{"id":23771,"date":"2024-01-22T21:24:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T21:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=23771"},"modified":"2024-02-22T22:48:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T22:48:33","slug":"powerpoint-design-ideas-not-working","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-design-ideas-not-working\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerPoint Design Ideas Not Working? Try These 9 Fixes."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23771\" class=\"elementor elementor-23771\" data-elementor-post-type=\"ht_kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfffed0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfffed0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3f5ca5\" data-id=\"c3f5ca5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0963f8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"0963f8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7b8588a elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>January 22, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1492e08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1492e08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <b>Design Ideas <\/b>command (also known as <strong>Designer<\/strong>) is a new feature of PowerPoint inside the Microsoft 365 subscription that gives you layout ideas for your slide, based on your content. The problem is, in many situations you will find that the PowerPoint Design ideas command is not working, denoted by being greyed-out.<\/p><p>A greyed-out command or feature in PowerPoint simply means that you have not selected something that that command can be used on. This is confusing when you simply want <strong>Designer<\/strong> to crank out some layout inspiration for you. To help you out with this, I&#8217;ve pulled together nine ways to fix the PowerPoint design ideas when it is not working, so you don&#8217;t pull your hair out the next time you get the following error message.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d9b1cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d9b1cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-1.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42136\" alt=\"The warning you get when you try to use the Design Ideas command and it does not work for your current slide\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-1.1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-1.1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-1.1-50x27.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b699fe5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b699fe5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have the latest version of PowerPoint and want to see what kinds of layouts <strong>Designer<\/strong> can produce you, you will need to understand how the command works so you can fix it when it is broken.<\/p><p>I personally don&#8217;t find the <strong>Design Idea<\/strong> layouts to be useful, but this could change as Microsoft continues to integrate AI features into the Microsoft Office Suite.<\/p><p>But before you get lost in how to fix Designer, let&#8217;s first make sure you understand what Designer is, and how it is supposed to work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb61155 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"cb61155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__cb61155\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__cb61155\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__cb61155\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6870d8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d6870d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4428fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4428fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is PowerPoint Designer?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aab220 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4aab220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-2.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42137\" alt=\"The Design Ideas command in the Designer group in the PowerPoint ribbon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-2.1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-2.1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-2.1-50x26.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44d0a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44d0a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: bold;\">Designer<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is the same as the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: bold;\">Design Ideas<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0command. It can also be called the Designer Pane. I will be referring to these interchangeably throughout this article.<\/span><\/p><p>The <b>Design Ideas<\/b> command (or\u00a0<b>Designer<\/b>) is a new PowerPoint feature that generates slide layout ideas for you. The coolest thing about this feature is that it uses the content currently on your slide to create fast PowerPoint backgrounds.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Designing slide layouts is one of the biggest challenges in PowerPoint, so hats off to Microsoft for creating this handy tool!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-718b393 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"718b393\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-3.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42138\" alt=\"Example of the Design Ideas command open on the right of your work space inside PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-3.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-3.1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-3.1-50x27.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75fbb7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75fbb7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you can see in the picture above, the command gives you a variety of layout ideas based on the content of your slide. If you then click on a layout in the\u00a0<b>Design Ideas<\/b>\u00a0pane, it is immediately applied to your slide as a slide background.<\/p><p>When it works, it&#8217;s great. When it doesn\u2019t work, it sucks (big time).\u00a0 So, let&#8217;s look at how to quickly fix it if it is not working for you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f69661 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2f69661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33e0fa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33e0fa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">[Watch] PowerPoint Design Ideas NOT working<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d9fa64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"4d9fa64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/NaqQV7cJ7sM&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"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\" ><div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/yt_NaqQV7cJ7sM_hqdefault.jpg')\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\"> <p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>Youtube<\/strong>. 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Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: inherit\">Accept required service and unblock content<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e2f880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e2f880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the six fixes discussed in the video above, I&#8217;ve included three additional fixes in the article below. I will continue adding to this article, so I recommend bookmarking this page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c412d38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"c412d38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"49188\" class=\"elementor elementor-49188\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-389aa92e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"389aa92e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-660b31d\" data-id=\"660b31d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d7947a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74d7947a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Take your PPT skills to the next level<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e10034f\" data-id=\"2e10034f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f6a61e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55f6a61e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBreak free from PowerPoint struggle and reclaim your time. Amplify your PowerPoint knowledge with proven advanced methods taught in the\u00a0PowerPoint Pro Membership.