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What Is Power-user?

Power-user is a productivity add-in that integrates with PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

The plugin bring dozens of advanced features, such as a library of content (templates, icons, flags, charts, maps, pictures, logos, CVs, tombstones, etc.), format automation tools, a productivity toolbar and more.

Power-user helps professionals boost their productivity up to 50% by removing manual formatting, deliver impactful presentations and increase brand compliance.

Who Uses Power-user?

Heavy users of PowerPoint, Excel and Word looking to increase their productivity and easily make presentations consistent with their brand

Power-user Software - 700 PowerPoint templates
Power-user Software - 7,000 vector icons
Power-user Software - All country flags
Power-user Software - 350 Data Maps
Power-user Software - Advanced charts

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Reviews of Power-user

Average score

Overall
4.7
Ease of Use
4.5
Customer Service
4.1
Features
4.7
Value for Money
4.5

Reviews by company size (employees)

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  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

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5
71%
4
27%
3
2%
Pravin
Pravin
Senior Project Engineer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Power-user Review

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

It is beneficial, and we can work efficiently. We can have all items in a single column, Alignment is very easy in power user

Cons:

It makes the computer bit slow, and the price is a bit high. while working it closes automatically

Maxime
E-commerce manager in France
Computer Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

I save so many hours with Power-user

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The Excel-PowerPoint link is so useful and the pipette is one of the coolest tool to use in PowerPoint. The library brings me new ideas and help me not reinvent the wheel every morning.

Cons:

For now, I don't see any drawbacks in Power-user. It may be even greater if it was translalted into spanish maybe.

Ben
Consultant in US
Accounting, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Productivity Booster

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Easy to use product that enhances productivity for every day tasks. Must use for anybody working in an office /corporate environment.

Cons:

Takes time to get used to, but that can be said for any new tool.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks for your review and feeback Ben!

Borislava
Portfolio manager in Bulgaria
Pharmaceuticals, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A real productivity tool

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: This is a great software and I use it both in my personal and business work.

Pros:

I have used many productivity tools, but none can compare to power-user. This add-in really empowers my PowerPoint presentations and Excel files. I can prepare, design, and format documents, link and update my files with just one click, keeping the track where my linked files are stored and what exactly I have linked from excel to opt. The agenda update options are great as well. I can choose many slide templates and easily adapt them to my needs. This add-in helping me deliver better documents, while working faster to meet my deadlines within minutes.

Cons:

I need to relink my documents when I change the name of my source file.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Hi Borislava, thanks for this great review! Very happy to hear you seem to be liking Power-user a lot. Regarding your question regarding the link, you should actually be able to update the links after renaming the file if you just open the renamed file before updating! Feel free to reach out if you are experiencing any issue

Vignesh
Vignesh
Senior Process Associate in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Power-user Review

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

It is very user-friendly, and it saves time while working on presentations. We can easily do the alignment and have many options in a single tab. We can customize this according to our wish

Cons:

Sometimes it makes the system work slowly, and it gets close automatically. The price is bit high

Paul
Paul
Program Manager in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Airlines/Aviation, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

A requirement for PowerPoint

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The templates, context menus, icons, and charting increases my productivity with powerpoint 10-fold. It is on my list of things to immediately download any time I get a new computer or refresh my current one.

Cons:

There could be better integration with external templating services

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks Paul for your review!

Ragul
Ragul
Research Executive II in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Management Consulting, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Power-user review

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: It is very good , we need this in every company

Pros:

It save time by consuming work from our side and their template are very easy to use

Cons:

it has small glitches it is very rare but it occurs and it needs to grow more on excel side

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks for your review Ragul!

Sreepathi
Sreepathi
Senior Research Executive I in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Power-User - "A powerful tool for productivity"

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

It reduces time, especially in creating presentations, with the help of many icons and diagrams readily available in power-user with no other searches. Another awesome thing is that Excel and PowerPoint templates are readily available to present our project uniquely and professionally. Power-user is the most recommended tool for everyday developments and quickly accomplishes our work.

Cons:

I don't think any of the cons, but If you add a few more templates for excel, it will be helpful.

