How to Treat Power BI as a PPT

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May 12, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to turn a Power BI report into a slideshow using Bookmarks.

Quick summary

You can use Power BI Bookmarks to capture and save specific report states, effectively turning your Power BI Desktop report into a presentation with slide-like navigation. This technique lets analysts and business users deliver polished, interactive data stories without ever leaving Power BI.

Steps

Open your Power BI Desktop report and set up the view you want to capture.
Go to the View tab in the Power BI Desktop ribbon.
Select Bookmarks to open the Bookmarks feature, which saves the current state of a report page.
Open the Bookmarks pane and click Add to create a new bookmark for each slide or key talking point.
Name each bookmark logically — it captures the exact state of the report at that moment, creating your presentation slides.

📌 Why this matters

Turning Power BI into a presentation tool using Bookmarks eliminates the need to export data into PowerPoint, keeping your reports live, interactive, and always up to date. By saving specific report states as Bookmarks, analysts can navigate between key talking points exactly like slides, making stakeholder meetings more dynamic. This approach is ideal for business intelligence teams who want to deliver compelling data storytelling directly inside Power BI Desktop without switching tools.

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