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc35d25 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc35d25\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04377e3\" data-id=\"04377e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a0a646 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1a0a646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/join-powerpoint-pro-membership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BECOME A MEMBER<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a69b98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a69b98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Microsoft Office 365 subscription&nbsp;only<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f41f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8f41f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-4.1-300x97.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-42139\" alt=\"The logo for the Microsoft 365 subscription\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-4.1-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-4.1-50x16.jpg 50w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-4.1.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266f419 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"266f419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you do not have an annual Microsoft 365 subscription, you do not have access to the PowerPoint Design Ideas command.<\/p><p>That means that unless you purchase (or have access to) the latest version of Microsoft Office, you will not be given the automatic layout ideas for your slides. This is one reason why I highly recommend getting a subscription.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2831fd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2831fd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Design Ideas requires internet access<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d8fb1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d8fb1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-5.2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-42141\" alt=\"PowerPoint designer or design ideas requires internet access to work\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-5.2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-5.2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-5.2-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-803dca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"803dca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<b>Design Ideas<\/b>\u00a0command is powered by what is called <em>Office Intelligence Services<\/em>.\u00a0That means that to generate layout ideas for you based on the content of your slides, PowerPoint requires internet access.<\/p><p>If you are working offline or have a spotty internet connection, try troubleshooting your internet connection or finding a better wifi zone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21e5097 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21e5097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-6-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42142\" alt=\"How to use Windows to troubleshoot your internet connection\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-6-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-6-2-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-6-2-50x14.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3723b73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3723b73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo troubleshoot your internet connection in Windows 10, simply:\n<ol>\n \t<li>Right-click \u200bthe <b>Internet Access<\/b> icon in your taskbar<\/li>\n \t<li>Select <b>Troubleshoot Problems<\/b><\/li>\n \t<li>Follow the prompts to fix your internet<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa34d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa34d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Warning:<\/b> Using a\u00a0Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the internet will also disable the Design Ideas tab. As of right now, the Office Intelligent Services do not work with VPN connections.\n\nSo that is something else to check if Designer is not working for you.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dcc4ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3dcc4ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remove mixed shapes from your slide<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e4021 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30e4021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>PowerPoint\u00a0Designer<\/b>\u00a0does not work with mixed shapes or other objects on your slide. If\u00a0you add a shape, line, text box, ink or video to your slide, the <b>Design Ideas<\/b> command will likely not work. That&#8217;s because it&#8217;s designed to work with placeholders (editable elements set on the Slide Master) only.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a86430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a86430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-7.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42143\" alt=\"Shapes, lines, text boxes and other PowerPoint objects do not work with the design ideas command\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-7.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-7.1-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-7.1-50x15.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e93b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28e93b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So, if your\u00a0<b>Designer<\/b>\u00a0is not working, double-check that you don&#8217;t have any of these objects on your slide.<\/p><p>Alternatively, you can try copying and pasting your content on a blank slide to see if <b>Design Ideas<\/b> works there.<\/p><p>Microsoft is pushing out monthly updates as part of the Office 365 subscription, so hopefully they fix this issue in one of their future updates.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b924c1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b924c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The 10-6-1-1-1 content rule<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81ade8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a81ade8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe\u00a0PowerPoint <b>Design Ideas<\/b>\u00a0command can only generate slide layout ideas for certain types of PowerPoint objects and only a certain number of each of those objects.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa461b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa461b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-8.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42144\" alt=\"Examples of the number of objects that the Design Ideas can convert into a layout for you\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-8.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-8.1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-8.1-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf73064 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf73064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Designer<\/b> only works for up to 10 pictures, 6 icons, 1 SmartArt graphic, 1 table or 1 chart on a slide. I call this the 10-6-1-1-1 rule for PowerPoint Designer.<\/p><p>Additionally, you cannot mix and match any of these shapes on a slide for\u00a0Designer\u00a0to work.