2026-March-20$$$Version 2026.1$$$What’s new$$$Formulas in Data Editor is the long awaited functionality that enables ability to write formulas directly in the Grunt data editor in PowerPoint. This new feature lets you use common spreadsheet formulas directly in your tables. Quickly calculate values without leaving Grunt.$$$Improving Excel connection. In a huge rewrite of how data and connections are handled; implementing WYSIWYG references in the Data Editor; the actual cell address will be displayed with a formula; along with the introduction of a read-only tab referencing the cell values. There are now two tabs visible to the user when connection is established.$$$Improved Mac Stability. This release includes significant stability improvements for macOS users. Weve addressed several crash scenarios; including issues that could occur when closing documents or updating connected Excel files. These fixes provide a more reliable and smooth experience when working with Grunt on Mac.

2026-February-19$$$Version 2026.1$$$What’s new$$$Formulas in Data Editor is the long awaited functionality that enables ability to write formulas directly in the Grunt data editor in PowerPoint. This new feature lets you use common spreadsheet formulas directly in your tables. Quickly calculate values without leaving Grunt.$$$Improving Excel connection. In a huge rewrite of how data and connections are handled; implementing WYSIWYG references in the Data Editor; the actual cell address will be displayed with a formula; along with the introduction of a read-only tab referencing the cell values. There are now two tabs visible to the user when connection is established.$$$Improved Mac Stability. This release includes significant stability improvements for macOS users. Weve addressed several crash scenarios; including issues that could occur when closing documents or updating connected Excel files. These fixes provide a more reliable and smooth experience when working with Grunt on Mac.$$$Revision 7$$$2026-February-19$$$$$$Fixed an issue where Excel connected data was invisible.$$$Fixed a bug in formulas to improve sorting and ordering.$$$Added ability to display troubleshooting data in the Library.$$$Fixed a bug in rules where content type in Shape would not be displayed.$$$Fixed an issue in Mekko chart where an option to override category axis could behave incorrectly.$$$Fixed a bug in Mac; where the Command key didn’t close the floater.$$$Fixed an issue in Visual Grid where background color could display incorrectly when connected to Excel data.$$$Fixed a bug in Mac where keyboard navigation could behave incorrectly.$$$Fixed an issue in Agenda where chapters could appear incorrectly when using hide functionality.$$$Implemented a fix for improving general performance and consistency.

2026-February-19$$$Version 2026.1$$$What’s new$$$Formulas in Data Editor is the long awaited functionality that enables ability to write formulas directly in the Grunt data editor in PowerPoint. This new feature lets you use common spreadsheet formulas directly in your tables. Quickly calculate values without leaving Grunt.$$$Improving Excel connection. In a huge rewrite of how data and connections are handled; implementing WYSIWYG references in the Data Editor; the actual cell address will be displayed with a formula; along with the introduction of a read-only tab referencing the cell values. There are now two tabs visible to the user when connection is established.$$$Improved Mac Stability. This release includes significant stability improvements for macOS users. Weve addressed several crash scenarios; including issues that could occur when closing documents or updating connected Excel files. These fixes provide a more reliable and smooth experience when working with Grunt on Mac.$$$Revision 7$$$2026-February-19$$$$$$Fixed an issue where Excel connected data was invisible.$$$Fixed a bug in formulas to improve sorting and ordering.$$$Added ability to display troubleshooting data in the Library.$$$Fixed a bug in rules where content type in Shape would not be displayed.$$$Fixed an issue in Mekko chart where an option to override category axis could behave incorrectly.$$$Fixed a bug in Mac; where the Command key didn’t close the floater.$$$Fixed an issue in Visual Grid where background color could display incorrectly when connected to Excel data.$$$Fixed a bug in Mac where keyboard navigation could behave incorrectly.$$$Fixed an issue in Agenda where chapters could appear incorrectly when using hide functionality.$$$Implemented a fix for improving general performance and consistency.

2025-December-4$$$Version 2025.3$$$Whats new$$$Template Gallery with Image Support now makes it even easier to build great presentations. In addition to storing and reusing presentations; slides; and objects in the cloud; you can now also add images to your gallery. This gives you a single place to keep your most important design elements and visuals; so you can quickly drop them into new decks whenever you need them.$$$IME Support for Text Input makes it easier to work with non-Latin scripts. With this update; you can now use Input Method Editors (IMEs) to type in languages such as Japanese; Chinese; and Korean directly into your slides.$$$Date Parsing in the Data Editor now makes it easier to work with dates. You can enter dates directly; and the editor will recognize and format them correctly. This update also improves AM/PM designator printing across different cultures; with special attention to Korean. At this time; the feature supports the Gregorian calendar and numeric date formats.$$$Academy for Everyone the Academy (formerly known as Tutorials) is now available to all users — helping everyone learn and grow more easily.$$$Revision 9$$$2025-December-4$$$Fixed a bug where sometimes modifications; moving or resizing would not be applied to Grunts.

