diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/presenter-mode.spec.ts b/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/presenter-mode.spec.ts
index a6bbb82ad1..f4d0608d98 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/presenter-mode.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/presenter-mode.spec.ts
@@ -382,6 +382,27 @@ test.describe('Presenter Mode', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test('opens the presenter at the targeted slide from a block side menu', async ({
+    page,
+    browserName,
+  }) => {
+    await createDoc(page, 'presenter-side-menu', browserName, 1);
+    await writeMultiSlideDoc(page);
+
+    await page
+      .locator('.bn-block-outer')
+      .filter({ hasText: 'Slide two' })
+      .first()
+      .hover();
+    await page.locator('.bn-side-menu > button').last().click();
+    await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Present' }).click();
+
+    const overlay = page.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'Presenter mode' });
+    await expect(overlay).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(overlay.getByText('3 / 4')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(overlay.getByText('Slide two')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
   test('opens presenter deep-links and normalizes slide params', async ({
     page,
     browserName,
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx
index 5c9b2b1e29..e47ea82d4a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import { DocsBlockNoteEditor } from '../types';
 import { randomColor, sanitizeColor } from '../utils';
 
 import BlockNoteAI from './AI';
+import { BlockNoteSideMenu } from './BlockNoteSideMenu';
 import { BlockNoteSuggestionMenu } from './BlockNoteSuggestionMenu';
 import { BlockNoteToolbar } from './BlockNoteToolBar/BlockNoteToolbar';
 import { CalloutBlock, PdfBlock, UploadLoaderBlock } from './custom-blocks';
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ export const BlockNoteEditor = ({ doc, provider }: BlockNoteEditorProps) => {
         editor={editor}
         formattingToolbar={false}
         slashMenu={false}
+        sideMenu={false}
         theme="light"
         comments={false}
         aria-label={t('Document editor')}
@@ -303,6 +305,7 @@ export const BlockNoteEditor = ({ doc, provider }: BlockNoteEditorProps) => {
         )}
         <BlockNoteSuggestionMenu aiAllowed={aiBlockNoteAllowed} />
         <BlockNoteToolbar aiAllowed={aiBlockNoteAllowed} />
+        <BlockNoteSideMenu />
         {showComments && <FloatingComposerController />}
         {showComments && !isCommentSideBarOpen && <FloatingThreadController />}
         {threadsSidebarTarget &&
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteSideMenu.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteSideMenu.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce658b5a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteSideMenu.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { SideMenuExtension } from '@blocknote/core/extensions';
+import {
+  BlockColorsItem,
+  RemoveBlockItem,
+  SideMenu,
+  SideMenuController,
+  TableColumnHeaderItem,
+  TableRowHeaderItem,
+  useBlockNoteEditor,
+  useComponentsContext,
+  useDictionary,
+  useExtensionState,
+} from '@blocknote/react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+
+import { getContentSlideIndexForBlock } from '@/docs/doc-presenter/hooks/useSlides';
+import { usePresenterStore } from '@/docs/doc-presenter/stores';
+import type { PresenterBlock } from '@/docs/doc-presenter/types';
+import { useResponsiveStore } from '@/stores';
+
+import type { DocsBlockNoteEditor } from '../types';
+
+const PresentBlockItem = () => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const Components = useComponentsContext();
+  const editor: DocsBlockNoteEditor = useBlockNoteEditor();
+  const block = useExtensionState(SideMenuExtension, {
+    editor,
+    selector: (state) => state?.block,
+  });
+  const openPresenter = usePresenterStore((state) => state.open);
+  const { isMobile } = useResponsiveStore();
+
+  // Hidden on mobile (no presenter there) and until a block is targeted
+  // (no drag handle hovered yet).
+  if (Components === undefined || block === undefined || isMobile) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Components.Generic.Menu.Item
+      className="bn-menu-item"
+      onClick={() => {
+        const contentSlideIndex = getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+          editor.document as PresenterBlock[],
+          block.id,
+        );
+
+        // Overlay slide 0 is the generated title slide; content slides start
+        // at index 1, hence the +1 on the 0-based content-slide index.
+        openPresenter(contentSlideIndex + 1);
+      }}
+    >
+      {t('Present')}
+    </Components.Generic.Menu.Item>
+  );
+};
+
+const DocsDragHandleMenu = () => {
+  const Components = useComponentsContext();
+  const dict = useDictionary();
+
+  if (Components === undefined) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Components.Generic.Menu.Dropdown className="bn-menu-dropdown bn-drag-handle-menu">
+      <RemoveBlockItem>{dict.drag_handle.delete_menuitem}</RemoveBlockItem>
+      <PresentBlockItem />
+      <BlockColorsItem>{dict.drag_handle.colors_menuitem}</BlockColorsItem>
+      <TableRowHeaderItem>
+        {dict.drag_handle.header_row_menuitem}
+      </TableRowHeaderItem>
+      <TableColumnHeaderItem>
+        {dict.drag_handle.header_column_menuitem}
+      </TableColumnHeaderItem>
+    </Components.Generic.Menu.Dropdown>
+  );
+};
+
+const DocsSideMenu = () => <SideMenu dragHandleMenu={DocsDragHandleMenu} />;
+
+export const BlockNoteSideMenu = () => (
+  <SideMenuController sideMenu={DocsSideMenu} />
+);
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-presenter/__tests__/useSlides.spec.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-presenter/__tests__/useSlides.spec.ts
index c5cd534696..07d3740b13 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-presenter/__tests__/useSlides.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-presenter/__tests__/useSlides.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
-import { getSlideTitle, splitBlocksIntoSlides } from '../hooks/useSlides';
+import {
+  getContentSlideIndexForBlock,
+  getSlideTitle,
+  splitBlocksIntoSlides,
+} from '../hooks/useSlides';
 import type { PresenterBlock } from '../types';
 
