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Powerpoint Arrow Pointer for Mac

Does anyone know why the "arrow pointer" doesn't work for Mac Powerpoint? For me the laser, highlighter and everything else appears on screen except for the arrow. Any solutions? Thanks!

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
PowerPoint Management
PowerPoint Management
PowerPoint: 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.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
250 questions
asked 2020-11-19T14:41:40.593+00:00
Sircoolpants 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-15T09:23:07.213+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,041 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

unlicensed or expired

Hi A Microsoft account was generated by the ministry of education months ago and I installed all office apps on my Mac. They were working very well but now I can't edit or do anything with the apps! A message appear that I only can view without edit,…

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-12-13T10:20:53.957+00:00
ولاء بنت منديلي 21 Reputation points
answered 2020-12-15T07:51:25.12+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,041 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Can custom templates be set as the default when trying to create a new email in Outlook for Mac?

This feature is available currently in Outlook for Windows and I've been looking around to be able to set a custom template as the default template used when the new email option is selected in the Outlook for Mac application. Has anyone been able to…

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
6,074 questions
asked 2020-12-10T23:07:00.32+00:00
eciadmin_o365 6 Reputation points
answered 2020-12-11T06:37:32.95+00:00
JeffYang-MSFT 6,261 Reputation points Moderator
1 answer

Teams on mac: Powerpoint presenter mode gives empty slide for viewers, on windows it works

Teams on Mac 1.3 When trying to use the presenter mode for Powerpoint, by selecting the Powerpoint presenting window to share, and then choosing the presenter view to move around, the slide is completely white or completely red for the viewers. When…

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
10,894 questions
Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-11-23T13:43:57.35+00:00
Hugo Logmans 11 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-09T11:05:58.02+00:00
Hugo Logmans 11 Reputation points
1 answer

Teams plugin in outlook

I'm using a MacBook Pro with Big Sur and outlook ver16.43, the teams plugin now appears, but each time I try to use it, the outlook send a message that require to confirm the permission to add a meeting into Teams, son ask for incited session on the…

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
10,894 questions
Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-11-29T19:14:35.637+00:00
Jorge Bermudez Campos 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-08T06:52:38.753+00:00
Sharon Zhao-MSFT 25,756 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Error message that messages have been moved to drafts folder

I am getting this error message; The folder in which items were to be saved could not be found. Email could not be sent. The message has been moved to your Drafts folder; Having read advice from microsoft community I emptied my cache but now all my…

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
6,074 questions
asked 2020-12-01T22:10:08.957+00:00
Patricia Barnfather 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-04T08:27:43.297+00:00
JeffYang-MSFT 6,261 Reputation points Moderator
1 answer

Issues with word. Vanishing parts of the document.

When I go to type in a docx format word document there are sections of the document that disappear. This includes images and text. I can click backspace and they appear. I go to type and they vanish. I then scroll up and down and they text comes back.…

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-11-26T11:52:17.843+00:00
Christine 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-04T01:09:58.997+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796 Reputation points
2 answers

export as PDF

Why my Word cannot export files as PDF format (best fit for sharing)? It always shows error occurs when connecting to the internet but I am sure that there is nothing wrong with my internet connection.

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,027 questions
asked 2020-11-28T09:11:50.73+00:00
Qinlei LIU 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-12-02T10:16:57.51+00:00
Erin Ding-MSFT 4,476 Reputation points
1 answer

Install Office 365 in a MAC with El capitan is possible?

Is it possible to install office 365 in a mAC with El capitan as operative system? If not in whihc way I can install another version of IOS? Thank you very much for your help

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-11-07T13:09:34.073+00:00
Maurizio Franchini 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-11-30T00:59:13.683+00:00
KyleXu-MSFT 26,391 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

VBA doesnt work

Hi, I am using a Mac and for some reason the excel VBA doesn't recognize any code I write. It doesn't work at all. The code is written fine. The sub is not becoming blue. A help will be a life saving. Would very much appreciate. Gilad

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-11-28T18:01:23.777+00:00
Gilad Levin 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-11-29T11:45:59.39+00:00
Gilad Levin 21 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Corrupt data analysis Excel OSX

I went ahead and updated to Office 365 and I get the following error when opening Excel: Sorry, we couldn't find ﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽tions/Microsoft…

