WPS Control Properties on Windows: Introduction

WPS Control Properties on Windows lets you view and edit settings for inserted controls in Presentation; 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
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

Control Properties is a developer tool in WPS Office Presentation for Windows. It is used to view and edit settings for inserted controls, including the control name, display text, visibility, enabled state, size, and position.

Core tasks include:

Open the Control Properties pane after selecting an inserted control.
Review and edit common properties such as Name, Caption, Visible, Enabled, Height, Width, Top, and Left.

This feature is useful for form design, interactive presentation pages, and layout adjustments for control-based slides.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A Windows 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 control property editing
Other	You need a presentation file that already contains controls and access to the Developer tab

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Presentation, load a file with controls, and confirm that the Control Properties entry is available on the Developer tab

Source: WPS download center

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	In Presentation, you can select an inserted control and open Control Properties to edit the control name, display text, visibility, enabled state, size, and position.	Word content controls are available on the Developer tab, and you can select a control and open Properties to change its settings for templates and forms.	Google Docs supports drawings with shapes, lines, text boxes, and images, plus formatting and positioning tools, but the official page does not describe a developer-style control properties panel for presentation controls.	Notion database properties let you create and edit field types such as text, number, status, date, relation, and more from database settings.	Acrobat form fields can open a properties window for general and field-specific settings in PDF forms.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: It focuses on inserted controls inside a presentation workflow, making it convenient to review and adjust control appearance, state, and placement in one place.	Compared with WPS: the official Microsoft page focuses on document content controls in Word rather than presentation controls.	Compared with WPS: the official Google page focuses on drawing objects and markup editing instead of control property editing in a presentation environment.	Compared with WPS: the official Notion page focuses on database field properties rather than object properties inside slides.	Compared with WPS: the official Adobe page focuses on PDF form field properties rather than controls inside presentation slides.
Official Source	—	About content controls	Use drawings and markups	Database properties	Field properties for form components in Acrobat

Overall Conclusion
If you need to inspect and adjust control names, display text, visibility, size, and position directly inside a presentation, WPS provides a workflow that is closely aligned with that task. The other products also provide property management, but their official documentation focuses on document controls, drawing objects, database fields, or PDF form fields in different product contexts.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable for	Main issue	How this feature helps
1	Update control display text	Presentation designers	The inserted control text does not match the page content	Edit the Caption property in the properties pane
2	Fine-tune control layout	Courseware and slide creators	Control size and position are inconsistent across a page	Adjust Height, Width, Top, and Left
3	Set control state	Users building interactive pages	Some controls need to be hidden or temporarily unavailable	Use Visible and Enabled settings
4	Manage multiple control names	Users maintaining complex pages	It is hard to distinguish many controls on one page	Assign clear values in Name
5	Review slide setup	Editors and reviewers	Control settings need to be checked before delivery	Open the properties pane and verify key values

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free users	WPS Premium
View and edit control properties	Available	Available
Core office editing features	Available	Available
Additional PDF, template, and extended benefits	Some features are limited	More advanced benefits are available

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Use case	Recommended plan	Why
You only need to adjust control properties in presentations	Free	This feature can be used without membership for basic editing
You also need broader advanced office benefits	WPS Premium	Suitable if you need more PDF, template, or other advanced capabilities

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