Can I create a Slide Library in PowerPoint?

Looking for a great way to reuse your favorite PowerPoint slides and objects?  Perhaps you’re looking for a SharePoint Slide Library replacement? PPT Productivity add-in has a Slide Library for PowerPoint feature which lets you easily save and reuse slides, shapes. You can use the Slide Library to save slides, frameworks, diagrams, pictures, image files, logos and much more.

If your company uses SharePoint Server, you may have previously used Microsoft’s PowerPoint Slide Library feature.  This feature made it easier to save and reuse specific PowerPoint Slides, but Microsoft decommissioned the feature in the release of SharePoint 2016.

The PPT Productivity Slide Library for PowerPoint lets you have Personal and Team Libraries of slides, icons, images and other objects that can be easily reused in your PowerPoint presentations. 

You can also use it to share slides and objects with colleagues. You can also boost your library with 2000+ downloadable standard slides and shapes from PPTProductivity.com (included with your license). We think it’s a great SharePoint slide library replacement.  

How does PPT Productivity Slide Library work?

Think of the Slide Library Toolbar as the access point – a searchable toolbar displaying thumbnail images which appears in PowerPoint to the right of your screen.  The Slide Library Toolbar displays all of the objects from library folders you have created or downloaded.  These can include:

• Slides and editable objects inserted into your presentations are as editable as the original version that you saved.  There is a checkbox option to ‘use source formatting’. If this checkbox is deselected, the pasted slides or objects inherit the destination file’s properties.

Can I share a slide library in PowerPoint?

PPT Productivity includes a Team Slide Library feature. Setting up your team with access to a Team Slide Library means all team members can easily access a set of common slides and objects, from within PowerPoint.  Providing the Team Slide Library with a set of standard slides, icons and elements to all team members makes it easy for them to quickly create brand aligned and consistent presentations.

Importantly - when you create a Team library it is stored in your organizations IT stack (the files remain hosted on your company's share drive). Your organization retains full control of the security of your company's intellectual property. PPT Productivity does not save Team Library / Corporate Gallery on any central hosting or in our systems.

Can I have multiple Slide Libraries in PowerPoint?

Yes - users of the PPT Productivity Slide Library can have one or many different Slide Libraries for use within individual teams, business units or throughout the whole organization. For example, consulting and graphic design firms may prefer to create a separate Slide Library for each client.

In short, PPT Productivity's SharePoint slide libraries alternative enables you to:

• Save and name each slide, shape, framework, image, logo you want to re-use to the Slide Library all from within PowerPoint. 

• Access and re-use saved slides/ shapes easily as it displays within PowerPoint as a toolbar at the right-hand side of your PowerPoint screen
• Search the slide library easily in PowerPoint by name, part name, thumbnail image or keyboard shortcut

• Ensure all team members are using the most up to date version of your custom corporate slides as the Corporate Slide Libraries can be updated and changes are automatically applied to all users
• Boost your library with Thousands of Downloadable PowerPoint Slides and Shapes that can be used ‘straight out of the box’ or customized and saved to your personal/ corporate library folders.

How does this feature compare with Standard PowerPoint Reuse and Collaborate features?

Standard PowerPoint doesn’t have a Slide Library feature.  PowerPoint has Reuse and Collaboration features, but they do not lets you create a library or shortlist of best slides and objects.

• Microsoft’s PowerPoint Reuse feature enables users to copy a specific PowerPoint slide from a previous presentation into the pack you are working on. But the Reuse feature doesnt let you name slides from your previous work and add them to a library along with elements from slides.
  • Note - Microsoft is retiring the PowerPoint Reuse Slides feature as of November 2025. It has been removed from most versions of PowerPoint already and will be retired from the remaining versions by January 2026
• Microsoft’s PowerPoint Collaboration feature enables multiple users to edit a PowerPoint slide and shows comments and iterations of changes made. But neither of these features allows you to save specific slides for use in future presentations.

PPT Productivity offers free personalized demonstrations if you would like to see the Slide Library (and the many other features) in action and free 30 day trials (no credit card details required).

So if you’re looking for a SharePoint slide library replacement or just a great way to save and reuse PowerPoint slides and other objects, PPT Productivity’s Slide Library is a great option for you