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videos not playing in PowerPoint LIVE

In the last few weeks when presenting in powerpoint live the videos I have embedded dont play for the audience, but play for me on my screen. I use standard MP4s that Ive been using for years in PPTX and all of a sudden they arent playing. Any ideas?

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asked 2026-08-13T00:16:04.1966667+00:00
David C 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-05T16:39:36.5166667+00:00
Markowski, Patrick 0 Reputation points
2 answers

External hyperlinks assigned to images are not clickable in Office Online PowerPoint Viewer

Hello, We are experiencing an issue with Microsoft's Office Online Viewer (view.officeapps.live.com) when displaying PowerPoint (.pptx) files hosted on AWS S3 and delivered through CloudFront. Issue External HTTPS hyperlinks assigned to images in…

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asked 2026-10-22T07:20:18.2133333+00:00
s-kusakabe 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-05T03:23:38.4666667+00:00
Vo Xuan Phuong 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Powerpoint text alignment - left, no padding, aligned textboxes, but text mismatches

Hi, This may be by design, but I'm at a loss why. I have two textboxes with the same font, both left aligned, both with their left edges matching, both with no left margin. One is smaller than the other. Despite this, the text doesn't align: This seems…

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asked 2026-10-30T10:42:20.3966667+00:00
CB23 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-11-02T16:29:20.84+00:00
Liora 3,285 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Duplicate Cameo Appears When Recording a PowerPoint Presentation

I added a Cameo in the top-right corner of my slides using Slide Master. However, when I record the presentation, a second Cameo appears in the bottom-right corner, and both are visible in the recording. Is there a way to prevent this duplicate Cameo…

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asked 2026-10-29T02:49:33.6066667+00:00
Ricky Paulo 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-30T10:14:51.88+00:00
Elena-VH 2,450 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Embedded PowerPoint Viewer Cannot Advance Slides

As of October 26, 2026, SharePoint-hosted PowerPoint presentations using Doc.aspx?action=embedview load the first slide but users cannot advance to subsequent slides. The bottom navigation toolbar is missing, and we have tested mouse interaction,…

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asked 2026-10-26T18:36:41.8033333+00:00
Janalee McBride 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-26T19:43:39.2766667+00:00
Janalee McBride 40 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I keep PowerPoint from defaulting spellchecker back to Portuguese when Spellchecker is set to English - US?

How do I keep PowerPoint from defaulting spellchecker back to Portuguese or other language outside of English - US when Spellchecker is set to English - US? Despite following all the troubleshooting posted here on this site and elsewhere for my language…

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asked 2026-10-23T13:27:41.8833333+00:00
Scott Vallery 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-23T16:04:35.36+00:00
Scott Vallery 40 Reputation points
1 answer

How to set white SVG file visible in PPT Brand Image Bank

Problem We have encountered a problem with white vector SVG files that are not visible at PPT's Brand Image Bank. See the image attached. In order to use them people should be able to see which one to pick. What I have tried all ready I tried…

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asked 2026-10-20T06:26:41.4666667+00:00
Laura M 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-21T01:33:03.8833333+00:00
Dora-T 2,075 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Powerpoint unable to save file

i am trying to save a powerpoint presentation and it keeps saying an error occurred while powerpoint was saving the file

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asked 2026-10-15T00:46:27.87+00:00
Amanda McClelland 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-16T01:44:46.2066667+00:00
Jade Ng 16,535 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Built-in Forms button stuck on "Update add-in" with Office Store disabled (PowerPoint)

Issue : Customer is unable to use the native Insert > Forms feature in PowerPoint. When attempting to insert a Form, PowerPoint prompts for "Update Add-in", but the update does not complete and the Form is not inserted. The issue is…

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asked 2026-10-12T06:42:41.5433333+00:00
Vishal Choudhary 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-14T00:11:43.41+00:00
Dora-T 2,075 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer

