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Microsoft recently announced that the “Reuse Slides” feature in PowerPoint will be retired in late 2025 and fully removed by January 2026.
We, the users of Microsoft PowerPoint, strongly request that Microsoft reconsider this decision.

Why this matters
“Reuse Slides” is a core productivity feature used daily by business professionals, consultants, educators, trainers, sales teams, researchers, and public-sector employees.

It allows users to:

• quickly find slides from past presentations
• preview slide thumbnails
• insert them with or without source formatting
• maintain consistency across decks
• dramatically reduce the time needed to build professional materials

There is no equivalent replacement. The suggested alternative methods — manually opening two files and copy-pasting slides, or dragging and dropping — is slower, cumbersome, error-prone, and will significantly increase preparation time for many jobs and organizations. In other words, from the perspective of users, will be an absolute nightmare.

The impact is real
Retiring this feature will:

• increase workload for millions of users
• reduce efficiency in client-facing and teaching roles
• create avoidable formatting inconsistencies
• disrupt established workflows in companies that rely heavily on templated content
• undermine PowerPoint’s value as a productivity tool

What we are asking for
We respectfully urge Microsoft to do one of the following:

Keep the Reuse Slides feature, OR
Provide a true replacement, with:

• cross-deck slide search
• thumbnail previews
• the option to keep or match source formatting
• the ability to browse recent files and slide libraries

PowerPoint has long been trusted by professionals for its productivity and flexibility. Removing “Reuse Slides” takes away an important product capability without offering a comparable alternative.

We ask Microsoft to please reconsider this change and continue supporting the millions of users who depend on this feature every day.

In addition to signing and sharing this petition, please vote for this suggestion in the Microsoft Feedback Forum: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/56f946b8-765e-f011-95f2-7c1e52a55eeb

About the petition starter: My name is Rochelle Kopp, and I founded and have operated a training and consulting firm for over 30 years.  My team members and I have decades of Powerpoint slide decks that are integral to our work. We use Reuse Slides daily to recombine and customize our training modules to meet the specific needs of each of our clients.  Losing this feature would be devastating to us.