At KnowMore Platform, we're dedicated to empowering designers like you to enhance your skills and efficiency. That's why we've developed this Macro tool, intended to enrich your designer arsenal and accelerate your workflow. We're excited about the possibilities it offers and hope it becomes a valuable asset in your toolkit.

What does this tool do?

It is a solution for many design struggles that are hard to solve or require many actions. This macro can do many things with just 1 or 2 clicks. For example:

• Make round shape curves consistent _- top 1 issue designers can't solve without this Macro tool or other tools _
• Convert tables to shapes
• Split text lines into separate boxes
• Manage consistency of titles
• Delete content checker report notes
• Advanced alignment and spacing tools
• Add option or comment stickers in KnowMore format
• And much more!

How to get the Macro tool

Once designer passes whole application process and becomes Level 2 designer, an automatic email containing Macro tool download link is sent out.

Please always check email connected to your KnowMore account and check also your spam folder and/or try to whitelist our email so you can receive all important updates.

In case you did not receive Macro tool email even after checking all the folders, feel free to let us know at info@knowmoreplatform.com and we will resend the email again.

Videos explaining the Macro and usage cases of specific tools

To understand how to install the Macro and how to use the tools provided in it please watch the following 2 videos below. As the tool was developed over a long time the second video describes newly added features and updates. To know all the features you need to watch both videos.

• 1st video update: https://youtu.be/2HD9rDFmMCg
• 2nd follow up video update: https://youtu.be/PfkA7tvH8yE

Task pane overview

The Macro also contains some specific tools for our admins - those you can ignore.

Tools overview - Design tools (1. view)

Notes

Insert Comment

Creates a custom shape at the center of the slide where you can put your comments.

Insert Dialog Comment

Creates a custom Speech bubble shape at the center of the slide where you can put your comments.

Insert Option Note

Creates a custom shape at the top right corner of the slide that has "Option" in it.

Shapes

Add Edge-Vertical

Creates a rectangle at the beginning of the selected shape

Add Edge-Horizontal

Creates a rectangle at the beginning of the selected shape

Add Curved Edge

Creates a curved rectangle at the beginning of the selected shape

Add Shape in Between (H)

Creates a red rectangle between two shapes.

• For creating new column, or
• For measurement purposes

Add Shape in Between (V)

Creates a red rectangle between two shapes.

• For creating new column, or
• For measurement purposes

Make Rounded Shapes Consistent in the Selected Slides

Select on the slides you wanted to apply this function to.

• Works also on grouped shapes

Add Gridlines Around the Shape

Select the shape you wanted to use as reference to the grid lines, then click on this button.

Split shape

Splits shape into multiple parts retaining the content and current format

Align process arrows

Copies the angle of the last selected process arrow

Align boxes below process arrows

Copies the angle of the last selected process arrow

Tables

Convert to Shapes

Select the table you wanted to convert into shapes

Texts

Clear Texts

Clears texts on the selected shapes

Split Into Separate Shapes

Divides the texts into separate shapes per paragraph or bullet points

Compress Paragraph

Compresses the selected paragraphs or shapes into Multiple: 0.9pt

Reset Text Spacing

Resets the condensed/expanded texts

Apply Title Style to the Selected Slides

Copies the formatting of the Title from specific slide, and then apply to selected slides.

Content checker

Delete CC Notes

The offline version of the platform's Clean Up tool. Deletes all the CC notes from the Content Checker tool.

Tools overview - Design tools (2. view)

Position

Align objects

The common alignment tools in PowerPoint

Align objects

Align objects along their edges.

Size

Fill space

Stretch objects to fill the space in between

Stretch objects

Stretch the edge of all selected objects to the edge of last selected (reference) object.

Copy the size of the object

Copies the width/height of the reference object.

Textbox

Textbox properties + Clear texts

• Shortcut to textbox properties
• Eraser tool is to clear texts

Textbox margins

Textbox margins

• Shortcut to manage textbox margins
• Reset Margin is to automatically set the usual margin we use
• Remove Margin is to set 0 to all margins

Colors

Manage colors

• Automatically changes colors of objects and texts
• The can icon is to delete recent custom colors used

Updated on: 22/05/2024