Share and collaborate with powerpoint

Share your presentation

1. Select Share on the ribbon.

2. Enter the names or email addresses of the people you want to share with.

   Or select the drop-down to change permissions. Allow editing is checked by default. To change permission to view only, uncheck this box and select Apply.

3. Include a message if you'd like and select Send.

You can also select Get a link to create a link that you can copy into an email.

Co-author a presentation

After you share your file, you can work together at the same time.

• Under Share, see who is also working in the file.

• Colored flags show where each person is editing.

Comments in presentations

1. Select Review > New Comment. Or select New if the Comments pane is open.

2. In the Comments pane, type your message in the box and press Enter.

3. Select Reply and type your response.

4. Select the Next or Back buttons to go between comments and slides.

5. Select the X in the upper corner of the comment.

Chat while editing

1. If there's another person editing your file, select their image or initials in the upper right corner to open a chat window.

2. Type some text and press Enter.

Note: Your conversations won't be saved when you close a file.

Show changes

1. Open the original version of the presentation that you saved on your computer.

2. Select Review > Compare, and then Compare.

3. In the Choose File to Merge with Current Presentation box, find the version of your presentation that you saved to the shared location, select it, and then choose Merge.

4. If reviewers left comments in your presentation, you'll see them under Slide Changes in the Revisions task pane.

Version history

1. Select File > Info > Version history.

2. In the Version history pane, select a version to open and view it in a separate window.