Symbolise

Click on a button to add a symbol to a word or group of words. Continue clicking to see alternatives. Click on "previous" to cycle back through the alternatives.

Default size

Choose any symbol or shape and set that to be the size for subsequent symbols that are added.

Symbol position - above/below

Set symbols to appear above or below text.

Symbol location

Set symbols to appear above or below text boxes, paragraphs or aligned to words.

Symbol spacing

Set the spacing between symbols and between symbols and text.

Symbol set from folder

Browse to any folder on your computer or network to create a symbol set. Then, typing text from the name of any image in that folder will have that image appearing in the document when you click "symbolise".

Online symbol sets

Easily connect to online symbol sets. You automatically get access to new symbols as and when they are added.

Quick grid

Quickly make a grid which fills an entire slide with the number of cells across and down that you specify.

Make into grid

Select one or more PowerPoint shapes and create a grid from them. Allows you to easily create a huge range of grid styles.

Scale

Select a group of shapes and text and scale them proportionately.

Tidy text

Select a text box and tidy up the text and symbols associated with it - no need to manually move symbols around.

Alternate word

When you symbolise a word, have symbols for a different word also appear.

Symbol qualifiers

Add extra meaning to symbols: negative, past, future, plural, comparative, superlative, emphasis.

Symbol copyrights

Quickly create a grid showing the copyrights for all online symbols you have used. Makes it easy to show the appropriate attributions for any documents you share.

Symbols used

Create a grid of all the symbols you have used in a document. Great for explaining words and symbols you have used.