I'd like to recommend a feature to be added to the PowerPoint application. NDI is a high quality, low latency professional video IP format that I think would be a good addition to this application. I would allow you to share the output of PowerPoint on other peoples computer using a free NDI Monitor application or send the output into professional video production solutions.

The Skype team at Microsoft has added NewTek NDI support into their product. PowerPoint would be the next product that I think should be enhanced with this royalty free technology. You can learn more about NDI here. https://www.newtek.com/ndi/

Please consider adding support for this.

In Windows 7, PowerPoint (Version 1811), icons are renewed, takes much longer to display shape lists than older version such as Version 1807.

My testing is following.

Windows 7 + New icon in Office 365 ProPlus (Version 1811) : 2.0 sec
Windows 7 + Old icon in Office 365 ProPlus (Version 1807) : 0.5 sec

Windows 10 + New icon in Office 365 ProPlus (Version 1811) : 1.0 sec
Windows 10 + Old icon in Office 365 ProPlus (Version 1807) : 0.8 sec

Reference:
Your ribbon icons have a new look
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/your-ribbon-icons-have-a-new-look-c6bc4cd8-d151-41d3-8276-fc7c9975eb79

PowerPoint (Version 1811) in Windows 7 should display Shapes list in the same performance as older version or Windows 10 does.

Working in Powerpoint 365 on Windows 7. And Window 10.

When trying to ‘Edit Data’ in one Powerpoint native excel chart while another chart’s data grid is still open, an information message implies the chart you are trying to edit is ‘linked’ to a data file. This is misleading the user about their data source. You simply need to find the other chart’s data grid, close it, and continue to Edit the chart native data.

The correct Information message does come up about another data grid being open if you are trying to INSERT a chart while another is open. But not if you are trying to EDIT while another is open.

All charts I create in templates have a native data grid / source, and this is confusing my users!

Can this information message be updated to better wording for native charts with native data?

If PowerPoint can add 3D models of persons (male, female, child, adult, etc.) and make the posture and facial expression of the models changeable and controllable, for example, a user can change the posture of a hand or change smiling to crying, then PowerPoint will become a very powerful tool for users to draw people's without need of drawing skills. The posture-change function can be designed in such way that no matter how crazy a user tries to change a posture, the software always results in a reasonable posture. For example, if a user pull the hand above the head for 3 feet, the result shows the hand is just above the head.

Can you make it possible to easily align the text categories in a bar chart so they are aligned to the edge of the chart itself and not just the edge of the category text box?

Currently, text alignment within bar chart categories doesn't make sense.

First, the alignment icons don't work in a logical way. Pressing the left align icon drops the text to the bottom of the series (if you have more than one). Although I know it isn't currently possible to left align category text in this way - it doesn't make sense that it doesn't work in the way it should - left should mean left and not top/bottom.

Secondly, I know you can use the paragraph options to try and do this but this only works with right and centre alignment and not left.

There are workarounds but I just wish it could be as simple as a press of a button i.e. Click Left Align and category text is perfectly left aligned at the left edge of the chart itself and not the left edge of the category text box.

I have so many frustrated people asking me how they can left align the categories. Such a simple thing shouldn't have to involve a 'workaround'.

Can a "left align chart categories to edge of chart " button be introduced?

While connectors can be very handy for simple charts they can be extremely frustrating when drawing complex diagrams. In this case the limitations of the node positions on a shape and the inability to create a line that does not behave like a connector causes me an inordinate amount of effort to get the lines and shapes to behave how I want. One possible solution to some of this would be to have a node in the centre of shapes so that connectors can auto connect to the centre. A preferable solution would be the ability to switch off auto connecting temporarily. I'm currently working on a vector map of the world with dots and connecting lines. Every time I move a line end over the vector map I have to wait while PowerPoint tries to analyse the complicated shape for nodes - and I don't even want to connect the lines to the map shape. I realise there are workarounds. I could move the map to a new slide while I work on the dots but I'd prefer not to have to.