Compare PowerPoint features on different platforms

The following feature list isn't comprehensive, but it gives you an idea of how PowerPoint compares across the Windows, Mac, Online, and mobile platforms.

Audio features

Bi-directional text features

Collaboration features

Design and layout features

Keyboard features

Object insertion features

Picture features

Print features

Slide features

Slide Show features

Text-formatting features

Video features

Audio features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Playing audio	●	●	●	●	●	●
Adding audio	●	◌	●	◌	●	◌
Removing audio	●	●	●	●	●	●
Playing in slide show	●	●	●	◌	◌	●
Playing across slides	●	●	●	◌	◌	●
Playing in the background across slides	●	●	●	◌	◌	●
Trimming, bookmarking, and fading	●	◌	◌	◌	◌	◌

Bi-directional text features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Support for right-to-left (RTL) languages	●	◌	●	●	●	●

Collaboration features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Adding, removing, and changing comments	●	●	●	●	●	Limited*
@mention tags in comments	●	◌	◌	◌	◌	◌
Real-time co-authoring	●	●	●	●	●	◌
Chat	●	●	●	◌	◌	◌
Recent-activity notifications	●	◌	●	●	●	●
Revision highlighting	●	Limited¹	●	●	●	●

*Supported on phone; not supported on tablet.

¹Supported on OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online, but not on OneDrive.

Design and layout features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Editing footers, headers, date/time, numbering	●	◌	●
Showing footers, headers, date/time, numbering	●	●	●
Add a theme	●	●	●	●	●	●
Editing the Slide Master	●	◌	●	◌	◌	◌
Adding, changing, and removing background color	●	●	●	●	●	●
Changing slide size or orientation	●	●	●	◌	◌	◌

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*Not supported on Windows Phone or Android Phones.

Keyboard features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
COMMAND key shortcuts	N/A	N/A	●	N/A	Limited	N/A
CONTROL key shortcuts	●	●	●	◌	Limited	Limited
FN key shortcuts	●	●	●	◌	◌	Limited
ALT key shortcuts	●	●	◌	◌	◌	Limited
Customizing shortcuts	●	◌	●	◌	◌	◌

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Object insertion features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Adding tables	●	●	●	●	●	●
Adding shapes	●	●	●	●	●	●
Adding SmartArt graphics	●	Limited	●	Limited*	◌	Limited*
Adding charts	●	◌	●	◌	◌	◌

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*Not supported on Windows Phone or Android Phones.

Picture features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Finding and adding pictures	●	●	●	●	●	●
Inserting online pictures	●	●	◌	◌	◌	◌
Picture styles	●	●	●	●	●	●
Compressing pictures	●	◌	●	◌	◌	◌
Displaying background images	●	●	●	●	●	●
Adding, changing, and removing background images	●	●	●	◌	◌	◌

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Print features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Printing slides	●	●	●	●	●	●
Printing notes	●	Limited*	●	◌	◌	◌
Printing handouts	●	Limited*	●	◌	◌	◌

* Printing notes or handouts is available in PowerPoint Online to Office 365 business subscribers using OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online.

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Slide features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Adding, removing, and rearranging slides	●	●	●	●	●	●
Adding, removing, and changing slide transitions	●	Limited	●	●	●	●
Playing slide animations	●	●	●	●	●	●
Adding, removing, and changing slide animations	●	Limited	●	●	●	●
Animation triggers	●	◌	◌	◌	◌	◌

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Video features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Playing YouTube videos	●	●	●	●	◌	◌
Playing other video types	●	●	●	●	●	●
Adding video	●	●	●	◌	●	◌
Removing video	●	●	●	●	●	●
Trimming, bookmarking, and fading	●	◌	●	◌	◌	◌
Inserting YouTube videos	●*	●	●	◌	◌	◌

* In PowerPoint 2010, a third-party add-in is needed.

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Text-formatting features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Lists	●	●	●	●	●	●
Hyperlinks	●	●	●	●	●	●
Add text boxes	●	●	●	●	●	●
Paragraph formatting	●	●	●	●	●	●
Superscript / subscript	●	◌	●	●	●	●
Highlighting	●	Subscribers only	Subscribers only	◌	◌	◌
Text direction settings	●	◌	●	●	●	◌

Slide Show features

● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action	PowerPoint for PCs	PowerPoint Online	PowerPoint 2016 for Mac	PowerPoint for Android	PowerPoint for iOS	PowerPoint Mobile
Speaker notes	●	●	●	●	●	●
Self-running presentation	●	◌	●	◌	◌	◌
Presenter View	●	◌	●	◌	◌	●
Record presentations	●	◌	●	◌	◌	◌
Custom slide show	●	◌	●	●	●	●

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