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Launching a PowerPoint file in Slide Show view from Sharepoint Online
Hi
if it's possible try to use "Sway"
Thanks for your reply, but I've tried that as well.
I originally saved my PPTX as a PPSX, because I wanted the file to launch as a PowerPoint Show. I saved it in Kiosk mode, because I wanted my users to click the Actions Buttons in order to progress throught the slides. Unfortunately, when I put a link to it in SharePoint, it just opens in Normal View instead of Slideshow View. I tried embedding it, but is disables the kiosk aspect of it.
If I could just get it to launch in the desktop application in a PowerPoint show. I've seen in other forums that you just need to add a bit of text at the end of the URL. Something like PowerPointView=PowerPointShow, but I don't know what prefixes it.
Rhian, did you find a solution to your problem? I have been facing the same problem for two years.
- Save the PpTX to PDF. The links to new data or slides work better.
The pdf solution is what I've used as well. Buttons work as in PPT. The only drawback is maintaining two files, PPT and PDF when edits are needed.
- Still doesn't work like we want it to...
JMOlin90 OMG, how difficult can it be Microsoft, do you ever read these blogs and create PTRs for the Microsoft design or development teams to address? Could Microsoft be proactive or perhaps let us know when Sharepoint will have a more usable solution?
Rhian Howell
Found this at the documentation for PowerPoint.
https://support.office.com/en-us/f1/topic/567ae717-f3cd-4476-9134-c565fb26438f?showContactUsNav=FalseWe are having the same situation here at the company.
Thanks,
Luiz Lucena
- Found a workaround here:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_powerpoint-mso_win10-mso_o365b/open-powerpoint-from-office-365-in-presentation/51d10939-f2d4-4be5-916f-9b1409381475The key change is replacing the action parameter with embedview so that animations can be displayed. The manual method is to click Start Slide Show when the PowerPoint file opens in Office Web App.
This does not work with latest O365 as far as I can tell...it still opens in edit mode
Rhian, did you ever find a workaround for this?
