Install Bingo Creator

This page takes you from downloading Bingo Creator to a registered add-in ready to use. By the end you’ll see an Add-ins tab in the PowerPoint ribbon with a Bingo Creator section.

Before you start

Bingo Creator is a PowerPoint add-in (a .ppam file). It needs the desktop version of Microsoft PowerPoint:

• Windows: PowerPoint 2010 or newer.
• Mac: PowerPoint 2016 or newer.

It doesn’t run in Keynote, LibreOffice, iPad PowerPoint, or PowerPoint for the web.

Download and load the add-in

The steps differ by platform. Follow the tab for your computer.

Windows

1. Download the latest version of Bingo Creator from your TPT download folder or from the download page.
2. Move the BingoCreator.ppam file into your Documents folder (or a folder inside Documents).
3. Right-click the BingoCreator.ppam file, choose Properties, tick Unblock if it appears, then click OK. Windows blocks downloaded add-ins by default, and this clears it.
4. Open PowerPoint.
5. Go to File → Options → Add-ins.
6. At the bottom of the window, set Manage to PowerPoint Add-ins, then click Go….
7. Click Add New.
8. Browse to your Documents folder (or wherever you saved the file) and choose BingoCreator.ppam.
9. If PowerPoint shows a macro or security warning as it loads the file, choose Enable Macros so the add-in can run.

Mac

1. Download the latest version of Bingo Creator from your TPT download folder or from the download page.
2. Move the BingoCreator.ppam file into your Documents folder (or wherever you like to keep it).
3. Open PowerPoint.
4. Go to Tools → PowerPoint Add-ins….
5. Click the + button.
6. Browse to your Documents folder (or wherever you saved the file) and choose BingoCreator.ppam.
7. If PowerPoint shows a macro or security warning as it loads the file, choose Enable Macros so the add-in can run.

You should now see an Add-ins tab in the PowerPoint ribbon with a Bingo Creator section.

Register your license

Registering unlocks the add-in and is done once per install.

1. Click the Add-ins tab, then Bingo Creator → Preferences.
2. Enter your name.
3. Enter your license number from your purchase email.
4. Click OK. Your license is now activated.

Tip

Keep your purchase email. You’ll need the same license number if you register Bingo Creator on another computer.

If the Add-ins tab doesn’t appear

If the Add-ins tab never shows up, or a warning appeared while you were adding BingoCreator.ppam:

• Confirm you added the file through PowerPoint’s add-in manager (the steps above), not by double-clicking it.
• On Windows, check you completed the Unblock step in step 3. See PowerPoint blocked the add-in.
• If the tab was there before and has since vanished, see the add-in disappeared from the ribbon.

Keeping Bingo Creator updated

Updating is a straight swap of the .ppam file. Your license and settings carry over.

1. Download the new BingoCreator.ppam file.
2. Close PowerPoint.
3. Replace the old BingoCreator.ppam in your Documents folder with the new one.
4. On Windows, right-click the new file first, choose Properties, and tick Unblock before reopening PowerPoint.
5. Open PowerPoint.

For the full generic flow and what to do if the add-in doesn’t reload, see updating an add-in.