> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.askplane.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Host from the file you already have

> Askplane sessions live in the app. PowerPoint hosts that session on the current slide. Google Slides, Pitch, Gamma, and AI hosts are in progress.

Askplane is the app. The session (polls, Q\&A, roster) lives there. Integrations keep you in the presentation you already built.

PowerPoint is available today. A task pane starts the session, opens and closes polls, and moderates Q\&A without a second window. The room still joins from a phone. They never install the add-in.

Google Slides, Pitch, and Gamma are in progress. So are AI integrations with Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot.

## What the PowerPoint add-in does

* Opens a task pane that persists across slides
* Lets you log in or paste a secret host URL
* Lists this event's polls: open and close with one tap
* Shows live vote counts in the pane while results update on the slide
* Shows the Q\&A queue so you approve, pin, or hide without leaving the deck
* Ends the session; export stays in the [app](https://www.askplane.com/admin)

## Compatibility

| Environment                        | Status        |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Askplane app                       | Supported     |
| PowerPoint for Windows (desktop)   | Supported     |
| PowerPoint for macOS (desktop)     | Supported     |
| PowerPoint for the web             | Not supported |
| PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams | Not supported |
| Google Slides                      | In progress   |
| Pitch                              | In progress   |
| Gamma                              | In progress   |
| Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot           | In progress   |

## Two ways to connect

**Log in**: work email and password in the task pane.

**Secret host URL**: paste the event's host URL. Useful when IT blocks add-in auth, or when you hand control to a colleague without sharing your password.

<Tip>
  Use the host URL if Office add-in sign-in is blocked. Same host controls, no account prompt in the pane.
</Tip>

## What attendees see

The add-in is presenter-only. The room joins at askplane.com with the five-character code. Nothing to install.

See [Install](/addin/install) then [Host from PowerPoint](/addin/hosting-from-powerpoint).