 type TestBlock = PresenterBlock;
@@ -23,13 +27,14 @@ const textContent = (text: string) => ({
   type: 'text' as const,
 });
 
-const para = (text = 'hello'): TestBlock =>
+const para = (text = 'hello', id?: string): TestBlock =>
   block('paragraph', {
     content: text === '' ? [] : [textContent(text)],
+    ...(id ? { id } : {}),
   });
 
-const divider = (children: TestBlock[] = []): TestBlock =>
-  block('divider', { children });
+const divider = (children: TestBlock[] = [], id?: string): TestBlock =>
+  block('divider', { children, ...(id ? { id } : {}) });
 
 const image = (): TestBlock => block('image', { props: { url: 'x' } });
 
@@ -201,6 +206,134 @@ describe('splitBlocksIntoSlides', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('getContentSlideIndexForBlock', () => {
+  test('returns the slide containing a regular block', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [para('a', 'a'), divider(), para('b', 'b'), para('c', 'c')],
+        'c',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('returns the following slide for a divider', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [para('a', 'a'), divider(undefined, 'divider'), para('b', 'b')],
+        'divider',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('returns the first non-empty following slide for consecutive dividers', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [
+          para('a', 'a'),
+          divider(undefined, 'first-divider'),
+          divider(undefined, 'second-divider'),
+          para('b', 'b'),
+        ],
+        'first-divider',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('skips empty-only slides after dividers when mapping divider links', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [
+          para('a', 'a'),
+          divider(undefined, 'first-divider'),
+          para('', 'empty-after-divider'),
+          divider(undefined, 'second-divider'),
+          para('b', 'b'),
+        ],
+        'first-divider',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('maps a stripped empty block after a divider to the following content slide', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [
+          para('a', 'a'),
+          divider(undefined, 'divider'),
+          para('', 'empty-after-divider'),
+          para('b', 'b'),
+        ],
+        'empty-after-divider',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('maps a stripped empty block before a divider to the previous content slide', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [
+          para('a', 'a'),
+          para('', 'empty-before-divider'),
+          divider(undefined, 'divider'),
+          para('b', 'b'),
+        ],
+        'empty-before-divider',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test('maps a stripped empty-only slide to the next rendered content slide', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [
+          para('a', 'a'),
+          divider(undefined, 'first-divider'),
+          para('', 'empty-between-dividers'),
+          divider(undefined, 'second-divider'),
+          para('b', 'b'),
+        ],
+        'empty-between-dividers',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('maps a leading divider to the first content slide', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [divider(undefined, 'divider'), para('a', 'a')],
+        'divider',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test('maps a trailing divider to the last rendered content slide', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [para('a', 'a'), divider(undefined, 'divider')],
+        'divider',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test('finds blocks nested under a structural divider', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [para('a', 'a'), divider([para('nested', 'nested')], 'divider')],
+        'nested',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('returns the first content slide when the block is missing', () => {
+    expect(
+      getContentSlideIndexForBlock(
+        [para('a', 'a'), divider(), para('b', 'b')],
+        'x',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
 const heading = (text: string): TestBlock =>
   block('heading', { content: [textContent(text)] });
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-presenter/hooks/useSlides.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-presenter/hooks/useSlides.ts
index 2642721cee..c19c3ff244 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-presenter/hooks/useSlides.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-presenter/hooks/useSlides.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ const getRenderedSlideGroups = <T extends PresenterBlock>(
     stripLeadingEmptyParagraphsAfterDivider,
   );
 