<\/p><p>The picture below shows the variety of layout ideas that Designer provides with 10 images.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea0757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ea0757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-9.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42145\" alt=\"PowerPoint Designer works with up to 10 pictures\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-9.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-9.1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-9.1-50x27.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e58237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e58237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBut as soon as you add an 11th picture,\u00a0<b>Designer<\/b>\u00a0doesn&#8217;t work anymore. Hopefully, this is something that Microsoft fixes with a future update.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07485f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07485f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-10.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42146\" alt=\"If you add an eleventh picture to your slide, the Designer command will no longer work\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-10.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-10.1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-10.1-50x27.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-776fda1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"776fda1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Depending on the size of your picture, sometimes you can only get 6 pictures on a slide before <strong>Designer<\/strong> stops working.<\/p><p>So that&#8217;s another reason why your Design Ideas might not be working: You&#8217;re either not using the right type of content, or you&#8217;re using too many objects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dd8f26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dd8f26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>NOTE:<\/b> If you are using lots of large images in your presentation, you can compress them to decrease the size of your deck. For help with this, see our guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/powerpoint-tutorials\/powerpoint-compress-images\/\">compressing images in PowerPoint<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4ba544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4ba544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Change Your PowerPoint Layout<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8da20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c8da20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-11.1-269x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-42147\" alt=\"The Design ideas command only works for the six listed default PowerPoint layouts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-11.1-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-11.1-45x50.jpg 45w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-11.1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f816ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f816ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Designer <\/b>only generates design ideas for the 6 default slide layouts that come with PowerPoint. These 6 slide layouts include:<\/p><ol><li>Title Slide<\/li><li>Title and Content<\/li><li>Section Header<\/li><li>Two Content<\/li><li>Title Only<\/li><li>Picture with Caption<\/li><\/ol><p>If you are using a custom PowerPoint layout or have tweaked one of these default layouts on your Slide Master,\u00a0<b>Design Ideas<\/b> will not work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9ae90e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9ae90e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-12.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42148\" alt=\"To change a PowerPoint layout, click the home tab, open the layouts dropdown and choose a new PowerPoint slide layout\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-12.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-12.1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-12.1-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2d8e2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2d8e2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If you add an extra placeholder to one of the default 6 PowerPoint layouts on the Slide Master, that is the same as creating your own custom slide layout.<\/p><p>The PowerPoint\u00a0<strong>Design Ideas<\/strong>\u00a0command does not work with custom slide layouts. Therefore, make sure you don&#8217;t add placeholders to your slide layouts if you want\u00a0<strong>Designer\u00a0<\/strong>to work for that type of slide.<\/p><p>If you think you are using the right type of content, you can always copy and paste it into a blank presentation to see if that fixes the issue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aac6ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1aac6ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To change your PowerPoint layout to one of the 6 layouts that work, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Be active on the slide layout you want to change<\/li><li>Navigate to the <b>Home<\/b> tab<\/li><li>Open the <b>Layout<\/b> dropdown<\/li><li>Select\u00a0one of the 6 default PowerPoint layouts<\/li><\/ol><p>If you select one of the 6 default PowerPoint layouts and\u00a0<b>Designer<\/b> still doesn&#8217;t work for you, you&#8217;ll want to double-check your content. See\u00a0<a href=\"#3-remove-mixed-shapes-on-your-slide\" rel=\"noopener\">Fix #3<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"#4-the-10-6-1-1-1-content-rule\" rel=\"noopener\">Fix #4<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a56cee8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a56cee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Set Design Ideas to Automatically Pop Up<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f305c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f305c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf the <b>Design Ideas<\/b> command is working for your colleague but not for you, it&#8217;s probably related to this setting.\n\nThat&#8217;s because you can choose to use the\u00a0<b>Design Ideas<\/b>\u00a0command in one of two ways:\n<ol>\n \t<li>Have it automatically pop up whenever it has layout ideas for you<\/li>\n \t<li>Only open when you select it in your Ribbon<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6d2527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6d2527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-13.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42149\" alt=\"If you want the PowerPoint designer to automatically pop up for each of your slides, click the File tab, click Options and in the general options put a check mark next to Automatically show me design ideas, then click ok\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-13.1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-13.1-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-13.1-50x45.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a3697 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23a3697\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To have <b>Design Ideas<\/b> automatically pop up for you in PowerPoint, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Navigate to the <b>File<\/b> tab<\/li><li>Select <b>Options<\/b><\/li><li>Navigate to the <b>General<\/b> tab<\/li><li>In the PowerPoint Designer group, select <b>Automatically show me design ideas<\/b><\/li><li>Click\u00a0<b>OK<\/b><\/li><\/ol><p>With this feature active, any time that\u00a0<b>Designer\u00a0<\/b>can give you layout ideas based on the content on your slide, it will pop open.<\/p><p>In addition, checking the\u00a0<b>Automatically show me design ideas<\/b> gives you a second option to show you suggestions for the entire presentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3778380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3778380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-14.