This feature is available only if you have Office 365 subscription. Otherwise buttons will be available but greyed out.

Open Powerpoint > File > Accpunt and see whether Subscription Product is written or not.

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How do I enable the new Section Zoom feature in PowerPoint 2016?
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This feature is available only if you have Office 365 subscription. Otherwise buttons will be available but greyed out.

Open Powerpoint > File > Accpunt and see whether Subscription Product is written or not.

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Hi,

please check the following link

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/use-zo...

Let me know if that helps.

Kind Regards,

Engr. Jamshed Muhammad

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I have Microsoft365 subscription and i have the 2016 version. In the insert>links section i only have link and action, zoom is nonexistent... WHY?? Im losing my mind over this for the past hour and a half.

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>> I have Microsoft365 subscription and i have the 2016 version.

This isn't entirely clear (Microsoft's fault, not yours). There's Office 2016 and then there are build/version numbers of each update to Office.

When you first start desktop (not web) PowerPoint, you'll see either "365" or the non-subscription Office version on the "splash screen" that immediately appears. Which do you see?

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Can't you just drag the thumbnail of the first slide in the section onto your current slide?

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Hi Mohd Hidayatullah Mohamed Yusof,

So sorry for this inconvenience caused to you.

According to this article: Use zoom for PowerPoint to bring your presentation to life - Office Support (microsoft.com)

 

It’s first to make sure you have at least PowerPoint for Microsoft 365, version 1607 or newer version of PowerPoint to create and play zoom.

About Office: What version of Office am I using? - Office Support (microsoft.com)

Then go to File>Account>Customize Ribbon to check if you could manually add this feature to your ribbon bar. Like shown below:

For your information: Customize the ribbon in Office (microsoft.com)

If the above suggestion doesn’t work, may I confirm the following information for a better understanding of your situation?

  1. The build and version information of your PowerPoint? (File>Account.) Could you please share a screenshot on the Product information page and help mask your email address to protect your privacy? Like shown below:

  1. The build and version information of your Windows? (Click the Start menu > Type “winver” > and hit Enter.)

Best Regards,

May

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Hi, Mohd Hidayatullah Mohamed Yusof,

May I know if you need further help?

If so, please feel free to contact me. And I will further assistant you.

Best regards,

May

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I am trying to create a timeline presentation where clicking on a slide will zoom in. However after following countless tutorials I can not get the feature to appear. It in in the ribbon manager but I cant actually access it. I am running the Office Professional Plus 2016 Version 1912 (Build 12130.20344 Click-to-Run), any Idea how I fix this?

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Drag the slide onto the slide where you want the the zoom to happen?
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I think it only works with Office 365.
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HIYA! So I’m a newb at power and I can’t make my selection zoom work. 🥺 if anyone could help, I’d appreciate it!

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No :( ill message you :)
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Do you mean slide zoom?
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