How to Embed a PowerPoint or Excel Document in a Web Page via SkyDrive

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Sharing presentations, spreadsheets, and other Office documents on your website has never been easier thanks to OneDrive integration. OneDrive allows you to seamlessly embed fully interactive and updatable Office files into any web page with just a few clicks.

Why Embed Documents on Your Website

Embedding documents directly into your website pages provides many benefits:

  • Visitors can instantly view documents without having to download files
  • Spreadsheets remain fully interactive with sorting, filtering, and calculations
  • Presentations retain all animations and slide transitions
  • Documents update automatically when changed in OneDrive
  • Works across all platforms and browsers

This allows you to share documents more easily while also keeping control of the viewing experience.

Step-by-Step Guide to Embed from OneDrive

Follow these simple steps to embed an Office document from OneDrive:

  1. Login to OneDrive and upload the file you want to embed
  2. Right click the file and select “Embed”
  3. In the sidebar that opens, click “Customize Embed Code”
  4. Make any tweaks to the appearance and functionality
  5. Copy the embed code and paste into your website code

The embedded file will now appear fully interactive in your web page!

You can customize features like initial view, size, toolbar options, and more. And whenever the file changes in OneDrive, it updates instantly on your site.

Embed Excel Spreadsheets

Spreadsheets retain all their functionality when embedded. Visitors can sort, filter, calculate data, and more right within your web page.

To embed an Excel file:

  1. Upload spreadsheet to OneDrive
  2. Open file in Excel Online
  3. Go to File > Share > Embed
  4. Copy iframe source code
  5. Paste into website HTML

You can allow filtering, sorting, formulas, and other options. Or simplify to just display values without the Excel toolbar.

Embed PowerPoint Presentations

Presentations remain fully interactive and animated when embedded into websites:

  1. Upload PowerPoint to OneDrive
  2. Open file in PowerPoint Online
  3. Select Share > Embed
  4. Customize options
  5. Copy and paste iframe code

Visitors will be able to click through animated slides complete with transitions and animations.

Embed Visio Diagrams, Word Docs, and More

The embed feature works for most Office document types:

  • Presentations – Animations and transitions retained
  • Spreadsheets – Full calculations and interactivity
  • Word Documents – Format text and images
  • Visio – Interactive diagrams

So all your Office documents can now be shared in your web pages thanks to OneDrive embedding.

Share Securely with OneDrive

OneDrive also makes it easy to securely share documents.

You can customize embed code permission for:

  • Anyone with the link
  • Only people within your organization
  • Only specific people you select

So you can publicly share files or limit access as needed.

OneDrive for Business

The embedding features work the same with both personal OneDrive accounts as well as OneDrive for Business and SharePoint accounts.

So if your organization relies on SharePoint or OneDrive for Business, you can still easily embed files into public facing websites.

Start Sharing Today

With just a few clicks, you can now embed fully interactive and updatable Office documents in your website pages thanks to OneDrive integration.

So go ahead and start enhancing your website content!

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