Problem

The Confluence Powerpoint macro will be deprecated (on 25 September 2025) as explained in Learn which macros are being removed

The suggested alternative method of uploading the file directly to Confluence content or paste a OneDrive smart link to embed files in Confluence only works for the Legacy Editor. On the Fabric Editor, the PowerPoint is presented with a scroll bar and it does not allow Slide show.

Suggested Solution

The PowerPoint macro continues to be supported, or
An alternative solution with equivalent functionality (e.g., inline preview, slide show) is provided before the macro is removed.

Link to page: https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/learn-which-macros-are-being-removed

Why This Is Important

The business impact for affected customers is one or more of the following:

• A large number of pages in their internal Confluence and also their customers' spaces depend on the PowerPoint macro.
• Many business users lack the technical expertise to easily transition to alternative solutions.
• The removal of Slide Show causes confusion as the users will need to scroll down slide by slide and increases the burden on administrators.
• Some of the suggested alternatives (e.g., third-party apps) incur additional licensing costs, making them difficult to adopt widely across both internal and customer environments.
• Companies that want to display information to their customers are not able to host the documents in another site such as Microsoft Office or Google Drive because the customers are not part of their business license, so the file would need to have a publicly available link on the Microsoft Office side to be viewable to the customer. This would potentially expose the information to anyone, which is not allowable.

Workaround

No work around currently available