Being no-cost, these three free apps will be more limited in their functionality, lacking certain tools like Add-ins, Dictate, SmartArt ... Excel and PowerPoint, suggesting it could be in a ...

The current version offers over 200 options. SmartArt might not be widely used, but it can certainly give your Word docs and PowerPoint presentations a bit of retro flair.

Data analysis, pivot tables, icons, smart art, sparklines ... and not in a good way. In PowerPoint, fundamental options such as photo album, illustration tools (icon, chart, etc.), ...

Some Microsoft Office users are getting access to ad-supported, restricted desktop apps for Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

PowerPoint has also been stripped back to basics with lots of the formatting options gone as well as Dictate, Add-ins, Designer, and SmartArt. This really is an option only for those who don’t ...

Conveniences in PowerPoint like Designer and SmartArt, plus screen recording and animation tools are gone, too. You can see a list of all features that Microsoft excluded in the Beebom article.

PowerPoint is missing Add-ins, Dictate, Screenshot, SmartArt, and more. And as noted, the free versions of these desktop apps can only save documents to OneDrive. That publication has more ...

One key limitation of this free version is the presence of persistent ads within Word, PowerPoint ... advanced formatting, SmartArt, Designer tools, and add-ins are unavailable.

PowerPoint has been reduced to the basics, with many formatting options removed, along with Dictate, Add-ins, Designer, and SmartArt. According to a Microsoft representative, this ad-supported version ...