2025-December-4$$$Version 2025.3$$$Whats new$$$Template Gallery with Image Support now makes it even easier to build great presentations. In addition to storing and reusing presentations; slides; and objects in the cloud; you can now also add images to your gallery. This gives you a single place to keep your most important design elements and visuals; so you can quickly drop them into new decks whenever you need them.$$$IME Support for Text Input makes it easier to work with non-Latin scripts. With this update; you can now use Input Method Editors (IMEs) to type in languages such as Japanese; Chinese; and Korean directly into your slides.$$$Date Parsing in the Data Editor now makes it easier to work with dates. You can enter dates directly; and the editor will recognize and format them correctly. This update also improves AM/PM designator printing across different cultures; with special attention to Korean. At this time; the feature supports the Gregorian calendar and numeric date formats.$$$Academy for Everyone the Academy (formerly known as Tutorials) is now available to all users — helping everyone learn and grow more easily.$$$Revision 9$$$2025-December-4$$$Fixed a bug where sometimes modifications; moving or resizing would not be applied to Grunts.

2025-November-20$$$Version 2025.3$$$Whats new$$$Template Gallery with Image Support now makes it even easier to build great presentations. In addition to storing and reusing presentations; slides; and objects in the cloud; you can now also add images to your gallery. This gives you a single place to keep your most important design elements and visuals; so you can quickly drop them into new decks whenever you need them.$$$IME Support for Text Input makes it easier to work with non-Latin scripts. With this update; you can now use Input Method Editors (IMEs) to type in languages such as Japanese; Chinese; and Korean directly into your slides.$$$Date Parsing in the Data Editor now makes it easier to work with dates. You can enter dates directly; and the editor will recognize and format them correctly. This update also improves AM/PM designator printing across different cultures; with special attention to Korean. At this time; the feature supports the Gregorian calendar and numeric date formats.$$$Academy for Everyone the Academy (formerly known as Tutorials) is now available to all users — helping everyone learn and grow more easily.

2025-November-20$$$Version 2025.3$$$Whats new$$$Template Gallery with Image Support now makes it even easier to build great presentations. In addition to storing and reusing presentations; slides; and objects in the cloud; you can now also add images to your gallery. This gives you a single place to keep your most important design elements and visuals; so you can quickly drop them into new decks whenever you need them.$$$IME Support for Text Input makes it easier to work with non-Latin scripts. With this update; you can now use Input Method Editors (IMEs) to type in languages such as Japanese; Chinese; and Korean directly into your slides.$$$Date Parsing in the Data Editor now makes it easier to work with dates. You can enter dates directly; and the editor will recognize and format them correctly. This update also improves AM/PM designator printing across different cultures; with special attention to Korean. At this time; the feature supports the Gregorian calendar and numeric date formats.$$$Academy for Everyone the Academy (formerly known as Tutorials) is now available to all users — helping everyone learn and grow more easily.

2025-September-3$$$Version 2025.2$$$Revision 4$$$2025-September-3$$$$$$Fixed a bug with the axis min and max value in waterfall charts

2025-September-3$$$Version 2025.2$$$Revision 4$$$2025-September-3$$$$$$Fixed a bug with the axis min and max value in waterfall charts

2025-September-3$$$Version 2025.2$$$Revision 4$$$2025-September-3$$$$$$Fixed a bug with the axis min and max value in waterfall charts

Version 2025.1$$$What’s new$$$Grunt for Mac available for everyone. While still in Beta; this version brings massive improvements across the board both in features and stability$$$Big performance improvements. Grunt is more than 2x faster on almost everything related to manipulating; editing; or moving objects$$$Improved start-up time. Enjoy much faster start-up times when loading PowerPoint with Grunt$$$Significantly reduced memory (RAM) usage; especially for text heavy objects$$$Smaller file sizes. Grunt object outputs are around 30% smaller; and even more for text heavy objects; flags and images$$$Fixes$$$Resolved some nasty Spell Check bugs associated with text rotation and Add to Dictionary$$$Brought back support for dragging multiple rules in the rule stack$$$Fixed some DPI issues associated with external monitors

Version 2025.1$$$What’s new$$$Grunt for Mac available for everyone. While still in Beta; this version brings massive improvements across the board both in features and stability$$$Big performance improvements. Grunt is more than 2x faster on almost everything related to manipulating; editing; or moving objects$$$Improved start-up time. Enjoy much faster start-up times when loading PowerPoint with Grunt$$$Significantly reduced memory (RAM) usage; especially for text heavy objects$$$Smaller file sizes. Grunt object outputs are around 30% smaller; and even more for text heavy objects; flags and images$$$Fixes$$$Resolved some nasty Spell Check bugs associated with text rotation and Add to Dictionary$$$Brought back support for dragging multiple rules in the rule stack$$$Fixed some DPI issues associated with external monitors

