empower slides 8.10 and following

Here is an overview of coming features (as from version 8.9). 1-2 months after each quarter, we will release a new version of empower slides. The list below details features that will be implemented next. Only features that have been completely finalized and approved by Quality Control will be included in the release. 

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empower slides 8.10 (Win)
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empower slides 8.10 (Teams & Web)

empower slides 8.10 (Win)

Planned features in upcoming release:

• empower Links in presentation mode: empower links in https format are automatically converted to local links in presentation mode if the linked file has been synchronized offline.
• Improved slide conversion: numerous improvements to enable even better migration of old slides to a new template.
• SharePoint & Teams integration: you can now browse and search centrally stored areas of SharePoint and Teams in the empower library.
• Support for .pptm files: when uploading to the library
• Master updates: updates for masters can now be turned off.
• Faster startup performance: up to 50% faster PowerPoint startup.
• Improved performance: inserting selected and contiguous slides has been greatly accelerated. The Apply Format overlay now appears much faster and no longer causes delays when working with PowerPoint. The Color Picker now opens much faster (especially with many colors)
• Optimization of sync data load: significantly less data is synchronized for entire presentations without performance loss when inserting this content.

Additional features we will implement next:

There are many additional features in the pipeline. Details and order of development are still to be determined.

empower slides 8.10 (Mac)

Planned features in next release

• Bug fixes and improvements

empower slides 8.10 (Teams & Web)

Planned features in next release

• Support of Word documents with automatic entry of profile data
• Management of own profile data