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Embedding PPT requires Sharepoint login
Any way you can share the HTML you're using for the embed? Feel free to strip out your actual PowerPoint URL from it--we use embedded Office documents all the time and I've not seen this behavior before.
One other thing--I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but what you've described sounds pretty close to what happens if an Anonymous link isn't being used. You're sure the link you're grabbing is Anonymous?
Insult away Matt! (No insult taken). I don't know how to create an "anonymous" embed code since it is not an option from within the PowerPoint file. When I get an embed code, the only thing that I can change is the dimensions of the slideshow.
I feel like I'm overlooking something obvious, but I did spend about an hour with MS Tech Support and they couldn't fix it, so I don't think it is so obvious that I'll feel like an idiot when I discover what it was (but maybe I will). Anyway, here is the embed code that PPT is generating:
<iframe src="https://kresslawoffice-my.sharepoint.com/personal/matt_kress_kresslawoffice_onmicrosoft_com/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc={4682a6b5-1100-4acc-8f8d-b83f3300b94a}&action=embedview&wdAr=1.7777777777777777" width="962px" height="565px" frameborder="0">This is an embedded <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com">Microsoft Office</a> presentation, powered by <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com/webapps">Office Online</a>.</iframe>
Here is the regular link:
https://kresslawoffice-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/matt_kress_kresslawoffice_onmicrosoft_com/EbWmgkYAEcxKj424PzMAuUoBoYfnOONmK8caQvndDp1OEQ?e=pJkc0v
I am hopeful that someone can enlighten me as to what the heck I'm doing wrong.
Thank you,
Matt
Found it! You should find that this code works:
<iframe src="https://kresslawoffice-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/matt_kress_kresslawoffice_onmicrosoft_com/EbWmgkYAEcxKj424PzMAuUoBoYfnOONmK8caQvndDp1OEQ?e=pJkc0v&action=embedview&wdAr=1.7777777777777777" width="350px" height="221px" frameborder="0">This is an embedded <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com">Microsoft Office</a> presentation, powered by <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com/webapps">Office Online</a>.</iframe>
***TechCommunity is shortening URLs, which breaks the HTML. See attached .docx file for full reference.
I suspect we had two issues here:
- First, the embed code is using the unaltered document URL, which does not allow anonymous access. When an anonymous access link is created, the URL is more of a "pathway" than a destination, so even if you've shared a document anonymously before, that specific link must be used for an anonymous user to get to the document at all. The embed code must use this anonymous access URL, or your users would be asked to authenticate.
- Second, inserting the anonymous access URL (like the one you provided in your last post) in the embed code requires a bit knowledge of SharePoint special sauce. If you simply paste over the entire document URL generated by Office365 when you asked it for embed code, you'll likely overwrite that "&action=embedview" bit. If that happens, your iFrame will be empty, so be sure you're preserving that piece when you replace the URL used in the iFrame code.
- Thank you so much for your solution. It seems that the dev team have fixed the problem and let we use the embed code (with "Any one with the link can edit" permission). However I have another problem that everyone can edit my slide through embedded slideshow.
Do you have any idea about this issue?
