WPS Select helps you quickly choose objects on the current slide and move on to editing in WPS Slides on macOS; this guide covers 2 core tasks, with 2 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 2 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 2 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index table |
| Membership-related items | 0 | Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index table |
About This Feature
Overview
Select is a common editing feature in WPS Office for Mac presentations. It helps you locate and select objects on a slide so you can continue with actions such as moving, adjusting, modifying, or organizing content. If you are looking for how to select objects in presentation slides on Mac, this feature provides a direct entry in the editing ribbon.
Core tasks include:
- Open the Select menu: Go to the related Select commands from the Home tab.
- Open more settings: Continue to additional settings after opening the Select menu.
Typical use cases include layout cleanup, object adjustment, and slide content review.
It helps reduce repeated searching for objects and keeps slide editing more continuous.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | A macOS device that can run WPS Office normally |
| App version | It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office |
| Network | No mandatory internet connection is required for local selection actions |
| Other | Open a presentation file and enter editing mode |
Download & Installation
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Official Download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Post-install Check | Launch WPS Office, open a presentation, and check whether the Select entry is available on the Home tab |
Source: WPS Download Center
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | In WPS Slides, you can open the Select drop-down from the Home tab and continue to more settings for the current object selection workflow. | Microsoft Word provides Home > Select for selecting objects or all text, and it also offers the Selection Pane to manage objects. | Google Docs official help mainly covers text selection and keyboard shortcuts, with a focus on text-range selection. | Notion supports selecting the current block, multiple blocks, and partial text across blocks for block-based editing. | Adobe Acrobat provides a Select tool for text, images, vector objects, and table areas in PDFs. |
| WPS Advantages | Advantage: The entry is placed in a commonly used presentation editing tab, which fits slide editing workflows when you need to continue with the next action quickly. | Compared with WPS: Microsoft provides more detailed object-management guidance and includes the Selection Pane for object lists and ordering. | Compared with WPS: Google's official guidance is more focused on document text selection and shortcuts than slide-object selection panels. | Compared with WPS: Notion centers on block selection for notes and pages rather than presentation-object editing. | Compared with WPS: Adobe is more focused on selecting and reusing PDF content than editing presentation objects. |
| Official Source | — | Select a shape or other object in Word | Keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs | Keyboard shortcuts | Reusing PDF content |
Overall Conclusion: WPS Select is more closely aligned with presentation editing on macOS, especially when you need a direct way to select slide objects before making changes. If your work is centered on document object management, text selection in web documents, block-based editing, or PDF content reuse, the other products provide workflows tailored to those scenarios.
Use Cases
| # | Scenario | Target Users | Core Pain Point | Solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adjust a single-slide layout | Presentation editors | They need to locate an object before making changes | Use Select from the Home tab to choose the target object quickly |
| 2 | Review slide elements | Report creators | It can be hard to confirm the current object when a slide has many elements | Use the Select command to confirm the current editing target |
| 3 | Open more settings | Users who need finer control | Basic selection is not enough for the next step | Open More Settings from the Select menu |
| 4 | Organize content before presenting | Speakers and trainers | Final review often requires quick object handling | Select the object first, then move, modify, or undo as needed |
| 5 | Handle everyday light editing | General office users | They want to reduce repeated clicking | Use the fixed Select entry for routine selection actions |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
| Feature | Free User | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Basic selection actions in presentations | ✅ | ✅ |
| Basic PDF features | ✅ | ✅ |
| Template downloads | Limited | More benefits |
| Cloud storage | 1 GB | 20 GB |
| Ads | Some display | No advertising |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Use Case | Recommended Plan | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Edit presentations regularly and use basic Select actions | Free | The core feature in this guide can be used for common editing needs |
| Need more templates, cloud storage, or broader advanced benefits | WPS Premium | Better suited to users who work with multiple office file types more often |
How to Subscribe
- WPS membership center: Subscribe now
Source: WPS Office pricing page