
| Weekly Release
June 2, 2020
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1 New Feature · 7 Improvements · 10 Bug Fixes

An Excel-lent update

NEW FEATURE

Paste tables from
spreadsheets
Copy data from common spreadsheet
software and paste it into Pitch to create
or update tables.
If you paste table data into a blank slide,
we'll instantly create a table with the
right number of rows and columns.
If you want to update an existing table in
Pitch, select it and paste in your data. All
table cells will update with the pasted
information, and new rows or columns
will be added as needed.

IMPROVEMENT

Easier table resizing
Adjusting the height and width of tables
used to be a little nicky. We've increased
the selection area for each anchor point
so you can quickly drag to resize any
tables.

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IMPROVEMENT

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Fewer clicks to add
chart data
250

Whenever you add a chart to a slide, we'll
highlight the rst cell in the data table
below so you can quickly update it with
the right gures.

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IMPROVEMENTS

📏 Text style drop-downs now have a maximum size.

When you add a text block or update its style, a drop-down menu will show a preview of the style.
Before, we would show the actual font size, which sometimes lead to text wrapping for titles and
headlines. This didn't look great, so we've set a maximum size to help you differentiate between
styles without breaking the appearance of the drop-down menu.

🗄 Workspace indicator animates when switching between shared and guest workspaces.

On the left-hand side of your dashboard, you'll see a list of the workspaces you can access. The
one you're currently in will have a blue bar to its left. Switching between shared workspaces has
always had a smooth animation, as the blue bar moves from one to another. Now that same
animation works with guest workspaces.

🖱 Scroll position is preserved when going back to the dashboard.

We now remember where you last were when you opened a presentation. So if you scroll to the
bottom of a folder to open a presentation, we'll take you back to that position once head back to
your dashboard.

IMPROVEMENTS

💻 Buttons in Pitch are better optimized for screen readers.

We've added labels and titles to buttons in Pitch, so if you're using a screen reader to navigate
Pitch, buttons will be announced properly.

🔤 Style builder now includes font controls for tables.

When creating a presentation style, you can set style-wide colors and fonts to make broader
changes, but you can also update individual settings for titles, shapes, and other elements. We
didn't offer the ability to set a font family for tables, which led to some inconsistently applied
styles. Now, whether you choose broad or speci c changes, those will be re ected in the look of
your tables.

BUG FIXES

😅 Fine. Users can exit the What's New presentations.

Last week, the author of these release notes put a hex on the app when she wondered aloud why
anyone would ever want to leave the What's New presentations. Several users subsequently
reported being stuck on the What's New tab, unable to reload Pitch or get back to their
dashboard. Whoops! You can now con dently open and close the release notes. And the author
will try to be more careful with her awesome powers.

🎨 Workspace styles can be applied to slides.

For a short period of time, workspace styles — presentation styles that can be shown to all users,
regardless of their current presentation — couldn't be selected. Now, you can work with them like
you would any other style.

🗂 Closing or switching tabs in the desktop app should be error-free.

Occasionally, interacting with tabs would lead to our dreaded Huh hoh! error and a whole bunch
of red text in the console logs. We've just completed a large chunk of refactoring work that should
prevent this from happening in the future.

BUG FIXES

📦 Bounding boxes will

t around text placeholders with very big text.

To speed up your work ow, we offer text placeholders, which can be created via keyboard
shortcuts, double-clicking on your slide, or creating a new slide. Text placeholders for very large
text styles would wrap onto a second line, and the bounding box wouldn't follow. Now, the
bounding box will t around text of any size.

🔄 Duplicating a presentation shouldn't lead to sync errors.

Duplicating a presentation while working of ine, or with a slow internet connection, was leading
to a sync error for some users. We've corrected the underlying issue, so you're free to duplicate
away.

👻 Deleted slides won't haunt presentations.

If someone deleted a slide while you were viewing it in the editor, it would disappear from the
slide navigator, but its ghost would still be visible in the canvas. Spooky. Fortunately, there's no
need to burn sage and cleanse your deck. Now, the editor will update automatically, so you only
see existing slides.

BUG FIXES

🎛 Switching workspaces quickly won't lead to errors.

We all procrastinate in different ways. Some of us refresh Twitter, others browse Reddit, and a
few of us fervently switch between workspaces while waiting for inspiration to strike. If you're in
that last group, now you won't have any errors interrupting you.

▶ Switching slides while presenting is speedy again.

Occasionally, switching between slides in presenter mode was noticeably slow. The
aforementioned refactoring has also sped up your switching.

🔢 Number shortcuts now show for guest workspaces.

Hover over a workspace icon, and you'll see tool tip with the workspace name and a number. You
can press that number on your keyboard to switch to that workspace. Before, we didn't provide a
shortcut for guest workspaces, but now we do.

📁 Shared with me folder icon color matches other folders.

Private presentations teammates share with you show up in Shared with me. Before, the icon
color was gray. Now it's a beautiful blue, just like our other folders.


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