Convert PowerPoint to PDF

How it works

Tap or click the box and pick your PowerPoint file; only .pptx files are accepted. If you have an old .ppt, open it in PowerPoint, choose "Save As" and pick .pptx as the format, then bring it here. Not sure where the file is? A presentation sent over WhatsApp sits in the phone's Downloads or WhatsApp folder; one saved from email on a computer goes to the Downloads folder. A 12-slide class presentation, for example, becomes a 12-page PDF in a few seconds; each page has the slide's ratio (10 × 5.63 in, or 720 × 405 pt, for a 16:9 slide), the title is large and bold, the bullet points are listed one under the other, and JPEG and PNG images are scaled to fit the page. If you are handing the file to a teacher or a client, keep "Leave notes out"; if you will present it yourself, include the notes and they appear under each page with a "Notes:" heading. The result line reports the slide and page count and how many text blocks and images were carried over; if an image could not be embedded, the number is given there.

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What is PPTX?

PPTX is the presentation format PowerPoint has used since 2007. It looks like one file but is a compressed package: each slide is a separate XML part, the pictures are separate files, and the slide order is a separate list. This tool opens that package inside the browser, reads the slides in presentation order and takes the text of every shape plus the embedded JPEG and PNG pictures. Because Google Slides (File → Download → Microsoft PowerPoint), Keynote (File → Export To → PowerPoint) and LibreOffice Impress export the same package structure, their .pptx files work here as well.

What is PDF?

PDF is a fixed-page format that shows the presentation the same way on every device: text does not shift because a font is missing on the other side, and bullets do not move because the deck was opened in another version. This tool embeds a font with full accented-letter coverage in the PDF, so letters such as é, ñ or ü do not turn into boxes or question marks on a phone, a projector laptop or a printer. The page size comes from the slide itself: a 16:9 slide becomes a wide landscape page and a 4:3 slide a squarer one.

What is the difference between PPTX and PPT?

PPT is the binary format of PowerPoint 2003 and earlier; the content is stored as one opaque block that only PowerPoint's own code can read. PPTX, introduced in 2007, is an open package format: slides, pictures and the slide order sit as separate parts inside a compressed container, which is why a program that is not PowerPoint, a browser included, can open and read it. This tool reads PPTX only. Open your .ppt in PowerPoint or in the free LibreOffice Impress and use "Save As" to make a .pptx: no content is lost, only the container changes.

What reaches the PDF and what does not

Carried over: every slide becomes one page and the slide order is the order in the deck; title and subtitle placeholders in a large size, body text with its bullets and indent levels, and text boxes one under the other in document order. Line breaks, field text such as slide numbers, tables (row by row, equal columns), JPEG and PNG images (scaled to the page width) and, if you ask for them, the speaker notes go into the PDF. Instead of the deck's fonts, Noto Sans with full accented-letter coverage is used: a decorative font is lost, but no letter is garbled.

Lost: the layout is not kept; shapes keep their order, not their position on the slide, so the title comes first and the rest follows underneath. Theme, background colour and pattern, animations, slide transitions, SmartArt, charts, video and audio do not reach the output. EMF, WMF, GIF, SVG and TIFF pictures cannot be embedded, and the result line says how many were skipped. For a design-heavy deck, check the output before you send it; if it is not what you expected, PowerPoint's own "Save as PDF" keeps the design, while this tool is for reaching the content on a device that has no PowerPoint.

Which setting for which deck?

Speaker notes: if you are sending the deck to someone or handing it in as an assignment, keep "Leave notes out"; notes are usually reminders written for the presenter alone. If you will present it yourself and want a paper copy, choose "Include notes": they sit under each page with a "Notes:" heading in 10 pt plain text, and a slide with no notes gets no such section.

Font size: "Automatic" (20 pt titles, 12 pt body) reads comfortably on screen and on a Letter printout. If you are turning the slides into a handout to give out rather than project, pick "Large". If a slide carries many lines of text, pick "Small" so the content stays on one page; when the text does not fit, the tool splits the page and the page count in the result line exceeds the slide count. The page ratio needs no setting: a 16:9 deck gives 720 × 405 pt pages (10 × 5.63 in), a 4:3 deck 720 × 540 pt (10 × 7.5 in), with a 0.5 in margin; the size is read from the deck itself.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert a PowerPoint presentation to PDF?

Pick your .pptx file on this page, change the speaker notes and font size settings if you want, and press "Convert to PDF"; the PDF downloads in a few seconds with one page per slide. If PowerPoint is installed, File → Save As → PDF inside the program also works and keeps the design exactly; this tool is for a phone or computer without PowerPoint, with nothing to install.

Is my file uploaded anywhere?

No. Opening the presentation package, reading the slides and writing the PDF all happen inside your browser; the file never leaves your device. Once the page has loaded, the conversion works even with the internet switched off. That matters for a deck with company figures or a piece of work that has not been published yet.

Do the speaker notes go into the PDF?

Only if you ask for them. With "Include notes" selected, each slide's notes are written under that page with a "Notes:" heading in 10 pt plain text; a slide without notes gets no such section. The default leaves the notes out, because they are usually reminders meant for the presenter and not for the audience.

Why are the design and the background missing?

This tool carries the slide's content, not its picture: theme, background, animations, SmartArt and charts are drawn by PowerPoint's rendering engine and are not redrawn in the browser. The output lists the title, the bullet points, the tables and the JPEG/PNG images in order; the result is a document whose text can be selected and searched. If the design has to survive, use the PDF export in PowerPoint or in the free LibreOffice Impress.

Can I convert an old .ppt file?

Not directly. This tool reads the .pptx package only; .ppt is the closed binary format used before Office 2007, and a browser cannot open it. Open the file in PowerPoint, choose File → Save As → PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx), then bring the new file here. Without PowerPoint, the free LibreOffice Impress opens a .ppt and saves it as .pptx as well.