Powerpoint - Duplicating presenter view

Hi all, I work at a local venue, frequently offering AV systems for presenters with PowerPoint presentations. have two external outputs from the computer, one running to the projector, and one running to a TV on the floor for the speaker to see their own…

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asked 2026-10-12T04:16:57.11+00:00
James Davidson 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-13T04:41:15.8033333+00:00
Ana Le 2,965 Reputation points Independent Advisor
5 answers

Preserve Master Slides is not working in PowerPoint

I created a PowerPoint template for our company to use which contained six primary themes, with a different Master slide template for each one. I ensured 'Preserve' was ticked for each of the six Masters, so they did not get deleted by PowerPoint when…

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asked 2026-08-10T09:42:26.4733333+00:00
Caspar Field 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-05T11:26:46.26+00:00
Shoeb Lakhi 5 Reputation points
1 answer

PowerPoint find & replace next arrow keeps resetting to beginning without going through all found items

In PowerPoint, when trying to advance through all found words in Find & Replace window, the "next" arrow gets stuck at a certain result (e.g., 30 of 337) and goes back up to an earlier slide (e.g., 2 of 337) and will not proceed through the…

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asked 2026-09-29T16:22:56.6166667+00:00
CJ 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-30T15:27:04.72+00:00
Kristen Tran 2,785 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Unable to paste photo to powerpoint

I am preparing a presentation that contains many of my photo files. For some reason I cannot paste photos..please help

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asked 2026-09-28T17:30:44.19+00:00
Geraint Hughes 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-29T12:28:11.0133333+00:00
Miracle Aladesanmi 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Excel Macro not working

When I run Excel Macros on my laptop to get powerpoint presentation out of them, the titles of the slides are fine but the way the tables get pasted is wrong. This happens just to me and to none of my colleagues. If I paste a table from Excel into…

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asked 2026-09-23T09:08:43.7233333+00:00
Unilever 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-29T07:38:16.16+00:00
Darren Bruce 2,360 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Fonts change when sharing a presentation

I created a PowerPoint presentation using a specific font, but when another user opens the file, some of the text looks different and the layout changes.

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asked 2026-09-28T02:46:03.23+00:00
Ruby Marshall 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-29T02:55:46.6733333+00:00
BabybooHN 3,810 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Microsoft Graph API Powerpoint Viewer - Animations only work on the first pass.

Our users (Teachers) are unable to replay animations through the slides on our platform once the animations have already been played. Is the expectation that the animations only play on the first pass? This appears to be a bug since users often go…

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asked 2026-09-14T17:38:06.8366667+00:00
Manpreet Komal 5 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-09-15T17:02:22.3566667+00:00
Julie Huynh 4,265 Reputation points Independent Advisor
3 answers

I want to deploy custom ppt template to PowerPoint

Hi team, I want to deploy custom ppt template to all company user , please suggest best approach with solution I will highly appreciated you help ASAP. Thanks in advance

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asked 2026-09-12T04:10:55.9833333+00:00
vallepu aravind 75 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-09-15T06:03:45.43+00:00
Michelle Nguyen 2,620 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Opening add-ins on powerpoint

I am trying to add mentemeter to my powerpoint presentation but microsoft won't accept my password or let me reset it. Is there a problem with the system being down?

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asked 2026-09-14T18:25:34.6466667+00:00
janet 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-09-14T18:38:27.37+00:00
Kai-L 21,095 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to disable automatic textbox from doubleclick in Powerpoint

Hey all, On a new PowerPoint update a new text box gets created each time I doubleclick an empty space. Is there yet a way to disable this function? Using M365 for Windows. Thanks in advance

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asked 2026-08-17T16:11:38.7166667+00:00
Markus 25 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-09-11T01:30:53.47+00:00
Hendrix 2,690 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer

embed codes are no longer working from office 365 content

embed codes are no longer working from office 365 content. what has happened and how do we deal with it?

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asked 2026-08-24T18:14:13.4033333+00:00
Cassandra Mark 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-09-11T01:13:43.47+00:00
Hendrix 2,690 Reputation points Independent Advisor