
Make sure you choose the General option within the sidebar.
Doing so opens the PowerPoint Options dialog box, as shown in Figure 3, below. Also, if you are a keyboard aficionado, you can quickly press the Alt + F keys together, and then press T.Įxplore our PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts and Sequences Ebook that is updated for all PowerPoint versions.
Access the File menu and choose Options, highlighted in green within Figure 2, below. If you want to disable the Design Ideas Task Pane entirely, or even if you want to control whether the Design Ideas Task Pane shows again when creating a new, blank presentation, you will have to visit the PowerPoint Options dialog box. In all other scenarios, such as when you add a picture or work with slide layouts, the Design Ideas Task Pane will continue to pop up. For example, if you no longer want to see the Design Ideas Task Pane when you create a blank, new presentation, you can click the option stop this pane that says, Stop showing ideas for new presentations, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1, below.įigure 1: Stop showing ideas for new presentationsĭo note though that choosing this option will only prevent the Design Ideas Task Pane from showing up when you create a new, blank presentation.
First of all, the various Design Ideas Task Panes that show up as part of PowerPoint Designer can be prevented from showing up in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.