View a presentation without PowerPoint (2025)

FAQs

How can I view a PowerPoint presentation without PowerPoint? ›

Use PowerPoint in a web browser

If you have a Microsoft account (hotmail.com, outlook.com, live.com, msn.com) or a Microsoft 365 work or school account, you can view and edit a presentation for free in a web browser. Save the file to OneDrive or Dropbox and use PowerPoint for the web to open it.

Detailed Solution

The correct answer is Extreme animation.

Turn off Presenter view before a presentation begins

On the PowerPoint menu, select Preferences. In the PowerPoint Preferences dialog box, under Output and Sharing, click Slide Show. In the Slide Show dialog box, clear the Always start Presenter View with 2 displays check box.

By default, PowerPoint opens in Normal view, displaying the thumbnails, notes and slide view. If you prefer, however, you can specify that PowerPoint open in a different view, such as Slide Sorter view, Slide Show view, Notes Page view, and variations on Normal view.

There are many free alternatives to PowerPoint, including Canva, Prezi, Slide Bean, Google Slides, Zoho Show, Haiku Deck, LibreOffice, SlideDog, WPS Office, Keynote, Microsoft Sway, Visme Basic, Renderforest, and Calligra Stage.

Answer: Slide show view is not present in Power Point.

The powerpoint supports three types of views: Normal view, slide sorter view and Outline view. The normal view is the view that users can see while editing the power point presentation. The slide sorter view appears in the thumbnail format.

Normal: Displays the full slide, the thumbnails, and the ribbon. Outline View: Displays an outline of the presentation's contents at the left. It makes it easy to focus on your text without graphics. Slide Sorter: Gives you an at-a-glance view of all your slides, which is convenient for rearranging them.

What is the difference between reading view and slide show view? ›

Explanation: Reading View is a view in PowerPoint that runs your PowerPoint Slide Show in the PowerPoint window instead of full screen. You can resize the window to be as big or small as you want. It runs all animations and transitions, links work, and slides show exactly as they would in full screen slide show mode.

Overlapping objects or objects with transparency can cause issues with exporting. Try rearranging or adjusting the objects on the slide and then exporting again. If the slide contains any animations or transitions, try removing them and then exporting the slide as a PDF.

You can now import your PowerPoint presentations to Canva for editing. Simple and easy—no need to recreate them!

In Drive, double-click a PowerPoint file. A preview of your file opens. At the top, click Open with Google Slides.

Play a slide show

Open the presentation that you want to play as a slide show. On the Slide Show tab, click Play from Start. Select the slide that you want to start the slide show from. On the Slide Show tab, click Play.