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From the Google’s Drive menu you can create, edit and view PowerPoint files, just like any other office type. Here’s how to do it: Navigate to Google Drive. Login using your Gmail account.

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Select the Microsoft PowerPoint option. Open drive.google.com. Click on New > File upload. Select the PPTX file. Double-click on it to open the presentation. Click on File > Save as Google Slides.

Yes, a .docx file is really a .zip archive (I told you it was compressed). Most of what you find inside are .xml files–another open standard. That experiment will also work on .xlsx and .pptx files.

If you open the file online, Microsoft 365 will open it on the desktop by default, so you can skip the manual process without worry. To set this default setting, follow these steps.

Microsoft Word can accommodate a surprising number of file formats, and even take in Excel and PowerPoint data, though it might look funny. Here's how.

Figure B Click the Open A PowerPoint File link. Use the resulting Browse dialog to locate the presentation file that contains the slides you want to insert. Select it and click Open.