+const hasBlockId = (blocks: PresenterBlock[], blockId: string): boolean =>
+  blocks.some(
+    (block) =>
+      block.id === blockId || hasBlockId(block.children ?? [], blockId),
+  );
+
 /**
  * Split a flat list of top-level blocks into slide groups.
  *
@@ -189,6 +195,67 @@ export const splitBlocksIntoSlides = <T extends PresenterBlock>(
   return nonEmpty.length > 0 ? nonEmpty : [[]];
 };
 
+/**
+ * Map a block id to the index of the rendered (non-empty) content slide it
+ * belongs to. Accepts a regular block id, a block nested under a divider, or a
+ * divider's own id. When the matching group is dropped at render time (e.g. an
+ * empty slide), falls back to the closest rendered slide: the one directly
+ * containing the block, else the following content slide, else the previous
+ * one. Returns 0 when the block is absent (and as the ultimate fallback).
+ */
+export const getContentSlideIndexForBlock = <T extends PresenterBlock>(
+  blocks: T[],
+  blockId: string,
+): number => {
+  const rawGroups = getRawSlideGroups(blocks);
+  const renderedGroups = getRenderedSlideGroups(blocks);
+  const nonEmptyGroups = renderedGroups
+    .map((group, index) => ({ group, index }))
+    .filter(({ group }) => group.blocks.length > 0);
+
+  const getClosestRenderedSlideIndex = (groupIndex: number) => {
+    const directSlideIndex = nonEmptyGroups.findIndex(
+      ({ index }) => index === groupIndex,
+    );
+
+    if (directSlideIndex !== -1) {
+      return directSlideIndex;
+    }
+
+    const followingSlideIndex = nonEmptyGroups.findIndex(
+      ({ index }) => index > groupIndex,
+    );
+
+    if (followingSlideIndex !== -1) {
+      return followingSlideIndex;
+    }
+
+    const previousSlideIndex = nonEmptyGroups.findLastIndex(
+      ({ index }) => index < groupIndex,
+    );
+
+    return previousSlideIndex !== -1 ? previousSlideIndex : 0;
+  };
+
+  const directGroupIndex = rawGroups.findIndex((group) =>
+    hasBlockId(group.blocks, blockId),
+  );
+
+  if (directGroupIndex !== -1) {
+    return getClosestRenderedSlideIndex(directGroupIndex);
+  }
+
+  const dividerGroupIndex = rawGroups.findIndex(
+    (group) => group.dividerId === blockId,
+  );
+
+  if (dividerGroupIndex === -1) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return getClosestRenderedSlideIndex(dividerGroupIndex);
+};
+
 /** Memoized {@link splitBlocksIntoSlides} for use during render. */
 export const useSlides = <T extends PresenterBlock>(blocks: T[]): T[][] => {
   return useMemo(() => splitBlocksIntoSlides(blocks), [blocks]);