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• Press Alt+F11 to open the VBA editor
• Press Ctrl+G to open the Immediate window
• In the Immediate window, type
  

  ActivePresentation.LayoutDirection=ppDirectionRightToLeft

• Press Enter
• Click the red X in the upper right of the VBA editor window to close it
• Breathe a sigh of relief. Your presentation is fixed.

If you prefer a macro that you can re-use, this code will switch the layout direction each time you run it. If the presentation is Left-to-Right, it makes it Right-to-Left and vice versa.

Sub ToggleDirection()

    If ActivePresentation.LayoutDirection = ppDirectionMixed Then
        MsgBox "Presentation has mixed layout direction; cannot change"
        Exit Sub
    End If

    If ActivePresentation.LayoutDirection = ppDirectionRightToLeft Then
        MsgBox "Presentation was Right to Left" & vbCrLf _
& "Converting it to Left to Right"
        ActivePresentation.LayoutDirection = ppDirectionLeftToRight
    Else
        MsgBox "Presentation was Left to Right" & vbCrLf _
& "Converting it to Right to Left"
        ActivePresentation.LayoutDirection = ppDirectionRightToLeft
    End If

End Sub

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