Open PowerPoint files in your browser when you do not have Office at hand: on a Chromebook, a borrowed laptop or your phone. Drop in a PPTX or PPT file and flip through the slides right away.
Supported presentation formats
| Format | Created by | Support |
|---|---|---|
| PPTX, PPTM | PowerPoint 2007 and later | Good |
| PPSX, PPS | PowerPoint slide shows | Good |
| PPT | PowerPoint 97–2003 | Good |
| ODP | LibreOffice Impress | Good |
What to expect
- Text, pictures, shapes and tables are shown on each slide.
- Animations, transitions, audio and video are not played.
- Fonts that are not available in the browser are replaced with similar ones.
- Complex charts and SmartArt may look simpler than in PowerPoint.
When it is useful
| Situation | How the viewer helps |
|---|---|
| A deck arrives by email before a meeting | Read it on your phone without installing an app |
| A .ppsx “slide show” file that opens straight into presenting | See the slides one by one instead |
| Lecture slides on a Chromebook | No Office licence needed |
| An old .ppt from an archive | Check what is in it on a Mac or Linux |
| A presentation from someone you do not know | Look at it without running any macros |
Tips for reading slides
- Build-up slides (where bullets appear one by one) are shown in their final state, with everything visible at once. That is usually what you want when reading.
- Text that overflows its box or lines that break differently are a sign of a replaced font; the words themselves are the same.
- If a slide looks empty, it may only hold a video or an embedded object, which is not played here.
- Use full screen in the viewer’s toolbar for a cleaner view of each slide.
Sharing slides
To share a single slide as a picture, open the presentation in PowerPoint or Google Slides and export it, or print it to PDF and use PDF to JPG. To send the whole deck to someone without PowerPoint, a PDF export from your presentation app is the safest format.
The presentation is opened in your browser and never uploaded, which matters for pitch decks, financial results and internal plans.