So if you are not sure about either of the two, it is always a good idea to embed your fonts anyway. It will not work if you open your presentation on a device that does not have Office 365 or PPt 2019 (or a newer version).You will need an Internet connection for the fonts to download.You never have to worry about your carefully designed slides being messed up again! You need to pay attention to two things, though:
You can download them directly in PowerPoint (or other Office-Applications for that matter) and use them in your presentations and documents!Īnd here's the amazing thing about it: when you open the presentation you created on any other device where Office 365 (or PPT 2019) is installed, the missing font downloads automatically from the cloud, so the fonts are protected from being replaced with other default fonts. What are those, you ask? Well, as the name suggests, Cloud fonts are fonts hosted by Microsoft in the Cloud. With the newer versions of PowerPoint, we got an amazing and powerful tool: Cloud Fonts. Now whenever you save your presentation, all custom fonts are directly embedded into the file so you don't have to worry that it will look wrong on different computers! The modern solution: Cloud Fonts
In practice, the achieved size reduction isn't usually worth the downsides. However DON'T do that, if other people will edit your presentation afterwards, since they can't edit your text freely.
Tip: If you check the option Embed only the characters used in the presentation you can decrease the file size a little bit. At the bottom, at Preserve fidelity when sharing this presentation> check Embed fonts in the file.In the left column, select the Save tab.Go to the File tab and then on Options (it can be found on the bottom left corner of the window).Original PowerPointĬheck out the video, or follow the steps below to embed your fonts directly in the PowerPoint (.pptx) file. If you own Microsoft 365 or PowerPoint 2019, there is an even easier way, which is to use cloud fonts. This tutorial works for PowerPoint 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and Office 365 on Windows. This always happens when the fonts you used for your slides aren't installed, so PowerPoint replaces them with it's default system font. We all know the struggle of meticulously designing the slides for our next presentation, giving them an individual touch by using cool custom fonts, just to see that all the work was for nothing because the slides look completely different on the presenting computer.