Can't import PowerPoint slides into Storyline 360.

Oh no, Steve! Sorry that's hanging you up. To see if we can nail this down, there are a few questions I'd like to ask:

• Are you receiving an error message when attempting to import PowerPoint slides now? If you're receiving an error that says "Failed to Import PowerPoint Presentation", take a look at this article for reasons why this may be occurring and solutions to get that working again.
• Are you working locally on your machine? If you're working from a network drive at all, that can definitely cause some wonky behavior when importing.
• Is this only happening when attempting to import into one specific Storyline 360 file, or does it happen if you open a new Storyline file entirely and attempt to import PowerPoint slides, as well?

Keep me posted! Thanks :)

I have been using the import from Powerpoint option for a large number of presentations.  Suddenly, I am unable to import.  I get as far as a preview, then it spins forever during the import process.  I have uninstalled Storyline 360, reinstalled, rebooted after each step, but still having no luck.  I am using pptx, and ppta files to import from.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much for chiming back in and sharing the solution that worked for you Tennille :)

Fixed for me by enabling .NET framework 3.5 in windows 10 (even though 4.8 is already enabled)

Start menu > type "windows features" > enable .NET framework 3.5 on the folliwing window

I had tried EVERY suggestion on EVERY related help forum... This worked for me, hopefully it helps someone else!

Hi, Oscar, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! ✨

Thank you for sharing your Powerpoint file! 

It looks like there is some corruption on the textbox of Slide 10, so I deleted it before importing the project, and all 59 slides came through. I copied the text from the PowerPoint file and pasted it into Slide 10. 

I am attaching the .story file here. Let me know if this works!

This happens all the time for me-sometime with the same file. I am an Admin to my machine, I save locally. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I just keep closing and retrying until it finally works. What is even odder is the imported font size comes across fine and others it is at least 2 sized to large.

Hi Lara,

I'm sorry you're having this trouble! We definitely wouldn't expect this to happen, especially so often. Are you also using Storyline 360 with PowerPoint 2010 or later? 

If you have an example of a PowerPoint file that was giving you issues, we'd like to test it. Send us a copy by clicking here, and we'll take a closer look. 

I'm glad it's working for now, but please reach out if it starts happening again! 

Same issue here. PowerPoint cannot be imported into Storyline 360. 

For proprietary reasons, I cannot share the content. 

Hi there Mike, sorry you're having trouble importing PowerPoint! Take a peek at this article that lists reasons why the PowerPoint import might have failed. 

If that doesn't nail down the issue, can you help me with a few more questions?

• Are you on the latest update of Storyline 360? 
• What version of PowerPoint are you using?
• Where is the PowerPoint file saved on your computer?