Mogana
Mogana
Consultant in Malaysia
Verified LinkedIn User
Management Consulting, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Easy to Integrate and Use with Microsoft Office Tools

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: Great tool for heavy power point user. Most of the formatting and creating graphs and diagrams can be done under single tab .

Pros:

Most of the frequently used functionality is within on single tab. There is no need to switch tool bars often, therefore saves time and improve the level of attention in the document.

Cons:

Not all features are included such as Bold and Italic features

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Hi Mogana, Thanks a lot for your review. It's been a while but I wanted to inform you that you can now find the Bold/Italic/Underline shortcuts directly from the Power-user tab!

José
José
Management Consultant in Spain
Verified LinkedIn User
Telecommunications, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

An excellent software to increase Powerpoint productivity

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: The times I have contacted the Power-user the response has been very good. The tool works very well and it has become my de-facto default tab for PowerPoint.
It is not cheap but I have not found alternatives at that price range. Good value for money.

Pros:

The Power-user ribbon provides access to resolve most of the tedious tasks I ended up doing everyday. The list of additional functionalities is really good and it keeps expanding all the time.

Cons:

Like excel, there are plenty of advanced functionalities that can make your life easier. Unlike excel, there are not many online manuals that explain you how to do that. I dedicate a bit of time to learn about what everything does so I keep improving my productivity.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Hey, thanks for your review! Kindly note that we have now launched a Support Center with detailed description for each and every feature! Here is the link for that: https://support.powerusersoftware.com/support/home

Gajanan
Lead Portfolio Manager in US
Hospital & Health Care, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Power up your skills and power through your work day

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: My title says it all: I literally power through my tasks and speed up my development time using Power-User. My content quality speaks for itself and it’s rewarding to see my audience react affirmatively to both the quality of content and its design and cleanliness.

Pros:

Power-User offers features that power users of Excel and PowerPoint often find lacking in those products. What would otherwise take 2-4-10 minutes to do or sometimes much longer due to needing to ensure consistency takes only seconds. I love the cleanup features a lot and rely on the shapes arrangements and style copy-paste tools way to much to be using PowerPoint without Power-User. The library is exhaustive and offers fresh ideas to keep content engaging based on audience needs. I know my content gets compared to those by top 5 management consulting companies in style and quality.

Cons:

There isn’t much to dislike at all… at one end I could want some features to not be duplicated like some of the shape libraries, but then I have come to like it instead because I set Power-User as my default tab to open. My reliance on Power-User is likely my only challenge, because I find it frustrating that some of my colleagues don’t have it on theirs when I try to help them with some improvements on their content.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks Gajanan, appreciate your feedback! And of course glad to see that you seem to be really enjoying it!

Aditya
Account Manager in India
Automotive, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

A helping hand in presentations

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The overall experience has been great, I have asked all of my team members to start using this as it has significantly helped me in preparing better presentations

Pros:

The integrated console that provides all the important tools required at one place really helps in saving a lot of time and eases out the process of making presentations. Additionally, the various content libraries provided helps in quick usage of graphic to make the presentation more engageing

Cons:

File sharing option is only through outlook, while I am using google suite, I have to follow the old-school process to share files

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Hi Aditya, thank you for your review!

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Management Consulting, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

My secret weapon! LOVE & tell all your friends!

5.0 4 years ago

Pros:

The ease of use and overall functionality of the tool are by far the best asset. My company has our own MS ppt accelerator program, but it does not even come close to PowerUser! I have been using this tool for years and have forwarded it on to all of our new hires. It has made it's way around our organization :)

Cons:

My firm's MS ppt has one feature where you can select a few slides and email out only those slides. That's really the only functionality I think PowerUser is missing in my eyes!

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Hi, thanks for your review! Kindly note that we actually have the feature you were missing, it's located at the very right of the Power-user ribbon!

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Marketing & Advertising, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great tool to consolidate all key functions

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

It makes editing PowerPoint so much easier by combining all the important functions together. It also has lots of features to help make your presentation look much better and professional

Cons:

There isn't really anything not to like. I do wish I spent more time learning all the other things that it can do because I know there is tonnes of things I don't use.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks for the review!

Rafael
Dr in Portugal
Medical Practice, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Amazing apo

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Amazing app, I habe saved so much time, I csnnot even imagine it!

Pros:

Saving time in daily tasks, enhancing the quality of my macro sheets

Cons:

More tools in excel version is the only thing that I could point

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks Rafael for your review. More will indeed be coming to Excel soon!

Steve
GM Automation in Australia
Higher Education, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Go To PowerPoint Add In

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Makes life easy for Power Point

Pros:

Power-User has made the process of building slide decks much smoother. Power-User is one-stop shop for most frequent PP commands, has clean simple layout, and is easy to use. I’ve used this for PP for years, and can’t build slides without it.

Cons:

Excel / Word plug in not very useful. **need the PP functionality for Mac** I have both Mac and PC, and would really appreciate using Power User on both.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks Steve, we appreciate the feedback! We have plans for Excel, Word and Mac of course, you just have to be patient :)

Martin
solutions engineer in South Africa
Medical Devices, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

reduce your presentation creation time by 70% easily

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I can generate and theme presentations at the speed of light. I am referred to as the company PowerPoint Ninja - mostly due to power user

Pros:

Agenda creation, aligning and matching fonts and text across all slides, access to most important tasks all in one ribbon

Cons:

the load speed when clicking on images and icons.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks for your review Martin, or should I say, PowerPoint Ninja ;)

Sandeep
AVP in India
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Excellent Product with great features

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Very happy and satisfied with the tool.

Pros:

Excellent templates which improve the productivity in preparing business presentations.

Cons:

Nothing as such. I like the integrations with maps.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks for this review! Very happy to hear you are enjoying Power-user!

David
Benefits Supervisor in US
Gambling & Casinos, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Fantastic tool

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The benefits have been using charts. I get to really play around and test out boundaries. The advanced functions are also really helpful.

Pros:

The best feature is having everything that is important all on one tab, especially for PowerPoint. It makes everything so easy and clean.

Cons:

I'm not a fan of the pricing with the software. Word really doesn't do much.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks for your review David

Thomas
Head Hunter in France
Human Resources, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Amazing productivity boost for PowerPoint and Excel!

5.0 5 years ago

Pros:

Power-user has a really impressive number of features that cover a wide variety of issues that I used to face daily when working with the Office Suite. I am especially fond of the Library that includes thousands of templates and icons to beautify my slides.

Cons:

Currently the app deosn't have many features in Word

Rick
Director in US
Professional Training & Coaching, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Power Users need Power-User

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: I was delighted to discover that some of the most annoying deficiencies in native PowerPoint are intelligently addressed with Power-user.

Pros:

This software anticipates the most significant needs of advanced users. I feel as if it has read my mind.

Cons:

There are so many features, it is easy to get lost in the interface.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks Rick for your review

Aaron
Assistant Professor in US
Hospital & Health Care, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Streamline academic presentations

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

After an initial learning curve, this application streamlines the process of creating presentations in powerpoint and making them "tidy". It's easy to arrange content on slides and keep things organized. I do not use the templates very much, but in certain use cases, they facilitate generating an overall schematic for presenting info on a slide.

Cons:

It is fairly easy to install. For academic use, cost is minimal for full features, but I am not sure the features would justify the cost for some that do not create PPT presentations often.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks Aaron for your review

Thy
Lecturer in Thailand
Education Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Hello from Thailand!!

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The software makes all presentation easier and more unity in design. I love it!!!

Pros:

All provided icons and the color replacing feature.

Cons:

I think it would be great to have the typeface replacing function in here too.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks for the review Thy. We do have features for replacing fonts and colors by the way, let me know if you need more info on this!

Alessandro
Consultant in France
Financial Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A usefull software enhancing everyday productivity

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Power-user is an usefull add-on for Excel and Powerpoint, allowing to access extra formatting features, graphs, and advanced features.

Cons:

The software may occasionally be a little buggy, even if it is well supported.

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks Alessandro for this review! Glad that you like it!

Rudolf
Communication Manager in Nigeria
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

My new super power

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I now have a new super power... Super user

Pros:

Different options available.. it speaks to any type of job I need it for

Cons:

Please add transition options to some slides design

Power-user Response

2 years ago

Thanks Rudolf, appreciate the review and feedback!