WPS Custom Slideshow on Windows: Introduction

WPS Custom Slideshow is a slideshow management feature in WPS Presentation; 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 limit	No version limit	Available in supported WPS Presentation environments

About This Feature

Overview

Custom Slideshow is a built-in presentation feature in WPS Office for Windows. It lets you select specific slides from an existing presentation and organize them into a separate playback sequence.

Main tasks include:

Open the Custom Slideshow dialog from the Slide Show tab.
Create a custom slideshow by selecting slides and adjusting their order.
Edit or delete an existing slideshow for different presentation scenarios.
Play a custom slideshow in the order you set.

This feature is useful when you need different versions of one deck for different audiences, separate teaching paths from one course file, or a shorter presentation flow for meetings.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A Windows device that can run the desktop version of WPS Office
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office
Network	No mandatory internet connection is required for local slideshow use; internet access is needed for download, installation, and account services
Other	You need to open WPS Presentation files normally and have permission to edit the current presentation

Download & Installation

Before using Custom Slideshow, install the Windows desktop client of WPS Office and open a presentation file.

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Presentation, load any presentation, and confirm that the Custom Slideshow entry is available on the Slide Show tab

Source: WPS Download Center

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	Lets you select specific slides from one presentation, create a separate show sequence, adjust order, edit, delete, and play it directly.	PowerPoint supports basic custom shows and hyperlinked custom shows, so users can present different subsets of slides from one presentation to different audiences.	Google Slides supports full-screen presenting, presenter view, and auto-advance, but its official help page does not describe a separate custom-show list for selected slide subsets.	Notion Presentation Mode turns page sections into slides with divider blocks and presents them full screen, which is closer to page-based presenting than managing custom slide subsets in a presentation file.	Adobe Acrobat supports full-screen PDF presentation, initial view settings, and page transitions, focusing on PDF presentation rather than custom slide-sequence management inside a presentation deck.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: You can build multiple slideshow paths from one presentation and reorder slides without changing the original slide order.	Compared with WPS: PowerPoint also supports hyperlinked custom shows for table-of-contents style navigation; WPS stays focused on quickly building and managing slideshow lists inside the current deck.	Compared with WPS: Google Slides emphasizes online presenting and sharing, while the official help content does not describe an equivalent custom-show subset workflow.	Compared with WPS: Notion is designed for presenting page content as slides, so selecting, reordering, and replaying subsets from an existing PPT-style deck is not its main workflow.	Compared with WPS: Adobe is more suitable for PDF presentation scenarios; for audience-specific slide sequences inside a presentation file, WPS provides a more direct workflow.
Official Source	—	Create and present a custom show	Present slides	Presentation mode	Prepare PDFs for presentation

Overall Conclusion: If you need different slideshow paths for different audiences within one presentation, WPS Custom Slideshow provides a direct way to select, reorder, and play those slides. Other products also support presentation workflows, but their official feature focus is different, such as online presenting, page-based presenting, or PDF presentation.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable Users	Main Pain Point	Solution
1	Client-specific presentations	Sales teams, pre-sales consultants	One deck contains more content than each client needs	Create different custom slideshows and present only the selected slides
2	Split training materials	Trainers, teachers	One course deck needs multiple teaching versions	Build separate slideshow sequences for different modules
3	Short meeting presentations	Project managers, team leads	Limited time requires a shorter presentation path	Add only key slides to the custom slideshow list
4	Multi-solution walkthroughs	Product managers, solution consultants	One file needs different explanation paths	Create multiple custom slideshows and play the right one for each case
5	Keep the original deck structure	All presentation editors	The display order needs to change without changing the original slide order	Reorder slides inside the custom slideshow only

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free Users	WPS Premium
Access to Custom Slideshow and basic operations	✅ Available	✅ Available
Create, edit, and delete custom slideshows	✅ Available	✅ Available
Basic presentation editing and playback	✅ Available	✅ Available
Other advanced office and extended benefits	Available within the free plan scope	Includes more advanced features and extended benefits

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Usage Scenario	Recommended Plan	Reason
Daily presentations and basic slideshow management	Free	Custom Slideshow itself has no membership restriction and is enough for regular use
Long-term use with broader advanced office needs	WPS Premium	In addition to slideshow management, it can be combined with more advanced office features

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