What is Microsoft PowerPoint?
Microsoft PowerPoint creates slide presentations with text, graphics, charts and media. Free web editing and licensed desktop applications provide different creation and delivery capabilities.
Who is Microsoft PowerPoint for?
Teams exchanging PowerPoint decks and presenters who need to match browser or desktop capabilities to the event.
Choose the presentation application as well as the file format
A PowerPoint deck may be drafted together online, then presented from a different device. Free web editing can cover shared slide creation, while the presenter may need specific desktop capabilities.
Use Microsoft’s platform comparison to check required actions. The Microsoft 365 profile explains why app rights differ between packages.
Microsoft PowerPoint features
The core capabilities to consider for your workflow.
- Slide layouts, text, graphics and charts
- Shared presentation editing through the web
- Desktop presentation design and delivery tools
Microsoft PowerPoint pricing
Free plan available
Compare Microsoft 365 application rights and one-time Office purchase routes for desktop PowerPoint. Check the exact device, commercial-use and AI entitlements.
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PowerPoint for the web is free with a Microsoft account. Installed desktop applications require an appropriate licence.
Before you choose Microsoft PowerPoint
PowerPoint for the web does not include every desktop feature.
Required masters, media and presentation tools should be checked on the actual platform.
Desktop apps and AI features depend on the selected licence.
Before you move an existing workflow
Rehearse a non-sensitive copy on the intended device, with the required fonts, notes and media. Check the output that the audience will actually see and keep an agreed backup format.
Compare Google Slides for browser collaboration, Keynote for an Apple workflow or Impress for a community desktop option. File import alone does not verify identical playback.
Explore Microsoft PowerPoint in more detail
Take a closer look at the decisions behind this product.
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Microsoft PowerPoint FAQs
Is Microsoft PowerPoint free?
PowerPoint for the web is free with a Microsoft account. Installed desktop PowerPoint needs an appropriate licence.
Is PowerPoint for the web identical to desktop PowerPoint?
No. Microsoft documents different capabilities across the web, Windows, Mac and mobile applications. Check the required presentation feature on the actual platform.
Can several people edit a PowerPoint presentation?
PowerPoint supports shared online editing. Confirm the file location, permissions and application capabilities for the participants.
Is PowerPoint the same as Microsoft 365?
PowerPoint is a presentation application. Microsoft 365 is a collection of subscription offers whose application rights vary.