Open Presentations within OneDrive in PowerPoint for the Web

We explored commenting within the PowerPoint for the Web (OneDrive). Use PowerPoint for the Web 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 open a PowerPoint for the Web presentation hosted on OneDrive within your PowerPoint desktop version:

1. Open your OneDrive Files page, as shown in Figure 1, below. If you have created some PowerPoint presentations using PowerPoint for the Web or uploaded some presentations, you will see some of these PowerPoint presentations on OneDrive.
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   Figure 1: OneDrive Files page
2. First, select the file which you want to open. To do so, select the check-box placed right in front of PPTX or any other PowerPoint file that you want to open. Figure 2, below, shows that we have selected a PPTX file, as can be seen highlighted in red within Figure 1, above. Now, choose the Open menu option, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 2.
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   Figure 2: Select file to open
3. Doing so reveals the Open drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 3, below. Here select the Open in PowerPoint option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3.
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   Figure 3: Open in PowerPoint option
4. This action may open the Launch Application window, as shown in Figure 4, below. Within this window, choose the desktop PowerPoint version that you want to open the presentation with, and click the Open link button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4.
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   Figure 4: Launch Application window
5. Doing so opens the Sign in window, as shown in Figure 5, below. Type in your Microsoft account username/email address in the box, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 5.
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   Figure 5: Sign in to your Microsoft account
6. Within the next window that opens, enter the password and click the Sign in button, as shown in Figure 6, below.
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   Figure 6: Enter your password
7. This action opens the file into PowerPoint desktop version, as shown in Figure 7, below.
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   Figure 7: Presentation opened in desktop version

Alternatively, you can open the selected file in PowerPoint for the Web by clicking the file name or choosing the Open in PowerPoint for the Web option within the Open drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 3, previously on this page. This action will open the presentation within PowerPoint for the Web in Reading View, as shown in Figure 8, below. Within Reading View, choose the Edit Presentation menu option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 8. Then, from the resultant menu choose Edit in PowerPoint option, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 8.

Figure 8: Edit in PowerPoint option

Choose any of the above options to open a presentation from the Web app in PowerPoint’s desktop version.