Learn about the various options available in the Info tab of Backstage view in PowerPoint 365 for Mac. This tab has many options, including those for protection, inspection, and management of PowerPoint presentations.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 365 for Mac
OS: Mac OS X
In PowerPoint 365 for the Mac, there is no Info tab of Backstage view like you see in PowerPoint 365 for Windows. Yes, it would have been nice to have this Info tab where you can see and access multiple settings and properties for file options, protecting presentations, media options, inspecting presentations, and management—but most of these settings are available within PowerPoint 365 for Mac in various other locations. In this tutorial, we will help you discover these locations.
All options can be broadly placed within these categories:
Most of these options can be found within the File | Share submenu, which you can see in Figure 1, below.
Figure 1: Share submenu for a file opened from OneDrive
The Share submenu you saw in Figure 1 was for a file opened from OneDrive. The same menu is less featured if you are working on a local file, as can be seen in Figure 2, below.
Figure 2: Share submenu for a local file
These submenu options are explained below:
Options to protect presentations can be found within the File menu, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 6, below.
Figure 6: Options to protect presentations
There are three options:
No media compression options for video clips is available in PowerPoint 365 for Mac, unlike in the Windows versions.
PowerPoint 365 for Mac has the Check Accessibility option, that you can find within the Tools menu, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 7, below.
Figure 7: Check Accessibility option
Selecting this option brings up the Accessibility Task Pane, shown in Figure 8, below. Learn more on our Check Accessibility page.
Figure 8: Accessibility Task Pane
Again, version history works if your file is saved on a OneDrive location. Assuming your file is indeed on OneDrive, you access the File menu, and choose the Browse Version History option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 9, below.
Figure 9: Browse Version History
Doing so brings up the Version History Task Pane, which you can see highlighted in red within Figure 10 below.
Figure 10: Version History Task Pane
You'll see the history of any versions available to restore. You can click on any of the Open version links to bring up an older version of the opened file.
No option to manage presentations, such as recovering unsaved presentations is available in PowerPoint 365 for Mac, unlike in the Windows versions.
To view properties of the open file, you choose the File | Properties option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 11, below.
Figure 11: Properties option
Doing so brings up the multi-tabbed Properties dialog box that you can see in Figure 12, below. The various tabs provide information about the presentation, statistics, content such as fonts used and theme name, and more.
Figure 12: Properties dialog box
See Also:
File Types, File Menu, and Backstage View: Info Tab in Backstage View in PowerPoint (Glossary Page)
Info Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 365 for Windows
Info Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows
Info Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
Info Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Info Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Info Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint Online
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