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The following feature list isn’t comprehensive, but it will give you an idea of how PowerPoint compares across a variety of platforms.
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Audio features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
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Feature action |
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows |
PowerPoint Online |
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
PowerPoint for Android |
PowerPoint for iOS |
PowerPoint Mobile |
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Playing audio |
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Adding audio |
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Removing audio |
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Playing in slide show |
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Playing across slides |
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Playing in the background across slides |
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Trimming, bookmarking, and fading |
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Bi-directional text features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
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Feature action |
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows |
PowerPoint Online |
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
PowerPoint for Android |
PowerPoint for iPad |
PowerPoint Mobile |
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Support for right-to-left (RTL) languages |
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Comment features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
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Feature action |
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows |
PowerPoint Online |
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
PowerPoint for Android |
PowerPoint for iPad |
PowerPoint Mobile |
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Displaying comments |
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Adding, removing, and changing |
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Keyboard features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
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Feature action |
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows |
PowerPoint Online |
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
PowerPoint for Android |
PowerPoint for iPad |
PowerPoint Mobile |
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COMMAND key shortcuts |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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N/A |
Limited |
N/A |
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CONTROL key shortcuts |
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Limited |
Limited |
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FN key shortcuts |
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Limited |
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ALT key shortcuts |
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Limited |
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Customizing shortcuts |
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Object insertion features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
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Feature action |
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows |
PowerPoint Online |
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
PowerPoint for Android |
PowerPoint for iPad |
PowerPoint Mobile |
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Adding tables |
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Adding shapes |
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Adding SmartArt |
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Limited |
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Limited* |
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Limited* |
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Adding charts |
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*Not supported on Windows Phone or Android Phones.
Picture features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
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Feature action |
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows |
PowerPoint Online |
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
PowerPoint for Android |
PowerPoint for iPad |
PowerPoint Mobile |
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Finding and adding pictures |
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Limited* |
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Inserting online pictures |
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Compressing pictures |
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Displaying background images |
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Adding, changing, and removing background images |
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*Only adding pictures is supported.
Print features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
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Feature action |
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows |
PowerPoint Online |
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
PowerPoint for Android |
PowerPoint for iPad |
PowerPoint Mobile |
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Printing slides |
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Slide features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
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Feature action |
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows |
PowerPoint Online |
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
PowerPoint for Android |
PowerPoint for iPad |
PowerPoint Mobile |
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Adding, removing, and rearranging slides |
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Adding, removing, and changing slide transitions |
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Limited |
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Playing slide animations |
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Adding, removing, and changing slide animations |
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Limited |
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Animation triggers |
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Video features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
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Feature action |
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows |
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows |
PowerPoint Online |
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
PowerPoint for Android |
PowerPoint for iPad |
PowerPoint Mobile |
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Playing YouTube videos |
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Playing other video types |
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Adding video |
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Removing video |
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Trimming, bookmarking, and fading |
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Embedding YouTube videos |
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* The feature is support in slide show and the viewer, but not in the editor.