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42150\" alt=\"New option to show the Designer pane for new blank presentations in PowerPoint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-14.1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-14.1-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-14.1-50x14.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e57e7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e57e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With this option selected, when you start a brand-new presentation, Design Ideas will give you the usual layout ideas for your one slide.<\/p><p>However, when you choose one of those layouts, Designer will then apply an entire theme to your presentation. Furthermore, that same style will be applied to all your slide layout options.<\/p><p>The theme includes slide layouts in the Slide Master, a font combination and a color palette.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e12c12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e12c12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>NOTE:<\/b>\u00a0You don&#8217;t have to have\u00a0<b>Design Ideas\u00a0<\/b>set to automatically show up to use\u00a0Designer\u00a0in PowerPoint.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-273f4fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"273f4fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-15.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42151\" alt=\"Click the Design tab and click Design Ideas to open the Designer Pane\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-15.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-15.1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-15.1-50x27.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5483e56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5483e56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At any time you can open the\u00a0<strong>Designer Pane<\/strong>\u00a0for a specific slide ide. To do that, simply:<\/p><ol><li>Navigate to the <strong>Design<\/strong> tab<\/li><li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Design Ideas<\/strong>\u00a0command<\/li><\/ol><p>Whether or not your see layout ideas for your slide will again depend on your content, your layout, and other factors as discussed in this article.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca3f13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aca3f13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Check Your PowerPoint File Type<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e1b23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1e1b23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PowerPoint\u00a0<b>Design Ideas\u00a0<\/b>does not work with the following two PowerPoint file types:<\/p><ol><li>PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation (.pptm)<\/li><li>PowerPoint 2003 to 2007 Presentation (.ppt)<\/li><\/ol><p>While you can save your presentations this way, the\u00a0<b>Design Ideas<\/b>\u00a0tab will not work in those types of presentations. It will simply appear grayed out.<\/p><p>To fix this, all you need to do is save your presentation in the regular .pptx file format.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f7eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75f7eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-16.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42152\" alt=\"To change your PowerPoint file type, use the save as dialog box and change the Save As Type dropdown and click save\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-16.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-16.1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-16.1-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57042c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57042c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo save your presentation in the\u00a0PowerPoint Presentation\u00a0file format, simply:\n<ol>\n \t<li>Hit <b>Ctrl + Shift + S<\/b> (or F12) on your keyboard<\/li>\n \t<li>Navigate to where you want to save your file<\/li>\n \t<li>Change the <strong>Save as Type<\/strong> to PowerPoint Presentation<\/li>\n \t<li>Click\u00a0<b>Save<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nIf you were previously using a Macro-Enabled or 2003 to 2007 presentation, you should now find that the\u00a0<b>Design Ideas<\/b>\u00a0works again.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c6760 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28c6760\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Look out for Multiple PowerPoint Collaborators<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bed9a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bed9a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you are collaborating on the same slide with one or more people,\u00a0<b>Designer\u00a0<\/b>will not display\u00a0<b>Design Ideas<\/b>. This is true for you and any of the other collaborators.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbdd35f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbdd35f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-17.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42153\" alt=\"Multiple collaborators on the same PowerPoint slide blocks Designer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-17.1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-17.1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-17.1-50x32.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93bbd98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93bbd98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs soon as you are the only person working on your slide again, the\u00a0<b>Design Ideas<\/b> command\u00a0will open itself back up.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab199fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab199fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Have Your Company Turn Design Ideas on<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e671fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e671fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you have the latest Microsoft 365 subscription at your office and you don\u2019t see the Designer group in your <b>Design<\/b> tab, it\u2019s likely that your company has turned the feature off.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb2a530 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb2a530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-18.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42154\" alt=\"To use the Design Ideas command, click the Design tab and select the Design Ideas command\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-18.1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-18.1-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PowerPoint-Design-Ideas-Not-Working-18.1-50x10.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3797974 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3797974\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<b>Office Intelligence Services<\/b>\u00a0is something that an IT administrator can turn off within your company. Therefore, if nothing else in this post works double-check with the IT department in your company.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7efab06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7efab06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Final thoughts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3395787 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3395787\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So those are nine different ways to fix the <b>PowerPoint\u00a0Design Ideas<\/b> command if yours is not working.<\/p><p>Assuming you have a Microsoft Office 365 subscription and your company has NOT turned this feature off, the main thing to remember is to check your content and your layouts.<\/p><p>If\u00a0<b>Designer<\/b> is not working, it can almost always be traced back to one of these two things.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">However, as you can see above, there are several other issues you might face. 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