Access Files from Cloud Locations in PowerPoint for iPad

You can access your PowerPoint files saved on a cloud location such as iCloud Drive, or even from a saved Place such as OneDrive or Dropbox. Additionally, there's a little-known option that also lets you access your PowerPoint files from other cloud services such as Box, Google Drive, etc., within PowerPoint for iPad.

Follow these steps to access these other cloud services from within PowerPoint for iPad:

1. Follow the first two steps, as explained in our Working with iCloud in PowerPoint for iPad tutorial.
2. This action will open your file dialog box, as shown in Figure 1, below. Within the left pane, you will find a list of Locations, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1.
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   Figure 1: List of locations
3. Other than iCloud Drive, you will find some more cloud-based locations such as Drive (Google Drive) and OneDrive, as shown in Figure 1, above. Do note that these locations are not connected via your Microsoft PowerPoint installation, but via your iPad installation.
4. Now, let us use another cloud location, such as Drive, which is essentially Google Drive. Once you tap the Drive option for the first time, you will see a message window, as shown in Figure 2, below, that asks if you want to Turn On “Drive”? Click the Turn On option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2.
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   Figure 2: Turn on Google Drive
5. Tap the Done option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3, above.
6. Now, when you tap the Locations option, you will see another cloud location available here, as shown in Figure 4, below. Compare with Figure 2, previously shown on this page.
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   Figure 4: Box is now an available cloud option
7. Now, you can open and save existing PowerPoint presentations saved on your Box drive.