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-11-23T17:56:47.503+00:00
Fernando Colina 21 Reputation points
answered 2020-11-27T19:54:29.16+00:00
Fernando Colina 21 Reputation points
1 answer

Email account on different devices with different settings

Hi, I am the assistant to our Executive Director and for now I always had access to his delegated account and calendar through Outlook. With the new Outlook I wouldn't be able to see those, because it doesn't support delegated accounts. I now…

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
6,074 questions
asked 2020-11-23T20:07:38.363+00:00
Ulrike Kane 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-11-25T08:28:44.097+00:00
JeffYang-MSFT 6,261 Reputation points Moderator
1 answer

Big Sur eating my word documents

Since the Big Sur update, in my Word documents as I type paragraphs above on the page disappear or the line above disappears, then when I hover the mouse over the blank space, they can reappear, only to disappear again when I start to type again - also…

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,027 questions
asked 2020-11-23T20:29:40.55+00:00
hb 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-11-24T08:17:17.093+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,041 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

SharePoint 2019 and Office 2019

Dears, I am using SharePoint 2019 and using office 2019 Work, Excel. This office 2019 i am using my office 365 account. When i upload word and excel file in my sharepoint general library and when i click it to open it opens in my Windows Laptop, but it…

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,449 questions
SharePoint Server Management
SharePoint Server Management
SharePoint Server: A family of Microsoft on-premises document management and storage systems.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
3,079 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,027 questions
asked 2020-11-15T17:49:34.98+00:00
Tehsim Aftab 81 Reputation points
accepted 2020-11-18T06:25:02.823+00:00
Tehsim Aftab 81 Reputation points
2 answers

Office for Mac Excel 16.43 - Line and Font Error with PDF export

Hi Experts, I recently got a new iMac (late 2020 with Catalina 10.15.7) at work, on which the newest Office Version has been installed (Version 16.43.20110804). When opening files in Excel 16.43 I initially created with Excel 14.something it…

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
Excel Management
Excel Management
Excel: A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,929 questions
asked 2020-11-12T14:02:23.777+00:00
JBr 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-11-17T08:29:50.517+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,041 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

HELP!!!! Unable to open word documents on my MAC?

Some documents in Word and Powerpoint able to open while others cannot. Current version of Word and PPT so it is not an update issue. Need to be able to open ALL documents. HELP!

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,027 questions
asked 2020-11-09T22:28:51.92+00:00
Jennifer Fondrevay 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-11-10T09:21:01.917+00:00
Erin Ding-MSFT 4,476 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't Save or Save as - Microsoft Word for Mac Version 16.42

On my MacBookpro 2017, running Catalina 10.15.7 ,the Save and Save as commands work, but not on my iMac (Late 2014) running the same operating system and version of Word; the options are greyed out. Changing to an earier version of Word doesn't help.

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-10-21T10:17:14.527+00:00
Paul Calder 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-03T09:51:57.723+00:00
Erin Ding-MSFT 4,476 Reputation points
0 answers

ADRMS + ADFS + MacOS catalina + office 2016 + Mobile Extension not work

I've followed steps on microsoft website and finished configuration of ADFS + ADRMS + Mobile Extensions. But it does not work properly. I opened a rms protected file on MacOS catalina. It directly prompts a window saying I don't have rights to open the…

Active Directory Federation Services
Active Directory Federation Services
An Active Directory technology that provides single-sign-on functionality by securely sharing digital identity and entitlement rights across security and enterprise boundaries.
1,301 questions
Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,027 questions
asked 2020-11-01T07:55:45.74+00:00
dlwlrma 21 Reputation points
1 answer

Catalina and Microsoft Office Compatabiity

What is the fix for using the desktop version of microsoft office on a Mac with IOS catalina? I don't want to have to subscribe to 365.

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-10-24T11:55:03.3+00:00
BRS 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-10-30T09:25:29.253+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,041 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

No puedo guardar un libro en excel

Hola estoy en excel y me es imposible guardar un libro, no me deja picarle a la opción de guardar. cómo me pueden ayudar????

Office Mac
Office Mac
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Mac: A family of Apple personal computers that run the macOS operating system.
545 questions
asked 2020-10-26T04:05:54.957+00:00
Fernando Valdés Odriozola 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-10-26T09:34:19.597+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796 Reputation points