Install Power Pack

Power Pack installs into PowerPoint and adds a Power Pack tab to the ribbon. The steps differ by platform, so pick your tab below. By the end you’ll have the Power Pack tab showing in PowerPoint.

Caution

Power Pack for Windows and Power Pack for Mac are separate purchases. A Windows license won’t install the Mac edition, or the reverse. See Windows vs Mac licenses.

Windows

You’ll need Microsoft Windows 7–10 and Microsoft Office 2010–2019.

1. Download the Power Pack for Windows setup file from the link in your purchase email, or from the product page.
2. Close PowerPoint and any other Office apps.
3. Run the setup file to install Power Pack.
4. Open PowerPoint. You should see a new Power Pack tab in the ribbon.

If the installer reports “access denied” or error Code 5, make sure every Office app is fully closed, then rerun it. Reboot and retry if it persists. If Windows or PowerPoint blocked the downloaded file, or you get a certificate or security warning, see PowerPoint blocked the add-in. If the tab never appears, see Add-in missing from the ribbon.

Mac

You’ll need PowerPoint 2016 or newer. The first install has a one-time step to add the add-in file from inside PowerPoint.

1. Go to the Power Pack for Mac download page. The latest installer is always there.
2. Download the latest version (a .pkg file).
3. Double-click the .pkg file to start the installer.
4. Click Next, then Finish to complete the installation.
5. In Finder, open Documents and check for two new folders: PowerPoint Add-ins and Power Pack Files. Power Pack saves everything it exports into Power Pack Files.
6. Open PowerPoint.
7. Go to Tools → PowerPoint Add-ins…
8. Click the + button.
9. Browse to Documents → PowerPoint Add-ins (or Recent → Add-ins).
10. Choose the PowerPack.ppam file.
11. If a macro warning appears, click Enable Macros.
12. You should now see a Power Pack tab in PowerPoint. Setup is complete.

Note

If the two Documents folders don’t appear after installing, try a reboot, or in Finder use Go → Go to Folder… and enter ~/Documents/PowerPoint Add-Ins/ (note the hyphen in Add-Ins).

Updating Power Pack

On Mac, later upgrades only need the installer re-run. Download the newest .pkg from the download page and run it. You don’t have to redo the one-time Tools → PowerPoint Add-ins step once the add-in is already added.

Always use the current download link from your purchase email or the product page, not an old bookmarked link. An outdated installer is the usual cause of the ribbon tab or drop-down menus disappearing after a reinstall.

For the general update flow across Bearwood Labs add-ins, see Updating an add-in.