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.

Newer versions Office 2010-2013 Web

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Make a slide show that starts automatically when opened

1. Select File > Save as (or Save a Copy).

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.

Edit a .ppsx file

1. In PowerPoint, click File > Open.

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

Make a slide show that starts automatically when opened

1. In PowerPoint, 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. Now, when someone double-clicks it in File Explorer (or Windows Explorer), it'll open as a slide show.

Edit a .ppsx file

1. In PowerPoint, click File > Open.

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

Saving a presentation as a PowerPoint Show (.ppsx file) isn't available in PowerPoint for the web.

To start a slide show in PowerPoint for the web, open the file, and on the Slide Show tab of the ribbon, select Play from Beginning.

(If you've turned off the Simplified Ribbon, you don't have a Slide Show tab; instead use the View tab to start Presenter Coach.)

For more details on running a slide show, see Present your slide show in PowerPoint for the web.

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