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Copper Contributor

Oct 01, 2018

Embedding PPT requires Sharepoint login

I am attempting to embed a PowerPoint presentation into a page on my Weebly website. It is successful, in that I can see the PPT presentation after I publish the page, however anyone other than me a...

Copper Contributor

Oct 03, 2018

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:

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

Matt Coats

Iron Contributor

Oct 03, 2018

Found it! You should find that this code works:

***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.

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LucasTran
Copper Contributor
Oct 29, 2021
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?
cassie131
Copper Contributor
Jan 13, 2021
Thank you Matt Coats that code worked!
- Rosie1655
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 20, 2021
  Can anyone help..
  
  I have followed the above which works, but is only allowing the file to be viewed on a laptop/ computer and not on a smart phone or tablet?
  
  Any suggestions as to why?
Matthew Kress
Copper Contributor
Oct 05, 2018
Thanks Matt, I'll give that a try.
- Ersoymat
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 11, 2020
  yes Matt, did you find a solution?
  - swift-matt
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 22, 2020
    Ersoymat
    
    I was able to get this to work using what Matt Coats shared.
    
    Using the embed code from PowerPoint you will need to replace the bolded link I have below. You replace it with a public link. To get the public link In PowerPoint online go to "Share", select "Share with people" and select "Copy Link". In the text file, I attached it shows where the public link goes. Only replace the link before the "&action=embedview".
    
    <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>
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- cassie131
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 24, 2019
  Matthew Kress curious if you found a solution for embedding PPTs so you can view them without logging in?