PPT Annotate failed or not working — what can you do?

What you can do

• Open PPT Annotate and retry with a small known-good sample.
• Confirm you are not hitting this limit: The PPT conversion service must be available; conversion jobs are cleared after about 10 minutes.
• Check the FAQ below—encryption, size limits, and format mismatches are the usual causes.
• Still stuck? Try a private window, or read the full guide /#article/pptannotate.

FAQ

What limitations should I know?

The PPT conversion service must be available; conversion jobs are cleared after about 10 minutes.

When might it fail?

Annotations are baked into page content (WYSIWYG), not native PowerPoint comments.

What else should I watch for?

Keep the original PPT file if you need to keep editing the source.

Any other important notes?

Related: PDF Annotate, Word Annotate (shared editor engine).