In the following we would like to edit a presentation file in MS PowerPoint-format. To make changes to the file we click on the file-menu (hinted by the three parallel dots). Now we can choose the option "edit" among other settings to open a suitable program for editing. By default the MS PowerPoint application of the Office 365 environment should open and present us with the possiblity of editing the file directly in our browser.

Instead of taking the detour over the file-menu we can also directly open the file in the MS PowerPoint Web App. Thereto we just need to click on the filename. While doing so we need to consider however, that the file is opened in a preview-view and we are only able to perform changes after a click on the option "edit document".

Microsoft Office 365 PowerPoint Web App editing-view:

If we choose to open the file in the local version of Microsoft PowerPoint, the window depicted in the following image opens.

By clicking on "open link" our local PowerPoint Application (provided it is installed correctly) opens and we now have the opportunity to edit the document in a conventional manner.

Note that PowerPoint, instead of saving the file on the local harddrive, does now update and synchronise the file directly in SharePoint. This means, that even when multiple people work on the same document, conflicts in the file-contents are prevented due to the central localization of the file.