Learn how to open a PowerPoint presentation from within Web App.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint Online
We explored commenting within the PowerPoint Online (OneDrive). Use PowerPoint Online for a while, and you will discover that this web-based version of PowerPoint works similarly to the desktop versions of PowerPoint, although it does have fewer options. In this tutorial we'll show you how to open a presentation created within PowerPoint Online in your PowerPoint desktop version:
Follow these steps to learn how to open a PowerPoint Online presentation, hosted on OneDrive within your PowerPoint desktop version:
Alternatively, you can open the selected file in PowerPoint Online by clicking the file name or choosing the Open in PowerPoint Online
option within the Open drop-down menu (refer to Figure 3, earlier on this page). This will open the
presentation within PowerPoint Online in Reading View, as shown in Figure 8.
Within Reading View, choose the Edit Presentation menu option (highlighted in red within
Figure 8). Then from the resultant menu choose Edit in PowerPoint option (highlighted in
blue within Figure 8).
Figure 8: Edit in PowerPoint option
Choose any of the above options to open a presentation from within Web App in PowerPoint desktop version.
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