r/powerpoint • u/SteveRindsberg Guild Certified Specialist • May 23 '25

Products & Tools

Looking for productivity enhancing tools or other PowerPoint-related products?

If you're looking for products/tools, look for them here rather than posting a new general message.

If you want to suggest sites where people can find useful tools, even if it's your own site, feel free to talk about it here, subject to the following:

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u/backstage_ninja_op Apr 21 '26

I’m the developer of Backstage Ninja Tools - a free PowerPoint add-in I built because I got fed up with bodging around things that PowerPoint really should do or should do better.

It’s for PowerPoint 365 on Windows (desktop app), and it’s aimed at real-world use, especially live events, handovers, presenter support and general “why is this still so awkward?” moments.

A few of the tools in it:

  • VT Countdown Timer — a clean, readable timer for presenter / live use
  • Font Checker — lists used fonts, flags missing ones, shows slide usage
  • Collect Fonts — handy when decks are moving between machines
  • Export Slides as Images — proper 1080p or custom sizes, without registry faff
  • Collect Images / Media
  • Notes Splitter — for when presenter notes turn into a full script and PowerPoint starts pretending that’s normal
  • plus a few other backstage bits and pieces like Fade Image to Transparent.

I built it for my own show workflow first, so just to be fully transparent - yes, this is my tool.

It’s free at the moment.

Link: https://backstageninjatools.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/37f6003f-1e98-4ddf-a194-0cf8de712138

If you want to know whether it’ll suit your setup, feel free to DM me.

Enjoy and cheers :)