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Open, edit and present a PPTX in your browser

Presentations in Scissor Office opens PPTX files, the format Microsoft PowerPoint saves by default, so you can view, edit and present a deck without PowerPoint installed. The file is read by a slides engine inside your browser tab.

Open a PPTX fileHow it works

How to open and present a PPTX

  1. Open the app, press Open file and choose the .pptx file. The slides appear in the rail beside the editor.
  2. Edit text, shapes and pictures on the slide, and write speaker notes under it.
  3. Press Present and choose From the first slide, From this slide or With speaker notes. With notes, the audience sees the slides in a second window while you see your notes, the next slide and a timer.
  4. Press Save to write the PPTX back, or use Save as… or Export for ODP, PDF or pictures of the slides.

What a PPTX keeps

Part of the deckIn Scissor Office
Slides, text, shapes and picturesKept and editable
Speaker notesKept and editable, shown while presenting
Transitions, themes and layoutsKept
Tables, charts, SmartArt and animationsKept when you save back to PPTX, not editable yet
Macros in .pptm filesNot kept
Files protected with a passwordNot opened yet

Saving and sharing

Save writes the deck back as PPTX: in Chrome and Edge into the same file, in other browsers as a download. Save as… also offers ODP and flat ODP (FODP). Export makes a PDF with one page per slide through your browser's print dialog, or PNG pictures of one slide or every slide at twice the slide's size. When a format cannot hold something on a slide, Scissor Office names it and the slide it is on before saving.

On stage

Once the app has loaded, it keeps working without a connection, so a deck you opened stays usable if the venue's network goes down. If the audience window does not open, allow pop-ups for this site or present without notes.

Private by design

The deck is read and written in your browser tab and kept in this browser's storage on your device. It goes to Google only if you open it from or save it to your own Google Drive, where Google Slides files open as PPTX.

Want to see for yourself that nothing is uploaded? How it works shows how to check in your browser's Network tab.

Questions and answers

Can I edit the slides, not just view them?

Yes. You can change text, shapes, pictures, layouts and speaker notes, add and reorder slides, and save the deck as PPTX or ODP.

Are animations kept?

Yes, when you save back to PPTX. They cannot be edited in Scissor Office yet.

Can I present with notes on a second screen?

Yes. Choose Present, then With speaker notes. Move the audience window to the projector and press F for full screen there.

Does it open .ppsx, .potx and .ppt files?

Yes. A .ppsx show and a .potx template are saved as an editable .pptx, and PowerPoint 97–2003 .ppt files are saved as PPTX or ODP.

Can I make a PDF handout?

Yes. Export and then PDF opens the print dialog with one page per slide; choose Save as PDF.

Is my presentation uploaded?

No. It is read and written inside your browser tab, not on our servers.

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Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Pages, Numbers and Keynote are trademarks of Apple Inc. LibreOffice is a trademark of The Document Foundation. Google Docs is a trademark of Google LLC. Scissor Office is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any of them. File formats are named only to say what Scissor Office can open and save.