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The following feature list isn’t comprehensive, but it gives you an idea of how PowerPoint compares across the Windows, Mac, Online, and mobile platforms.

Audio features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Playing audio

Adding audio

Removing audio

Playing in slide show

Playing across slides

Playing in the background across slides

Trimming, bookmarking, and fading

Subscribers only

Bi-directional text features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Support for right-to-left (RTL) languages

Collaboration features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Adding, removing, and changing comments

Limited*

@mention tags in comments

Real-time co-authoring

Recent-activity notifications

Revision highlighting

Limited¹

*Supported on phone; not supported on tablet.

¹Supported on OneDrive for work or school and SharePoint in Microsoft 365, but not on OneDrive.

Design and layout features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Editing footers, headers, date/time, numbering

Showing footers, headers, date/time, numbering

Add a theme

Editing the Slide Master

Adding, changing, and removing background color

Changing slide size or orientation

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*Not supported on Windows Phone or Android Phones.

Keyboard features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

COMMAND key shortcuts

N/A

N/A

N/A

Limited

N/A

CONTROL key shortcuts

Limited

Limited

FN key shortcuts

Limited

ALT key shortcuts

Limited

Customizing shortcuts

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Object insertion features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Adding tables

Adding shapes

Adding SmartArt graphics

Limited

Limited*

Limited*

Adding charts

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*Not supported on Windows Phone or Android Phones.

Picture features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Finding and adding pictures

Inserting online pictures

Picture styles

Compressing pictures

Displaying background images

Adding, changing, and removing background images

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Print features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Printing slides

Printing notes

Printing handouts

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Slide features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Adding, removing, and rearranging slides

Adding, removing, and changing slide transitions

Limited

Playing slide animations

Adding, removing, and changing slide animations

Limited

Animation triggers

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Video features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Playing YouTube videos

Playing other video types

Adding video

Removing video

Trimming, bookmarking, and fading

Inserting YouTube videos

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Text-formatting features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Lists

Hyperlinks

Add text boxes

Paragraph formatting

Superscript / subscript

Highlighting

Subscribers only

Subscribers only

Text direction settings

Slide Show features

● Feature is supported ◌ Feature is not supported

Feature action

PowerPoint for PCs

PowerPoint for the web

PowerPoint for Mac

PowerPoint for Android

PowerPoint for iOS

PowerPoint Mobile

Speaker notes

Self-running presentation

Presenter View

Record presentations

Custom slide show

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