Version 2025.1$$$What’s new$$$Grunt for Mac available for everyone. While still in Beta; this version brings massive improvements across the board both in features and stability$$$Big performance improvements. Grunt is more than 2x faster on almost everything related to manipulating; editing; or moving objects$$$Improved start-up time. Enjoy much faster start-up times when loading PowerPoint with Grunt$$$Significantly reduced memory (RAM) usage; especially for text heavy objects$$$Smaller file sizes. Grunt object outputs are around 30% smaller; and even more for text heavy objects; flags and images$$$Fixes$$$Resolved some nasty Spell Check bugs associated with text rotation and Add to Dictionary$$$Brought back support for dragging multiple rules in the rule stack$$$Fixed some DPI issues associated with external monitors

Version 2025.1$$$What’s new$$$Grunt for Mac available for everyone. While still in Beta; this version brings massive improvements across the board both in features and stability$$$Big performance improvements. Grunt is more than 2x faster on almost everything related to manipulating; editing; or moving objects$$$Improved start-up time. Enjoy much faster start-up times when loading PowerPoint with Grunt$$$Significantly reduced memory (RAM) usage; especially for text heavy objects$$$Smaller file sizes. Grunt object outputs are around 30% smaller; and even more for text heavy objects; flags and images$$$Fixes$$$Resolved some nasty Spell Check bugs associated with text rotation and Add to Dictionary$$$Brought back support for dragging multiple rules in the rule stack$$$Fixed some DPI issues associated with external monitors$$$Fixed an issue where the Agenda object could display the wrong chapter order temporarily while editing the presentation$$$Fixed an issue where duplicated Grunt objects became unintentionally linked and changes to one would carry through to the other$$$Fixed an issue where the vertical value category axis would break if it did not start at 0$$$Fixed the behavior of the CTRL+D hotkey in Visual Grid to ensure it triggers a standard duplication of rows/columns instead of creating linked duplicates$$$Fixed an issue where removing a duplicated slide with a Grunt object required an extra undo step. Now; it can be undone with a single step$$$Fixed a misalignment issue with the scatterplot Grunt axis handlebars$$$Improved the adjustment mechanism for discrete date axes in charts; ensuring more intuitive and precise control over the axis range$$$Resolved issues with Excel integration; including connection errors; unexpected Excel termination; and problems with workbook fetching when checking for updates. This ensures smoother Excel operations and update checks$$$Improved clipboard support on Mac: special characters like Å; Ä; and Ö in Excel file names now work seamlessly when creating charts$$$Fixed several focus issues that appeared when plugging external monitors in and out

Version 2025.1$$$What’s new$$$Grunt for Mac available for everyone. While still in Beta; this version brings massive improvements across the board both in features and stability$$$Big performance improvements. Grunt is more than 2x faster on almost everything related to manipulating; editing; or moving objects$$$Improved start-up time. Enjoy much faster start-up times when loading PowerPoint with Grunt$$$Significantly reduced memory (RAM) usage; especially for text heavy objects$$$Smaller file sizes. Grunt object outputs are around 30% smaller; and even more for text heavy objects; flags and images$$$Fixes$$$Resolved some nasty Spell Check bugs associated with text rotation and Add to Dictionary$$$Brought back support for dragging multiple rules in the rule stack$$$Fixed some DPI issues associated with external monitors$$$Fixed an issue where the Agenda object could display the wrong chapter order temporarily while editing the presentation$$$Fixed an issue where duplicated Grunt objects became unintentionally linked and changes to one would carry through to the other$$$Fixed an issue where the vertical value category axis would break if it did not start at 0$$$Fixed the behavior of the CTRL+D hotkey in Visual Grid to ensure it triggers a standard duplication of rows/columns instead of creating linked duplicates$$$Fixed an issue where removing a duplicated slide with a Grunt object required an extra undo step. Now; it can be undone with a single step$$$Fixed a misalignment issue with the scatterplot Grunt axis handlebars$$$Improved the adjustment mechanism for discrete date axes in charts; ensuring more intuitive and precise control over the axis range$$$Resolved issues with Excel integration; including connection errors; unexpected Excel termination; and problems with workbook fetching when checking for updates. This ensures smoother Excel operations and update checks$$$Improved clipboard support on Mac: special characters like Å; Ä; and Ö in Excel file names now work seamlessly when creating charts$$$Fixed several focus issues that appeared when plugging external monitors in and out