Putting all the shenanigans aside, this feature is a real game changer.Ĭan you imagine what you can do with this thing? You can take an audience on a story surrounding just one model. I didn’t have access to this feature until last week, but I found a few blogs who had access to this feature as early as July. In fact, I found out that some of my colleagues and friends who have PowerPoint 2016, but are not subscribed to Office 365 don’t have access to 3D Models either.Īpparently, this feature was rolled out in waves some users received it before others. The 3D Model feature is part of an Office 365 update, which means you need to be subscribed to Office 365 to have this feature downloaded and installed as a newer version of your PowerPoint software.Īs far as I’m aware, people who use earlier versions of PowerPoint (e.g., 2010 or 2013) won’t have access to this feature. But I don’t have that button in my Insert tab! That said, it looks like Microsoft is planning to bring in another option where users can pick and choose specific 3D objects they’d like from a set library that is connected to the Remix 3D platform. Microsoft’s Paint 3D looks like another 3D platform that can also be used to make and import 3D models into PowerPoint slides. Go to the Insert tab, and you may notice (more on that later) a little button in there named “3D Models.” When you click it, can start importing specific 3D Model file types, which appears to be the only option available right now. Watch the video to get an idea of what I’m talking about. In fact, PowerPont’s 3D Model feature is straightforward all you have to do is import a 3D file into your slide, and get to work.Ĭonfused? Don’t be. You may think that sounds complicated, but it really isn’t. I’m talking about legitimately using a 3D Model file in your PowerPoint slide an object you can scale, rotate, and play around with however you’d like. I’m not talking about some 3D image that we can stick on a slide canvas. That’s right! You, as a presenter, can now import 3D models into your PowerPoint slides.
Instead, let’s focus on something HUGE that Microsoft just rolled out for the Microsoft Office suite 3D Models! We’re going to take a break from the weekly Slide Cow PowerPoint tutorials.