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. To retrieve the one-time password (OTP) for SSO login, follow these steps:

Open the Mentimeter PowerPoint add-in and initiate the Single Sign-On (SSO) login process.
When prompted, navigate to the designated Mentimeter verification page provided during the login process. The OTP will be displayed here.
Copy the OTP from the page and enter it into the prompt inside the PowerPoint add-in.
Optionally, bookmark the designated OTP page for quicker access in the future.

Note: The OTP retrieved during this process is specific to logging into the PowerPoint add-in and is not the same as the audience participation codes used in Mentimeter presentations.

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

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.

Keep in mind: Hotkey commands will not work when using the plugin.