Microsoft has just rolled out a highly requested feature for PowerPoint on the web: users can now create direct links to individual slides within a presentation. This simple but powerful update brings a new level of flexibility to online presentations, collaboration, and content sharing.
What’s New?
Before this update, sharing a PowerPoint file meant
recipients had to scroll or click through the deck to find the slide you wanted
them to see. Now, users can right-click on any slide thumbnail in PowerPoint
for the web and select “Copy Link to This Slide.”
When shared, the link will open the presentation directly at the specified slide — saving time and focusing attention exactly where you want it.
Why This Matters
The ability to link directly to a slide brings several big benefits:
- Focused Communication: Direct your audience to the exact information you want to highlight without confusion.
- Enhanced Collaboration: Team members can now provide feedback on specific slides without lengthy instructions.
- Improved Learning Materials: Educators can now guide students to key points in a lecture or project with a single click.
- Simplified Navigation: For long presentations, this is a game-changer. You can build custom pathways through your slides without duplicating decks.
It’s a feature familiar to Google Slides users, and it's great to see Microsoft bringing it natively to their ecosystem — especially considering how deeply integrated PowerPoint is with business and education workflows.
How to Use It
Using the new link-to-slide feature is easy:
- Open your presentation on PowerPoint for the Web.
- Right-click the slide you want to link to from the thumbnail panel on the left.
- Select "Copy Link to This Slide."
- Share the link wherever needed — in emails, chats, documents, or even embedded in websites.
When someone clicks your link, it will automatically open the presentation and jump to the selected slide.
As of today, this feature is available globally for all users of PowerPoint on the web, including those with free Microsoft accounts and those under Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
Microsoft plans to expand this functionality soon to mobile apps and eventually bring enhanced link-sharing features to the desktop versions too.
Microsoft continues to enhance PowerPoint for the web, making it smarter, faster, and more collaborative. Linking to individual slides might seem small, but it's one of those details that can have a big impact on productivity and communication.
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