Start a presentation automatically with a PowerPoint Show

If you're sending your PowerPoint presentation to colleagues or friends, or if you're running it in a booth or kiosk, you might want people to immediately watch your presentation as a slide show instead of seeing the slides in edit mode. Save your PowerPoint presentation as a PowerPoint Show (a .ppsx file) so it automatically starts the slide show when the file is opened.

Make a slide show that starts automatically when opened

2016 2013

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1. In PowerPoint 2016, click File > Save as.

2. Click More options.

3. Browse to the folder where you want to save your presentation.

4. In the File name box, type a name for your presentation.

5. Under Save as type, select PowerPoint Show.

   

The file is saved as a .ppsx file. When the file is double-clicked, it opens as a slide show.

1. In PowerPoint 2013, click File > Save as.

2. Browse to the folder where you want to save your presentation.

3. In the File name box, type a name for your presentation.

4. Under Save as type, select PowerPoint Show.

   

5. The file is saved as a .ppsx file. When the file is double-clicked, it opens as a slide show.

Edit a .ppsx file

1. In PowerPoint, click File > Open.

2. Browse to the .ppsx file, and open it.

See Also

Set the speed and timing of transitions

Create a self-running presentation

Record a slide show with narration and slide timings

Turn your presentation into a video