Explore Research tools to connect with websites, translations, and more in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows. Some of these research tools can make a huge difference.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 and higher
Creating a slide deck, and you suddenly want to authenticate a figure or double-check a fact? Well, there's no need to open a web browser or even access a conventional dictionary. The Research Task pane is no longer directly accessible in PowerPoint 2016, but you can still do everything possible in previous versions of PowerPoint, as we explain on this page.
Follow these steps to research content in PowerPoint 2016 Windows:
Although it is perfectly acceptable to choose an alternative word from the thesaurus and even copy a few difficult spellings, it is certainly not advisable to copy content from the Research pane to create a presentation. Remember that the Research tools are intended for "research" only.
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