New version of the Web viewer add-in

Question

Hi all,

is there a new version of the Web viewer add-in? I've added it to a lot of presentations and now it's expiring in December without a replacement. Does anyone have an alternative?

Many thanks and kind regards

Fauzia

Answer 1

Just here to say that in 2025, it is absolutely mind boggling that we can have self driving cars and quantum state teleportation but cannot get a simple basic functionality such as displaying a web page in a freakin' slide.... Come on.

Answer 2

Harry, you've posted obsolete information without testing. The LiveWeb add-in hasn't worked in years. Please remove your misleading post.

Answer 3

Hi Fauzia,

Harry.Liu's reply points you to an add-in that Microsoft disabled *years* ago. Please don't waste your time following the link.

The Web Viewer add-in has also been "deprecated" .... killed off, with no replacement so far.

For static web pages, you might need to make a screenshot of the page and paste it into a PowerPoint slide.

Otherwise, the only workaround that I know of at the moment is to add links to the web page on your slides so that you can click the links and open the web page in a separate browser.

And yes, I do understand that this is not the experience any of us really WANTS.

Answer 4

Stronlgy recommand to recovery the Web viewer Add-in functions. it's impact our normal BAU work.

We need to real time display the website content in power point.

Answer 5

Hi Fauzia Skali,

Greetings. Thank you for posting the thread to our community.

Based on your description, it seems you wonder if there’s any alternative methods for the retiring Web viewer add-in in PowerPoint.

After my test and research, here is a related official support article mentions the LiveWeb add-in can also be used for adding a live web page to a slide:Add a live web page to a slide - Microsoft Support. You can review the article to download and install the LiveWeb add-in file to your device.

When you download and install the add-in file, you can follow my test results to enable the add-in in PowerPoint:

1. Go to Options > Add-ins > Under Manage tab, select PowerPoint Add-ins and click Go:

~~2. In the pop-up menu, click~~ **~~Add New~~** ~~> Navigate to the installed LiveWeb add-in file (~~**~~LiveWeb.ppam~~**~~) in your device and select OK to install the add-in in PowerPoint:~~

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~~3. After clicking OK, select Enable Macros in the new pop-up window:~~

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~~4. Then you can use the LiveWeb add-in under the Insert Tab:~~

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Meanwhile, Personally, I also totally understand about the inconvenience of retiring the Web viewer add-in in PowerPoint as other users have the same feedback as well. Due to this situation, I sincerely recommend you go to Feedback community to vote this similar feedback: [Update Web Viewer in the Office Add-ins · Community](https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/f8ddccc2-9f85-ee11-a81c-000d3ae46fcb "feedbackportal.microsoft.com"). Our product team is in charge of the site, and they constantly check customer reviews and feedback, **The higher votes, the more attention the related team will pay on.** And a lot of the features are developed and improved based on customer feedback.

At the same time, I will keep this thread open, so that other members and experts in our community could share their ideas in this thread.

Appreciate for your patience and understanding.

Hope you having a nice day.

Sincerely,

Harry | Microsoft Community Moderator