it is reflected in Excel automatically. Not sure if it works with Power Query, if not then with Power Automate. Thanks in advance.

  • @majdyazigi8185
    @majdyazigi8185 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila, do you have any PowerPoint add in that creates an animated running number For example I set the start number and the end number then I can generate an animation for it according to some defined templates. It is really a need to have one, thank you again!

  • @jayhancock230
    @jayhancock230 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Leila, Is Thor and Pro Word Cloud only available on the windows version of PowerPoint? Is there any you could recommend for Mac or Web? Love the videos,.

  • @cshahed
    @cshahed Жыл бұрын

    Leila, these are really great add-ins. I am facing one problem, when I add a slide from Mentimeter, I can't see it in my PPT in presentation mode ☹. Any suggestions, I followed the steps you showed several times, with no luck. Appreciate your help.

  • @ericowen56
    @ericowen56 Жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed your video

  • @zaheer7.8.6
    @zaheer7.8.6 Жыл бұрын

    Beauty with brain❤️

  • @tim2154
    @tim2154 Жыл бұрын

    similar to Menti, Kahoot is great ice breaker or mental break for participants. :)

  • @drprashantdash
    @drprashantdash Жыл бұрын

    Superb. Very useful Leila

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙂

  • @keithwood6811
    @keithwood6811 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the informative video! I searched for "pro word cloud" in add-ins (Mac) but the one you reference in this video doesn't appear. Is this add-in a PC-specific add-in?

  • @SamirHabib
    @SamirHabib Жыл бұрын

    Mentimeter is cool!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    It really is!

  • @trongtuyenvnbt
    @trongtuyenvnbt Жыл бұрын

    thanks a lot for these tips, however, I can't open MS Store,

  • @angelv1393
    @angelv1393 Жыл бұрын

    thank you, do these add ins work without internet connection?

  • @userunknozn
    @userunknozn Жыл бұрын

    I like the THOR tool! Thanks for these tips :) Could they be created with VBA by the way?

  • @steverindsberg5693

    @steverindsberg5693

    Жыл бұрын

    Some of the add-ins Leila (BRILLIANTLY!) features can't be created in VBA (the ones from the Microsoft store). Others (THOR, for example) can definitely be created in VBA. THOR was for sure. I wrote it. ;-)

  • @Rice0987
    @Rice0987 Жыл бұрын

    4:29 Purely our daily meetings. It's so cool that i dont waste my precious time for this misunderstanding. :) I just DO my precious work!

  • @eugenek777
    @eugenek777 Жыл бұрын

    wooooooooooooooooooow!!!!!

  • @tuulistewart5875
    @tuulistewart5875 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! Great!!! What is the program you use or would recommend for recording such videos??

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    We use and recommend Camtasia. Get 10% OFF (affiliate link): techsmith.z6rjha.net/c/1252781/1154424/5161

  • @markshaw8150
    @markshaw8150 Жыл бұрын

    Wir sagen Thor wie der Tor oder das Tor. Aber die Amies sagen Thor mit TH wie Thanks und Thursday. Love your content. You stand out on YT. You changed my PPT game with your intro to morphs. Nur zu!

  • @vidyanand99
    @vidyanand99 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this lovely add ins. However I am unable to find Pro Word Cloud

  • @tthomasokc

    @tthomasokc

    Жыл бұрын

    I searched Word Cloud and it came right up

  • @mandarbivalkar1
    @mandarbivalkar1 Жыл бұрын

    Hi.. do we have any adding which will help to answer the questions on slides... suppose a presenter darts a questions to audience and through mobile, audience can answer them

  • @TREGRN
    @TREGRN Жыл бұрын

    How would you use the timer when you aren't sure when might need it? Taking a break isn't always at a specific slide in a presentation?

  • @jajwarehouse1
    @jajwarehouse1 Жыл бұрын

    Does the Menti site have the ability to include the code within the URL? It would be nice to have a QR that links directly to the survey without having to enter a code.

  • @annan9752

    @annan9752

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, you can generate a QR code for a menti presentation and include it in your powerpoint slide

  • @tumse2000
    @tumse2000 Жыл бұрын

    is there a tool, where I can make daily report on PPT and the images just add from the folder with the specific size with one click? I dont want to copy each image from folder and paste it then change dimension and repeat for the whole presentation

  • @tumse2000

    @tumse2000

    Жыл бұрын

    you can find something similar on AUTOMATE PRESENTATION IMAGES BY MARKIDO ENGAGE POWERPOINT"

  • @petermanoj9048
    @petermanoj9048 Жыл бұрын

    Do you have some addin for the excel sheet ?

  • @SamirHabib
    @SamirHabib Жыл бұрын

    Dear Leila TechSmith released new cool features in Camtasia 2022.1 version. Will you prepare video relevant this features?

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure did 😊: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXdru8WenbCqo9o.html

  • @SamirHabib

    @SamirHabib

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LeilaGharani No, I mean Camtasia 2022.1 version - There are 3 new features - Reverse video, freeze part of screen and new blur effect. It was released just yesterday

  • @helmyherdian7268
    @helmyherdian7268 Жыл бұрын

    is THOR can do on tables??or just image??

  • @kyp0748
    @kyp0748 Жыл бұрын

    If your company has disabled add-ins can you create the powerpoint with the add-ins on an account that does have access and still be able to use the finished results in a presentation when going back to your company account?

  • @mcpato8626

    @mcpato8626

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm keen to know this as well

  • @steverindsberg5693

    @steverindsberg5693

    Жыл бұрын

    That would depend on the add-in. Some (addins that create live content on the fly, for example) will only work if they're installed. Others (addins that speed up production, like THOR) don't need to be installed on other computers when you display the presentation.

  • @cward2986
    @cward29866 ай бұрын

    Are any of these add-ins available for PowerPoint on the Mac?

  • @leonidaskyrgiakos6881
    @leonidaskyrgiakos6881 Жыл бұрын

    Nice new hair!

  • @sumukh1977

    @sumukh1977

    Жыл бұрын

    Good Observation. Yes Nice Hairstyle

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! 😊

  • @tanusreepal9294
    @tanusreepal9294 Жыл бұрын

    Can I add these add-ins in powerpoint web? I dont have Ms office 365 desktop version

  • @HoundDogMech
    @HoundDogMech Жыл бұрын

    Don't know who else to ask but is PowerPoint capable of having a menu on the screen and pick a topic (touch screen or mouse) have it play the video clip and then return to the Main menu screen waiting for someone to make another selection?

  • @YAlife721
    @YAlife721 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Leila Gharani How are you... I have see your tutorial which is very informative . Can you assist me which tutorial will be best if i want to learn related with supply chain and logistics management

  • @Proud-to-be-Muslim-1445
    @Proud-to-be-Muslim-1445 Жыл бұрын

    Hi, Is there any way to add a list of words in ms word, then, when I type any word of the list ,it turns, for example, to red or any chosen colour, or to be underlined. I dont know if you understand my question! Thanx