Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 – Collaborate in real time with Real Time Presence

When you share your PowerPoint presentation with others using OneDrive or Office 365 SharePoint, you can work together in real time.

You can now not only see when others are working on the same shared presentation as you, but also see an indicator that shows you exactly what slides they're working on, and where in the slides they're working.

See where others are working in your shared presentation:

1. Open the presentation and start working in it:

·      If someone else is viewing or working in the presentation, their thumbnail picture appears in the top-right corner of the ribbon. PowerPoint will alert you when people enter or leave your presentation.

·      You can instantly chat with the people who are working in the presentation by using Skype for Business. It opens a chat window for instant conversation. Choose the Skype for Business button to start a group chat with everyone working in the document.

·      Choose Comments to make or view comments. Also, you can reply to or resolve comments and then mark them as complete.

2. You'll also see the name of anyone viewing or editing the presentation in the Share pane. There's an indicator on the thumbnail of the slide and in the actual slide that shows where someone is working in the presentation.

3. When you’ve finished working, choose File > Save.

When other authors have made changes, you’ll see a pop-up box when you save, indicating ‘Changes from others are synced’.

If your updates and other authors’ updates don't conflict, they'll be merged automatically, and you don’t need to do anything else.