# Designing PowerPoint report templates

Using the Qlik add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint, you can develop report templates in PowerPoint format. After you create your template, upload it into your analytics application to generate reports using task-based and on-demand workflows. Generated reports can be in .pptx or PDF format.

[Designing PowerPoint report templates - Qlik Cloud Analytics](https://play.vidyard.com/vCyeVsmZK7A85KQng1YPDb)

Information noteQlik’s integration testing of PowerPoint APIs show that the Qlik add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint can be unstable and/or slow at times. Qlik’s investigation with Microsoft have understood that this is a known state and that some APIs on web, when compared to desktop, can result in different behaviors. If report developers are having difficulty with the online Microsoft PowerPoint add-in, please contact [Qlik Support](https://community.qlik.com/t5/Support/ct-p/qlikSupport) to report the case—however, please pursue your report development with the desktop version of PowerPoint. This will allow the Qlik team to investigate the integration while the report developer can continue with report development.

## Developing PowerPoint report templates

The following help topics can help you learn about creating PowerPoint report templates.

### Installing the Qlik add-in for PowerPoint

* [Deploying and installing Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Install/reporting-install-add-ins.htm)

### Activating and getting started with the add-in

* [Getting started with using Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Design/OfficeCommon/add-in-get-started.htm)

### Adding content to your template

* [Adding content to report templates with Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Design/OfficeCommon/add-in-content.htm)
* [Adding charts as images to report templates with Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Design/OfficeCommon/add-in-chart-images.htm)
* [Adding tabular data to report templates with Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Design/OfficeCommon/add-in-tabular-data.htm)
* [Formatting properties for tabular data in PowerPoint report templates](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Design/PowerPoint/powerpoint-tabular-properties.htm)
* [Using variables and expressions in report templates with Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Design/OfficeCommon/add-in-variables-expressions.htm)
* [Defining pages in PowerPoint report templates](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Design/PowerPoint/powerpoint-report-pages.htm)
* [Removing content from report templates with Qlik add-ins for Microsoft Office](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Design/OfficeCommon/add-in-remove-content.htm)

### Example

* [Example - Creating a PowerPoint report](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Reporting/Design/PowerPoint/powerpoint-report-example.htm)