Open from OneDrive in PowerPoint for Windows

All your PowerPoint files which are uploaded, created, or saved on OneDrive can be edited anytime, right within the PowerPoint for the Web app that runs within your browser. But that's not the only way you can edit these PowerPoint files. Yes, OneDrive also provides you the option to edit it within PowerPoint desktop applications.

In this tutorial we'll first explore how to open a file in your PowerPoint desktop applications from within OneDrive. You will need to have a fairly recent version of PowerPoint installed on your Windows or Mac operating systems.

If you are looking at opening your PowerPoint presentations on OneDrive in your PowerPoint for Mac application, look at our Open from OneDrive in PowerPoint for Mac tutorial.

Follow these steps to learn how to open a PowerPoint file from OneDrive in PowerPoint for Windows:

1. Sign in to your OneDrive account using your web browser. Within your OneDrive folders, select the PowerPoint file which you want to open. In Figure 1, below, you can see a PowerPoint file has been selected, as shown highlighted in red.
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   Figure 1: PowerPoint file selected for opening
2. With the file selected, click the Open button, shown highlighted in green within Figure 1, above. Doing so brings up the Open drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 2, below. Within this drop-down menu, select the Open in PowerPoint option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2.
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   Figure 2: Open in PowerPoint option
4. Alternatively, right-click on the selected file. Doing so brings up a contextual menu, as shown in Figure 3, below. Within this contextual menu, select the Open in PowerPoint option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3.
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   Figure 3: Open in PowerPoint option within contextual menu
3. You may optionally get to see a message window, as shown in Figure 4, below. In that case, click the Yes button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4.
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   Figure 4: Do you want to open this file?
4. Normally, when you use this command, the appropriate PowerPoint desktop application opens the selected file, and you can take advantage of all the extra features in the desktop applications. When you save the file, it's stored back to your OneDrive folder.