January 12, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
December 5, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
When a deck is presented via PowerPoint Live in a Microsoft Teams meeting, all meeting attendees can use the Magnify Slide feature to privately zoom into the presentation while maintaining full fidelity of the slide content. When a meeting attendee magnifies a slide, it doesn’t change how the presenter or the other meeting attendees view the slides. The “Sync to presenter” button will also appear, which allows the meeting attendee to resume following the presenter. When the meeting presenter uses the Magnify Slide feature, the zoomed in presentation content is displayed to all meeting attendees to see and follow along. The initial roll out of Magnify slide in PowerPoint Live will only be available for Microsoft Teams Desktop.
There are multiple ways to use this feature in a Teams Meeting using PPT Live:
- Use the +/- buttons in the (…) menu
- Use Plus or Minus keys or Shift + Plus or Shift + Minus key on the keyboard (Ensure keyboard focus is on the PowerPoint Live slideshow area)
- Pinch or stretch on the track pad while hovering over the slide
- Pinch or stretch on the slide using a touch screen enabled device
- Use Ctrl + mouse wheel scroll while hovering over the slide
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 96758
Allow meeting attendees to privately magnify the slide and allow presenters to magnify the slide for all meeting attendees.
When this will happen
This feature will reach GA by February (previously early January).
How this will affect your organization
Users in your organization can magnify slide when the presenter uses PowerPoint Live in a remote Teams meeting.
(Presenter view for magnify side)
(Meeting attendee view for magnify slide)
What you need to do to prepare
Please inform your users about this functionality and update your training documentation.
Message ID: MC452198
Published: 2022-10-28
Updated: 2023-01-12
Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
Platform(s): Android, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Alex Lim
Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook
