Designer isn't working
Designer doesn't appear at all or is grayed out/not accessible
PowerPoint Designer is only included with Office 365 subscription versions. If you have Office 2016, it does not include Designer.
If you DO have a subscription version of Office 365 and don't see Designer or Designer is grayed out:
- Make sure your copy of Office 365 is updated
- Make sure you are connected to the Internet. Designer requires a live internet connection.
- You must use one of the Microsoft-supplied themes.
- You must be the only one editing the slide; two or more users cannot be collaborating if Designer is to work.
- Be sure to choose either Title or Title + Content layouts.
- Don't add more objects or shapes on the slide; just your your photo(s).
- Don't add more than four photos per slide, photos should be JPG, PNG, GIF or BMP and larger than 200x200 pixels.
- Your presentation cannot include macros (ie, VBA code)