How to convert PowerPoint to PDF
Choose your presentation
Pick a .pptx file from your computer or phone, or drag it onto the page.
Wait a moment
Each slide is rebuilt and drawn in your browser, with its theme, layout, pictures, tables and charts.
Download the PDF
Your PDF downloads straight away, with one slide per page. Check the slide previews before you send it.
About this tool
A PDF is the easiest way to share slides: it opens on any phone or computer, prints the same everywhere, and nobody needs PowerPoint to read it. It's also what most clients, teachers and event organizers ask for.
The conversion happens entirely in your browser, so confidential decks, sales figures and course material never leave your device. The text in the PDF can be searched and copied.
Each slide is rebuilt from the file, so the result is very close to PowerPoint's own but not always identical. Fonts that aren't on your device are replaced with similar ones, charts are redrawn from their data, and some effects, such as glows, reflections and 3D, are simplified or left out. The tool tells you if anything couldn't be included. Always check important slides before sending them.
Questions
Which files can I convert?
Presentations in the .pptx format, and .ppsx slide shows, which PowerPoint has used since 2007. Older .ppt files can't be read in the browser: open them in PowerPoint, choose Save As and pick PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx) first. From Google Slides, choose File, Download, Microsoft PowerPoint. From Keynote, choose File, Export To, PowerPoint.
Will my slides look the same?
Very close. Each slide's theme, layout and background are kept, with text, bullet points and numbering, pictures, shapes, tables, SmartArt and shadows. Fonts are taken from your device, not from the file, so a font you don't have is swapped for a similar one, which can make text wrap a little differently. Glow, reflection, soft-edge and 3D effects and curved WordArt text are simplified or left out, and 3D models appear as a still picture.
Are charts included?
Yes. Bar, column, line, area, pie, doughnut and scatter charts are redrawn from the data saved in the file, with their colors, labels and legend; 3D charts are drawn flat. Other chart types, such as radar, bubble, stock, treemap, sunburst and waterfall charts, aren't drawn yet, and the tool lists the slides they're on.
Is my presentation uploaded?
No. The PDF is made in your browser on your own device. Your file isn't sent to us or anyone else, so nothing needs deleting afterwards.
Are hidden slides and speaker notes included?
Hidden slides are left out, as PowerPoint does when it saves a PDF, and you can include them with one click after converting. Speaker notes and comments aren't included; the PDF shows the slides only.
What happens to animations and videos?
A PDF can't play them. Each slide is saved as it looks with all of its content showing, and a video or sound appears as its preview picture or icon. Transitions are left out.
What isn't included?
Pictures in the older Windows EMF and WMF formats, TIFF pictures, pictures linked from outside the file, ink drawings and embedded objects without a preview picture. If a slide has any of these, the result lists them with their slide numbers, and the rest of the slide is converted.
Can I select and search the text in the PDF?
Yes, for text in English and other Western European languages. Each slide is saved as a sharp image with the text layered behind it, so you can search, select and copy it in your PDF reader. Text in other alphabets, such as Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic or Chinese, appears on the slides but can't be searched. Because the slides are images, the PDF is larger than one made by PowerPoint itself; Compress PDF can make it smaller.
Is there a size limit?
Files up to 500 MB and 500 slides. Large presentations with many photos take longer and need more memory, so a computer works best for those. Password-protected presentations need the password removed in PowerPoint first.