While Mentimeter performs optimally when used directly in a web browser, our PowerPoint add-in offers a faster and lighter approach to integrating Mentimeter questions into your PowerPoint presentations. Follow these simple steps to get started.
How to use the Mentimeter add-in
1. Download the add-in
First, download the PowerPoint plugin from the Office 365 store here. It will require you to have an Office 365 account and PowerPoint Version 2111 on Windows (16.55 on Mac) or later installed on your computer.
2. Insert the Mentimeter add-in on a PPT slide
To add the Mentimeter add-in to your PowerPoint presentation, open your PowerPoint presentation and add a new blank slide. Click on the "Home" tab, select "My Add-ins" (far right in the menu), click on "More Add-ins" and select the Mentimeter add-in. The add-in will appear on your slide as an interactive image, which you can move and adjust in size.
3. Log into Mentimeter
You can log in to your Mentimeter account directly from the PowerPoint add-in:
1. Enter your email address and password
2. Click on the “Log-in” button
If your organization uses SSO, you can log in using your SSO credentials through the “Log in with SSO” section.
4. Select the Menti you want to use for this PPT
Once logged in, you can select the Menti you want to use from the list on the right side:
Note: you can only use one Menti in any given PPT file, so make sure all Menti slides you want to add to your presentation are in the same Menti.
5. Select the slide you want to add
Click on the Menti slide you want to add to this PPT slide:
6. Add more PPT slides to add more Menti slides
Each Menti slide must be added to a new PPT slide, so the easiest way to add a new Menti question is to duplicate the PPT slide, then select the next Menti slide you want to use:
Note: if you want to change which Menti to use in any given PPT file, you can click this button:
Keep in mind that if you do this, you will need to change any other existing slides that contain the add-in.
Editing Menti questions
If you want to edit a Menti slide, click here:
This will open the Menti in your browser, where you can make any necessary changes to the slide. Those changes will then be reflected in the add-in.
Presenting Menti slides
After you have created your slide deck, including Menti slides, it is time to present. Present your PowerPoint slide deck as you normally would. When you reach your first Menti slide, a Start Menti button will appear.
Click the Start Menti button to activate the slide and allow participants to submit their responses.
When you arrive at another Menti slide, the Start Menti button will appear again and participants will be directed to this slide when you click it.
Note: When using a second screen, you need to click the Start Menti button on your second screen not in the Presenter view, to activate the Menti slide.
While presenting, you can find some control options in the bottom left corner of the add-in:
These options include showing or hiding the joining instructions, starting the timer, hiding results and closing participation.
Collaborating on PowerPoint presentations
Contrary to PowerPoint, Menti is an online tool. In order to be able to present your added Menti slides, you need to have access to the Menti in the account with which you log into the add-in. This means you either need to own the presentation or have been invited to co-edit the Menti.
When you and your colleagues are part of an Enterprise or Pro team, this is easy. If you have created the PowerPoint slide deck and added Menti slides, simply invite your colleague as an editor to the Menti and then they should be good to go (if you share the PPT deck with more colleagues, do not forget to invite them all).
When you and your colleagues are on our Basic or free plan, you need to share both your PPT slide deck and the Menti presentation with them. They can then copy the Menti to their account, and easily add the Menti slides themselves.
Useful info:
Clicking “Start Menti” activates the question so your voters can vote on the question. Once this has been clicked the slide becomes active, and will remain active until you click "Start Menti" on the following slide.
In order to access the "Start Menti" button, and activate your Mentimeter slides during your presentation, you will need to click on the presenting screen, while presenting in Presenter View with your Presenter notes. This is because attempts to click "Start Menti" from the Presenter View screen, will advance the slide, and not activate the button.
Hotkey commands will not work when using the plugin.
If the Start Menti button is not visible on your slide, this is most likely because a different slide is activated. You can see what slide that is currently active from the play icon next to the slide:
To solve this issue, go to edit view in Mentimeter (not in the add-in), select the slide you wish to start the presentation with and click the Present button. This way you can make sure participants are directed to the correct slide when they use the QR or numeric code to join the presentation.
Requirements for running the PowerPoint add-in
For information on the requirements for running the PowerPoint add-in, please refer to this article.
The online version of PowerPoint does not support the add-in. Please use the add-in in the desktop version of PowerPoint.
You may experience decreased resolution for the Mentimeter add-in in PowerPoint on Mac desktop computers.