Question 1

Send selected slides by e-mail

Accepted Answer

Select some slides in your presentation and with one click FastLane will create an e-mail with only those slides attached.

Question 2

Flags, Maps and Images galleries

Accepted Answer

Quickly search through hundreds of country flags and editable country maps and paste them on the slide. Save images and logos to your FastLane Gallery and use them later.

Question 3

Stickers

Accepted Answer

Comment your slides using stickers in different colors and add status stickers like "Updated", "WIP" or "Illustrative". If needed, remove all stickers from the document with one click.

Question 4

Chart features

Accepted Answer

Calculate CAGRs and Deltas in charts (PowerPoint, Excel and paste-linked charts). Show totals and percentages in stacked column charts.

Question 5

Color icons from the Web (PNGs)

Accepted Answer

Get icons from an online library (as PNGs) and remove their white background using the "transparent" button on the sidebar.    Use your FastLane palette to color the icons.

Question 6

Copy an Excel table to PowerPoint shapes

Accepted Answer

Use Ctrl+C to copy a table from Excel, select a set of shapes on PowerPoint arranged in a matrix with the same dimensions and use Ctrl+V to paste. The value of each Excel cell is pasted on each PowerPoint shape exactly as intended!

Question 7

Sidebar

Accepted Answer

Have your corporate color palette as well as your favourite FastLane buttons always easily accessible on the right side of your screen.   In addition to regular coloring of shapes, you can also use FastLane's fill colors to remove the white background of PNGs (click the transparent color) or to color any non-white and non-transparent parts of PNGs, such as icons.

Question 8

Key shapes and elements

Accepted Answer

Insert green Vs, red Xs, footnotes, arrows, value chains, Harvey balls, and many other standard elements in your slide.

Question 9

Position

Accepted Answer

Swap the position of two shapes with one click.   Have other key PowerPoint position buttons more accessible.

Question 10

Alignment

Accepted Answer

Align by the first selected shape and make shapes have the same height or width.

Question 11

Design

Accepted Answer

Lock/unlock aspect ratio and increase/decrease shape transparency or line width. Copy and paste format, position, height and width with intuitive keyboard shortcuts.

Question 12

Margins

Accepted Answer

Slightly expand or reduce the margins of a textbox or shape with each click, in order to make the text fit perfectly.

Question 13

Revision

Accepted Answer

Change the spell-check language in the whole document with one click.   Check for double spaces, different Font Types or shapes outside the standard margins in the whole document instantly.

Question 14

Tables

Accepted Answer

PowerPoint tables are very hard to adjust.   With FastLane, you can add columns and adjust their width without affecting other columns on the table.

Question 15

Customization

Accepted Answer

Use FastLane's customization menu to freely choose your keyboard shortcuts. You can assign any key combination to any button you want.   Use the customization menu to choose your sidebar colors and buttons as well.