It is greatly useful if you are having a hard time figuring out how to start designing the slide.
This post guides you through the different methods to fix the issue of PowerPoint Designer not working.
You will also learn to enable Design Ideas to suggest your design automatically.
So keep reading the post till the end.
How Do I Enable Design Ideas In Powerpoint?
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Design Ideas will not work without an internet connection, and the button will be grayed out.
So your first step is to ensure you are connected to the internet.
However,Design Ideas is free on the PowerPoint web.
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Therefore, look to see if you are using any custom or third-party themes.
It only works with some specific objects (and for a fixed number of them) in the slide.
The Designer refuses to suggest your designs if they cannot generate a high-quality design.
So you cannot use shapes and objects with pictures.
To change the slide layout to the correct one, go to theHometab and click onLayout.
Then opt for correct layout from the dropdown.
The Designer does not work on slides having text boxes or shapes drawn on them.
Other objects like ink, videos, line, etc., also prevent Design Ideas from working.
Ensure your slide does not have these objects before clicking on the Design Ideas button.
Select a single slide
Design ideas work on one slide at a time.
It does not generate Design Ideas for multiple slides at a time.
Hence,you must ensure to select a single slide before going for the Design Ideas button.
Otherwise, you will see the Design Ideas button grayed out.
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