Embedding an HTML file in PowerPoint can enable directly opening the file during a PowerPoint presentation. While PowerPoint is not a web browser with limitations regarding such files, you can embed HTML in PowerPoint.
How to Embed HTML into PowerPoint
To add embed code in PowerPoint, you can simply add it to a textbox. You might also want to see which PowerPoint templates or Google Slides templates to use with PowerPoint to make your code prominently visible. However, to embed an HTML file, it needs to be added as an object.
HTML files can be embedded as objects in PowerPoint via Insert -> Text -> Object.
From the dialog box, select a file and browse to select the HTML file. You can choose to display the file as an icon by checking the Display as Icon option. Check the Link option if you want the linked file to be updated with the latest version. This will help ensure that changes made to the HTML file are reflected when you open it.
How to Open Embedded HTML File in Normal Mode
The HTML file added to PowerPoint can be opened by clicking Normal mode.
How to Open Embedded HTML File in Slide Show Mode
Once the HTML object is added, you will require hyperlinking it to ensure it opens in Slide Show mode. Select the HTML object embedded in your slide and go to Insert Link via the Insert tab.
Browse to select the HTML file to hyperlink it to the embedded HTML object in your slide.
Hyperlinking the HTML file will make it clickable in Slide Show mode.
Final Words
If you link to an HTML file, your PowerPoint file will refer to the linked file, whereas not linking it will embed your PowerPoint presentation. Hence, if you want to embed an HTML file in your slide, you shouldn’t link your file. To ensure the file can open in Slide Show mode, it will require a hyperlink to become clickable directly during a Live presentation session. Otherwise, you must exit Slide Show mode to launch the file.
