Ampler saves slides and shapes to your library and shares a source with your team or company, so approved content is reused instead of rebuilt — and everyone works from the same set.
Quick answer: Select slides or shapes and click Add content to save them to your library; click Add Source to point at a shared folder and access the team’s content.
How to use it
Add content to your library
Select content and add it to your library, then name it.
- Select the slides or shapes to add (several at once is fine).
- Click Add content to save the selection to your library.
- Press F2 or right-click to rename; right-click and Edit metadata to add search tags.
Share content with your team or company
Add a shared source folder so the team works from one library.
- Click Add Source.
- Browse for a local, network, or online folder.
- Access the shared agenda layouts, slide masters, presentations, slides, shapes, and styles from it.
Sources can be made available offline and managed in settings, so the team draws from one shared, approved library.
Keyboard shortcut
Add content has no default shortcut. To assign one, open the Settings dropdown on the Ampler ribbon, choose Shortcuts, click Set shortcut on the function, and press your key combination.
Why use it
Good slides get rebuilt over and over because no one can find the last version. Saving content to a library — and sharing a source across the team — turns that scattered work into a reusable, searchable set, so people insert the approved version rather than remaking it.
How consultants use it
Reuse of vetted material is central to how firms work: McKinsey, BCG, and Bain all maintain curated internal libraries of approved slides and assets so teams build on prior work. Adding and sharing content is how that library is fed. Three conventions apply:
- Capture the good work: approved slides and shapes are saved to the library, tagged for search.
- Share one source: a team or company source means everyone draws from the same approved set.
- Reuse over rebuild: the vetted version is inserted rather than recreated.
Adding and sharing content keeps the team’s best material in one reusable place.
Tips & best practices
- Add search tags with Edit metadata so content is easy to find later.
- Point the whole team at a shared source folder for consistency.
- Make key sources available offline for work on the move.
Availability
Included in Ampler for PowerPoint and the Ampler Suite, on Windows desktop PowerPoint.
Frequently asked questions
How do you save a slide to your Ampler library?
Select the slides or shapes and click Add content on the Ampler ribbon. They’re saved to your library, where you can rename and tag them.
How do you share a content library with your team?
Click Add Source and point at a shared local, network, or online folder. Everyone with that source can insert the same approved content.
How do you make library content searchable?
Right-click an item and choose Edit metadata to add search tags, so it turns up in a keyword search.