PowerPoint

Version 9.8

Version 9.8.2 (June 5, 2025)

  • Insert company logos into presentations with new Logo Library
  • Create custom AI Writing Assistant (AIWA) prompts
  • Reorder shapes in Arrange Shapes
  • Improved container and arrangement options in Arrange Shapes
  • Configure slide margins in your template for use with Arrange Shapes, Deck Check, and shape alignment tools
  • Improved Multiply Shape, Split Shape, and Align Over Table behavior
  • Added Airplane Mode support for SVG images
  • Minor improvements and bug fixes

Version 9.8.1

  • Minor improvements and fixes

Version 9.8.0

  • New AI Writing Assistant (beta) for brand-compliant writing enhanced with AI
  • New Corporate Dictionary feature in Deck Check to help ensure writing compliance with approved terminology
  • Minor updates and fixes

Version 9.7

Version 9.7.9

  • Bug fixes and other minor updates

Version 9.7.8

  • Improved font compliance capabilities
  • Improved handling of stale values upon export
  • Other minor updates and fixes

Version 9.7.6

  • Fixed popup dialog appearing when refreshing certain links
  • Fixed How UID is appended to shape names when generating templated shapes from Excel data
  • Minor UI updates

Version 9.7.5

  • New Create Templated Shape tool to automate generating shapes (e.g., tombstones) from data
  • Save filters applied when searching library meta content (e.g., tombstones) for convenient use later
  • Improved reliability and support for text linking in some use cases
  • Improved Arrange Shapes support for grouped shapes
  • Fixed incorrect font theme observed in Meta Shapes published to libraries
  • Fixed graphics error shown in New Content Slide dialog in some cases
  • Fixed new presentations created with Macabacus not recognizing the template from which they were created in some cases
  • Minor bug fixes and other improvements

Version 9.7.4

  • Fixed bug preventing creation of new library content groups in some scenarios
  • Other minor bug fixes

Version 9.7.3

  • New Arrange Shapes tool for arranging shapes on a slide
  • Simplified metadata schema configuration and related improvements
  • Fixed version control tagging incorrect slides inserted from a library in some cases
  • Fixed link refresh for cells exported as charts
  • Minor updates and fixes

Version 9.7.2

  • More intuitive Replace Colors UI/UX

Version 9.7.1

  • Fixed an Okta token issue causing repeated logouts for some customers
  • Improvements to publishing Meta Slides to libraries
  • Minor bug fixes and other improvements

Version 9.7.0 (June 18, 2024)

  • Added library versioning to identify and replace outdated library content
  • Simplified import/export operations from/to Excel
  • Added library caching status and fixed caching bug that could prevent some libraries from caching
  • Improved shape publishing to libraries
  • Arrange inserted library content layout and behavior bug fixes
  • Swap Text tool improvements, including support for swapping text between table cells
  • Added Airplane Mode and Redact tool support for SVG graphics
  • Improved support for SmartArt in Proofing and Recolor tools

  • Other minor updates and bug fixes


Version 9.6

Version 9.6.7

  • Streamline default template use cases to simplify configuration
  • Add ability to create new riders from any available template (not just the default template)
  • Improve performance when inserting slides from the Library pane
  • Address MasterShape performance issues and bugs in some placement scenarios
  • Resolve intermittent clipboard issues when publishing slides individually to libraries
  • Apply original source/destination formatting preference when refreshing slide links
  • Improve support for SVG images in Redact and Airplane Mode tools
  • Integration with Pitchly API v4
  • Improve and better standardize some UIs and UI components
  • Minor updates and bug fixes

Version 9.6.6

  • Added support for Okta single sign-on
  • Improved behavior when inserting multiple grouped shapes in Library pane

Version 9.6.5

  • Workaround for native PowerPoint bug causing some TurboShapes to display incorrectly
  • Fix Library pane arrangement bugs
  • Fix Create Tombstone dialog not opening in some configurations
  • Fix Freeze Colors error when attempting to freeze colors in group shapes
  • Prepare to Share UI updates and new options in Excel
  • Improved window management for some dialogs in multi-screen environments
  • Minor bug fixes and other updates

Version 9.6.4

  • Improved proofing support for newer chart types
  • Minor updates and bug fixes

Version 9.6.3

  • Added new tool for arranging shapes inserted from the library
  • Minor agenda bug fixes
  • Fixed add-ins not entering offline mode under certain circumstances

Version 9.6.2

  • Fix repeated prompts to sign in for some users

Version 9.6.1

  • Improvements to pagination tools, including more intuitive UI/UX
  • Recolor tool workaround for PowerPoint bug affecting support for grouped shapes
  • Prepare to Share panes now include a button to clear all toggle switches
  • Password authentication is now required for all users
  • Minor updates and fixes

