Working with iCloud in PowerPoint for iPad

For OneDrive and Dropbox you can add them as a Place within PowerPoint for iPad to access and save files. Apple’s iCloud doesn’t work the same way. You can't add iCloud as a Place in PowerPoint for iPad. To access and save files on your iCloud Drive, you will have to work a little differently as explained in this tutorial.

Follow these steps to open files on iCloud in PowerPoint for iPad:

1. You should be on the opening screen of PowerPoint for iPad, as shown in Figure 1, below.
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   Figure 1: PowerPoint's opening screen
3. If you have already opened another file, you will have to close it by tapping the Back button on the Ribbon, as shown highlighted in green in Figure 2, below.
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   Figure 2: Tap the Back button
2. Now, tap the Open tab on the left pane, highlighted in red within Figure 3, below. In the resultant window, tap the Files App option, as shown highlighted in green within Figure 3.
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   Figure 3: Tap the Files App option
3. This action will open your file dialog, as shown in Figure 4, below. Within the left pane, within Locations, choose the iCloud Drive option, highlighted in green within Figure 4. If your iCloud Drive has many files, you can also use the Search option available, highlighted in blue within Figure 4. In the drive, navigate to, and select a PowerPoint file, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4. To open any file, tap on it.
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   Figure 4: Access iCloud Drive
4. PowerPoint will now load the file from your iCloud Drive, and open it in PowerPoint, as shown in Figure 5, below.
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   Figure 5: Open a file from the iCloud Drive
5. Note that you can make changes to this file and save it back to your iCloud Drive. However, you cannot save a new file created in PowerPoint to iCloud. Your file must already exist in the iCloud Drive for PowerPoint to open, view, and save it.