WPS Custom Slideshow on macOS: Introduction

WPS Custom Slideshow is a presentation playback feature on macOS for showing selected slides in a chosen order; it includes 4 core tasks, with 4 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	4	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	4	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index
Version restriction	None specified	No version threshold is stated for this feature

About This Feature

Overview

Custom Slideshow is a built-in presentation feature in WPS Office for Mac that lets you select specific slides from an existing presentation and play them in a defined order.

Core capabilities include:

Open the Custom Slideshow management window to view and manage existing slideshow sets.
Create a custom slideshow by selecting slides and arranging their playback order.
Edit or delete an existing custom slideshow for different presentation audiences.
Play a selected custom slideshow without changing the original slide order.

This feature is useful for client presentations, training sessions, and cases where one presentation file needs different playback versions for different audiences. It helps reduce duplicate files while keeping the original presentation structure intact.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A macOS device that can run WPS Office normally
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office for Mac
Network	No mandatory network connection is required for local presentation playback; downloading, installation, and account-related actions require internet access
Other	Prepare a presentation file that contains multiple slides

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Post-install check	Launch WPS Presentation, open the Slide Show tab, and confirm that the Custom Slideshow entry is available

Source: WPS download page

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	Lets you create a custom slideshow inside a presentation, choose specific slides, adjust their order, and play that slideshow separately.	PowerPoint supports custom shows, including selected-slide playback, order adjustment, and hyperlinked custom shows.	Google Slides highlights browser-based presenting, collaboration, recording, templates, and import support on its official product page, but that page does not describe a dedicated custom slideshow list like WPS.	Notion Presentation Mode turns page sections separated by divider blocks into slides for fullscreen presenting, which is page-based rather than a slide-subset workflow inside an existing deck.	Adobe Acrobat can prepare PDFs for presentation with full-screen mode, initial view settings, and page transitions, which fits PDF presentation rather than custom slide-subset management in a presentation file.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: WPS can create multiple slideshow plans from one existing presentation and arrange them with add, remove, and move-up or move-down controls while keeping the original slide order unchanged.	Compared with WPS: PowerPoint also documents hyperlinked custom shows, so its official workflow covers broader navigation scenarios.	Compared with WPS: Google Slides focuses more on browser presentation, collaboration, and recording on the cited page, and that page does not document a separate custom slideshow management flow.	Compared with WPS: Notion relies on page structure and divider blocks, which suits document-style presenting rather than reusing an existing slide deck in different playback orders.	Compared with WPS: Acrobat is better aligned with fullscreen PDF viewing and page transitions, not with managing multiple custom slideshow sets inside a presentation deck.
Official Source	—	Create and present a custom show	Google Slides product page	Presentation mode	Prepare PDFs for presentation

Overall Conclusion

If you need to build different playback paths from one presentation file, WPS Custom Slideshow is a practical option for everyday reporting, teaching, and audience-specific presenting. Microsoft documents a broader custom-show workflow, while Google, Notion, and Adobe focus more on collaboration, page-based presenting, or PDF presentation scenarios.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable Users	Core Need	How WPS Helps
1	Show different content to different clients	Sales staff, account managers	One presentation needs different slide selections for different audiences	Create multiple custom slideshows and choose different slide sets
2	Deliver layered training sessions	Trainers, instructors	Introductory and advanced content needs separate playback	Use different slideshow plans to control the displayed range
3	Skip nonessential content during a report	Project managers	Limited time makes it hard to present every slide	Keep only key slides in a custom slideshow
4	Keep the original deck while making a shorter version	Teachers, students	Avoid duplicating the file just to remove slides	Create a shorter playback plan inside the original file
5	Prepare multiple roadshow versions	Marketing teams, operations teams	One topic needs several presentation sequences	Save multiple custom slideshows with different orders

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free Users	WPS Premium
Basic use of Custom Slideshow	✅ Available	✅ Available
Basic PDF features	✅ Available	✅ Available
Cloud storage	1 GB	20 GB
Template downloads	Limited	More advanced templates and additional benefits
Some advanced tools	Limited or provided as described on the pricing page	More advanced capabilities are included

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Usage Scenario	Recommended Plan	Why
Occasional presentation creation and playback	Free	Custom Slideshow is described here as available without membership, which fits basic presentation needs
Frequent document work, template use, and cloud storage	WPS Premium	Suitable for users who need more cloud space and broader office capabilities

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