Version 9.6.0

  • Reorder library content by drag-and-drop and sort it alphabetically in Library Manager
  • Collapse libraries in the Library pane to show more content and minimize scrolling
  • Some tools moved to task panes for more intuitive or otherwise improved UI/UX
  • New Split Shape and Conform Points tools for working with shapes
  • Text typed after a text link no longer becomes automatically hyperlinked
  • Fixed handling of hidden rows / columns when refreshing linked tables in some scenarios
  • Edit Link dialog bug fixes

  • Other improvements and fixes


Version 9.5

Version 9.5.8

  • Minor updates and bug fixes

Version 9.5.7

  • Fixed changes to shared library order not saving
  • Workaround for PowerPoint bug that makes it difficult to break text links
  • Fix Bullets now modifies formatting only in selected table cells
  • Selection fixes and UI improvements in Library pane
  • Added ability to filter links by user who last modified link
  • Other minor improvements and fixes

Version 9.5.6

  • Added Pitchly library integration to support data-driven content
  • Fixed Stack and Distribute tools' gap size support for non-U.S. number formats
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

Version 9.5.5

  • Improved support for grouped shapes in many tools
  • Text linking improvements and bug fixes
  • Workaround for new PowerPoint selection bug potentially affecting some tools, including MasterShapes
  • Template publishing improvements and bug fixes
  • Minor bug fixes and other improvements

Version 9.5.4

  • Fixed bug that could prevent administrative operations in some scenarios since v9.5.3
  • Added ability to customize link highlight color
  • Fixed link refresh errors involving volatile UDFs in some scenarios
  • Other minor updates and bug fixes

Version 9.5.3

  • Fix Library pane inserting incorrect content when multiple items are selected in some cases
  • Preserve animation order when refreshing links to Excel
  • Other bug fixes and updates

Version 9.5.2

  • Minor updates and bug fixes

Version 9.5.1

  • Fixed library tags not working when libraries contain meta content

Version 9.5.0

  • Added library tagging for improved content categorization
  • Added link tools to context menu for linked SVG images

  • Minor updates and bug fixes


Version 9.4

9.4.7

  • Updated code signing

9.4.6

  • Added support for Microsoft Entra ID
  • Upgraded application performance monitoring

9.4.5

  • TurboShapes can now appear in more than two states
  • Fixed Stack Right and Stack Bottom alignment
  • Improved preview window placement and behavior in Library panes
  • Minor updates and fixes

9.4.4

  • Numerous minor updates and fixes

9.4.3

  • Added streamlined bulk publishing option for meta content
  • Improved image quality of Excel charts exported to PowerPoint as pictures
  • Other minor fixes and updates

9.4.2

  • New MasterShape placement flags
  • Library pane fixes and improvements, including better support for long content titles and metadata text
  • Other minor bug fixes and updates

9.4.1

  • Better handle clipboard interference from other applications when publishing slides to libraries

9.4.0

  • Reorder and rename library content without republishing
  • Configure and share new libraries more easily
  • Share Macabacus settings more intuitively
  • Download library usage data
  • Include any slide by default in new presentations created with Macabacus
  • More easily create new presentations with Macabacus using any template in your library

  • Other minor updates


Version 9.3

9.3.1

  • Fixed incorrect formatting on slides in some cases when using Send tool to send a single selected slide
  • Added workaround for PowerPoint bug causing Highlight Links to use the wrong highlight color in some cases
  • Other minor updates and bug fixes

9.3.0

  • Improved reliability of inline text linking and added support for text linking within tables
  • Added support for duplicating data groups and other minor improvements in Library Manager
  • Added support for shape locking across several tools
  • Fixed slide numbering issue

  • Other minor bug fixes


Version 9.2

9.2.7

  • Improved error handling when creating and refreshing links
  • Fixed footers and slide numbers not appearing on new slides when required by template configuration in some scenarios
  • Minor updates and bug fixes

9.2.6

  • Implemented new feedback form

9.2.5

  • Minor updates and bug fixes

9.2.4

  • Fix inability for some users to create shared libraries

9.2.3

  • Fix inability to load archived decks in Library pane for some users
  • Fix minor error in grammar check in proofing tools

9.2.2

  • Fix insert table of contents not working since v9.2.0

9.2.0

  • Updates to user authentication


Version 9.1

9.1.12

  • Minor updates

9.1.11

  • Added ability to filter library images by image type in Library pane and other minor Library pane updates
  • Minor bug fixes related to publishing library content

9.1.10

9.1.9

  • Performance improvements, bug fixes, and other updates affecting many tools
  • Improved Pro Precedents support for merged cells

9.1.8

  • Fixed new presentations created with Macabacus missing flysheets in some configurations

9.1.7

  • Library pane performance and UI/UX improvements and bug fixes
  • Bulk import metadata for faster publishing of Meta Shapes (e.g., tombstones) and other meta content
  • Other minor updates

9.1.6

  • Minor bug fixes and other updates