This article provides an overview of the most common issues and questions that can arise when using the PowerPoint add-in, along with their solutions.
Adding the PowerPoint add-in through the Office365 store
My company has blocked access to the Office 365 Store. Can I still use the add-in?
The add-in is only available through the Office 365 Store. If you receive a message stating “Your system administrator has blocked add-ins from the Office Store”, you will need to reach out internally to check if add-ins can be made available by your admin.
Unfortunately, we do not offer an alternative direct download if the Office Store is unavailable to you.
I can’t see the add-in in my PowerPoint app even after our IT-Admin has installed it for the whole organization. What should I do?
Try refreshing the add-in.
Be sure to double check if your set-up meets our requirements.
I receive an error message, stating “ADD-IN ERROR: The add-in is no longer supported in the application”. How can I resolve this?
This error message is an indication that your version of PowerPoint does not meet the requirements of our add-in. In this article you can find the minimal requirements to run the add-in.
Minimum PowerPoint versions that the add-in supports are:
Windows: Version 2111 (Build 14701.20060)
Mac: 16.55 (changed from 16.0)
PowerPoint Online: Not supported
Office On iPad: Not supported
Office on Windows (perpetual license, this is legacy): Not supported
You can check which version of PowerPoint you are using here:
For Mac:
For Windows:
After installing the add-in, the page is blank when we insert the add-in on a PowerPoint slide.
Log out of your Microsoft account in the PowerPoint application and then log in again. You can find detailed instructions on how to do this in this article. If this does not resolve your issue, please check what version of PowerPoint you are using, as it possibly does not meet the requirements of our add-in.
What about security? Will data from my PowerPoint presentation be stored somewhere?
The add-in does not read or store any of the content from your presentation. The add-in does require read and write access but this is only used to store an ID of the Mentimeter question added to the PowerPoint presentation.
Is it possible to embed a full presentation from Mentimeter when using the add-in?
No, that is not possible. For every Menti slide you want to present in your PowerPoint slide deck you will either have to create a new Menti or use a slide from an existing Menti.
Presenting with the PowerPoint add-in
'Start Menti' button is not working
When presenting a Menti slide in your PowerPoint slide deck, you need to click the 'Start Menti' button to activate your slide. Make sure to first click on the slide itself, before clicking the 'Start Menti' button.
When using two screens, you need to click the 'Start Menti' button on the second screen in order to activate the slide.
Can I use Menti hotkeys while using the add-in?
Hotkey commands are unfortunately not available when you are using the PowerPoint add-in.
While presenting you have the option to Show/hide results or Show/hide QR by hovering over the slide you are presenting and clicking on the icons:
If the QR code is covering your incoming results, you can simply click on the ‘X’ to close it again.
Couldn’t find the answer to your question? Feel free to reach out to our support team!