Microsoft Powerpoint Online

Score6.9 out of 10

65 Reviews and Ratings

What is Microsoft Powerpoint Online?

PowerPoint for the web, or Powerpoint Online (formerly PowerPoint Web App) is similar to the installed version, however it allows users to create presentations directly from a browser, with no need for an installation.

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Carl Grivakis View profile

Business Owner, Graphic Designer, Visual Design Mentor in Professional Services at Holy Carp Design (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Lots of my clients use Microsoft Powerpoint Online for ways to collaborate together, they like that they can link out to it from box.com, and do work right in the browser. The system of working within the company amongst a team is a nice to have, but there are some limitations in Microsoft Powerpoint Online that just seem to work better on the desktop version. For sharing copies, and commenting though, Microsoft Powerpoint Online is a great tool in marking up revisions and doing minor edits.

Pros

Marking up for edits is easy and quickly accessible for team members
Minor updates are easily completed, and the text tool has all any regular user may need
Tools that 'check accessibility' are in a default ribbon, something that is buried in the 'review' tab on desktop
Icons for the animations are clean and accessible

Cons

Master slides are no-where to be seen
Font issues seem to arise occasionally
Not confident that extensions such as bright slide exist for online verisons

Return on Investment

More people, including outside contractors, can easily access the content and update it...saves time in the simple work...especially for affiliate team members in a learning and dev company.
Limits how many ways a branded PowerPoint might be broken by the non-designers, no access to the master pages means they are locked into the branded template.
Worthwhile to still have a designer / accessibility expert review and tweak what's necessary to make the PowerPoint work for all viewers.
Immediate access to the accessibility tab is a nice and modern touch for organizations that aim to make that a priority.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Canva, Google Slides and Adobe Acrobat

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat, Google Slides, Canva

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Microsoft Powerpoint Online to create presentation slide decks for sharing information and doing trainings for my team of technicians. It is especially useful when it comes to collaborating with peers on updating the information in the presentation since we can all access the same document and edit it together. This saves us from having to do version control on something as basic as a presentation document.

Pros

Give an option to create easy and presentable slideshows when needed
track collaborative editing with relatively few sync issues
editing tools work reasonably well and are easy to use

Cons

laggier than the desktop application
requires internet access in order to use

Return on Investment

able to better present information in an easily graspable format
helps me to understand what i am presenting, allowing for better presentations

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Canva

Other Software Used

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams

Verified User

Engineer in Corporate (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We provide status updates on projects and create one-pagers on issues we see in the supply chain.

Pros

Multiple people can edit at the same time.
Changes are saved automatically.
Can see where other people are editing in the document.

Cons

Sometimes formatting is difficult. It is different than formatting in the application.
When creating shapes, the shape will not adjust and will be frozen if I want to make it bigger or smaller.
Sometimes certain fonts do not show up the same in the application vs online.

Return on Investment

Aligning multiple stakeholders on a path forward.
More efficient collaboration.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Apple Keynote

Other Software Used

Miro, Smartsheet

Lucas Fernandes Ferreira View profile

Onboard User Experience Strategy in Information Technology at Stellantis (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Mostly to create presentantions, but also can be used to generate technical specifications and other documents that requires some kind of visual aid or branding. Microsoft Powerpoint Online addresses the need of providing complete communication on any level, from operational to top management, also allowing external communication with suppliers, general public and partners.

Pros

Create presentations
Create technical specifications that requires visual aids
Create reports from assessments and studies

Cons

Collaboration (multiple users on the same file)
Performance (slow and sensitive to heavy media)
UX/UI (complicated and not user friendly)

Return on Investment

Reduced online collaboration
Reduced overall presentation quality
Reduced productiveness

Alternatives Considered

Google Slides and Figma

Other Software Used

Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Excel, Google Slides

Md Equbal

Technical Associate in Information Technology at SEARS Holding India (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

Since I work in technical support, we use this tool everyday at the end of the shift to make the reports.
This is one of the best tool and very simple to use.
Since we received so many different severity tickets in my shift and we have to report it to the management and so this tool help a lot and show things clearly.
This tool have so many templates and themes available which makes it very suitable as per the requirement.
I love this tool and amazing to work on it. So many things to explore.

Cons

Sometimes I feel it takes more time to open.
Some functioning is difficult to use,.
We need a little KT to use this tool

Most Important Features

We can make the report and presentation as per our requirements.
There are so many templates and themes available in ppt.
We can present our data in various way( graph, bar, chart etc)
Very simple to use but still little KT is required
We can save it on OneDrive or Dropbox and can access it from anywhere in organization.

Return on Investment

Very attractive tool to make any kind of presentation
Widely used tool in my organisation.
Very simple and user friendly. just a small KT is required.
So many themes and templates are available as per our requirements.
So many design features are available

Alternatives Considered

Prezi

Other Software Used

Prezi