Managing Objects on Layers in PowerPoint - Everything You Need to Know

[@AdamBoltGoldCoast]

You saved me hours of frustration when you showed me the arrange tool. I use slides with multiple layers at full screen, and if I needed to edit something it was a pain as I couldn't select something if it was hidden already.

[@PowerUpTraining]

@AdamBoltGoldCoast, trust me, some of my video tips arise from my own frustration of wrestling with PowerPoint. If I can save someone from the same problem, then my job is done. Thanks for leaving the feedback.

[@algheroman6476]

There is an awesome view of object layers on the new PowerPoint 365. Right-click on an object (you will need multiple objects on the slide) and select "Reorder Object". You get a 3-D spatial view of the object layers, and you can re-arrange them right there. Very cool.

[@PowerUpTraining]

This is an awesome trick, but there is bad new / good news. BAD NEWS: For all our Windows PowerPoint users, you are out of luck as this works only on the Apple Mac version of Office. GOOD NEWS for Mac Users: This works even in the older version of PowerPoint, as far as I remember, I believe it showed up in Mac Office 2016. *Alghero Man, thanks for EXCELLENT tip!!!*

[@algheroman6476]

@@PowerUpTraining I am a Mac user. I know that there are a bunch of features that work in Windows and are not available on Mac. This is the first I have seen that is the other way around. So good news for mac users, as it does look awesome. Thanks again for the great videos.

[@5pExp]

Thank you very much!

[@PowerUpTraining]

It is always gives me a warm feeling knowing that I helped someone along the way. Good luck in your PowerPoint journey!

[@irfankalkar8461]

Hey smart uncle :D, i have just started using Powerpoint. I already learned these things by myself what you showed on this video. :) But i have a very big issue which i couldn't solve. Can you help me about it? :) For example, i want to move a few different objects together in one movement by only an animation. That's why i group them together with a background or frame which is considered as a page in where those objects are located. And that page will move together with its objects anymore after i applied an animation to the group. And it works well. Everything is okay. But when i try to add another object inside of that group to make it as a part of that group and of that animation, then i can not add it. I have to ungroup it totally (making this automaticly removes the animation), and then i have to choose new object together with the ungrouped objects, and then i must again group them to create same animation again of that group. And i have to again create same animation for the re-grouped objects. Totally same trouble also happens when i want to remove an object from an animated group. Again i make ungroup (it removes animation automaticly), then i remove the object which i want to remove. Then i again group the remaining objects, and i again add the animation. If i can not solve this trouble, if i have to waste time like this, i will not use Powerpoint. Can you help me, please ?? :) How can i control only any object in a group (not text, only object) such as removing from group or adding a new object into the group without ungroup it and therefore without lose the animation which i have already applied???

[@PowerUpTraining]

The MORPH tool may be a better approach, but it depends what version you are running as it was introduced in PowerPoint 2019 for Mac and Windows. Can you share what platform you are using (Mac or Windows) plus version of PowerPoint and I can elaborate on a new strategy.