Quip Slides Retirement

Updated November 10, 2020.

Salesforce retired Quip Slides on January 31, 2021, and we recommend that you convert your Quip Slide presentations to Quip Documents before this time.  All features in Quip are built for documents first and thus will be able to support the data which currently lives in your presentations.

Why did we retire Quip Slides?

Quip’s collaboration-first environment and deepening Salesforce integrations are ultimately better suited to documents and spreadsheets than to presentations. With COVID-19 affecting businesses nationwide, we have reprioritized which features our teams should focus on.

What changed? How did this change impact my org?

You will no longer be able to create new slide decks from the Quip product. Your existing slide decks will be available in a view-only mode, and you won’t lose any data. This also means templating support, process builder, API endpoint, importing .pptx, and copying a slide deck will no longer be supported.

Note: New customers to Quip will not be able to create slide decks if they deploy after 11/17/2020

What action did I need to take? 
 

• Before January 31, 2021, please move your slide content to a Quip document to continue to edit the content. This ensures your content is accessible and editable in the future. You’ll also be able to export it to a PDF.

• If you are okay with “view only” access to their slide decks, then no action is needed.

• If you want to continue editing content on a slide, you should copy and paste your content into a document.

• For those customers who have process builders and flow builders that invoke a slides’ action, they will need to be updated.

  • Flows that have a slide action will stop working after 1/31/2021

• Additionally, customers can also export their slides as a PDF (even after the slide's retirement)
   

What happens if I don’t take action?

Salesforce no longer supports editing existing slide decks after January 31, 2021. Existing slides will continue to work as view-only slide decks, but we will no longer release any new slide features. We will also no longer provide technical support, issue fixes, or enhancements for issues related to slides after the above date.

What if I relied on Slides?

• If you are using Slides for C360 features, please move content and business processes to a document via copy & paste. All features are built for documents first. Thus, all of our Salesforce C360 integrations are designed for the document surface and guaranteed to work.
  • Content must be moved over to a document before 1/31/2020. After then, you will not be able to copy & paste content from a slide.
  • Formatting options in a document you may find helpful:
    • Columns
    • Text Alignment
    • Paragraph styles - e.g., Block/pull quotes
    • Image cropping
    • Lists - bulleted and numbered
    • Diagrams
      • Relationship Map Live App
      • Draw.io Live App
  • You can leverage focus mode for a nicer view of the document when presenting.
• If you have process builder and flow builder that invoke a slides’ action, they will also need to be updated.
  • Flows that have a slide action will stop working after 1/31/2021
• If you have access to Powerpoint/Google Slides, you can display Powerpoint files in a document via the Box live app or Dropbox live app

 
How did I know if this impacted my users?

The Quip slides retirement impacts all Quip users; no reporting is available.

If you have more questions, open a case with support via Salesforce Help or contact your Salesforce account team. To view all current and past retirements, see Salesforce Product & Feature Retirements.

For more information about Salesforce’s approach to retiring products and features, read our Product & Feature Retirement Philosophy.