Convert PowerPoint (PPT or PPTX) to PDF
Send the deck as something nobody can accidentally re-animate.
or drop your PowerPoint file anywhere on this page
Takes PPTX and PPT files · PPTX → PDF
Save a slide deck as a PDF anyone can open
To convert PPT to PDF, select or drop your PowerPoint file on this page, press Convert to PDF and download the result. The PDF has one page per slide, in the same order as your deck, and it keeps the deck's name, so sales.pptx is saved as sales.pdf.
People save a PowerPoint as PDF to share or print it. A PDF looks the same wherever it is opened and is hard to change by accident, and the fonts it uses are saved inside it, so the person you send it to does not need PowerPoint to see your slides.
This PPT to PDF converter takes the newer .pptx and the older .ppt from PowerPoint 97 to 2003. A .ppt is opened as it is, with no need to resave it as .pptx first. Our guide to PPT vs PPTX explains how the two differ. If you want the deck itself in the newer format, to keep editing it, convert PowerPoint to PPTX instead.
How to convert PPTX to PDF
- 1Select or drop your PowerPoint file
Nothing uploads until you press convert.
- 2Choose your options
We show the route and its fidelity grade up front.
- 3Download your PDF
Then it is deleted after 24 hours, automatically.
Modern PowerPoint. Slides, notes, and one animation someone regrets.
A page, frozen. Looks identical everywhere, resists editing everywhere.
One step, one tool. Nothing is interpreted on the way.
Good to know about converting PPTX to PDF
- One page per slide, in order.
- The older .ppt format is opened as it is. There is no need to resave the deck as .pptx first.
- Hidden slides are left out, and speaker notes are not included.
- Animations do not carry over. A simple transition such as a fade may be kept as a basic page effect that some PDF readers show in full-screen mode.
- Calibri is drawn with Carlito, which has the same widths, and Aptos, PowerPoint's newer default, with Liberation Sans. Other fonts our server does not have are replaced with similar ones, so check text that fills its box.
- A deck full of photos makes a large PDF. The PDF size reducer can make it smaller by lowering the resolution of its pictures, with every slide's text kept.
What the PDF includes and leaves out
The PDF shows your deck the way your audience sees it in a slide show: the slides, without the parts only you see while presenting.
- Every visible slide, in order. The words stay as text, so you can search the PDF and copy from it.
- Each page has the shape of your slides. A widescreen 16:9 deck gives wide pages, and an older 4:3 deck gives squarer ones.
- Hidden slides are left out. To include one, unhide it in PowerPoint before you convert.
- Speaker notes are not included, so what you wrote for yourself is not in the file you send.
- Animations do not play. Everything on a slide is shown on its page at once, including objects that appear on a click.
A PDF page cannot move, so slide transitions do not play inside a page either. A simple one such as a fade may be kept as a basic effect between pages, which some PDF readers show in full-screen mode.
Need it the other way round? Convert PDF to PowerPoint turns each page into a slide, with every line of text in a box you can edit.
How your fonts come through
Our server draws your slides with free fonts in place of PowerPoint's own, and saves the fonts it used inside the PDF. Calibri and Aptos, PowerPoint's default fonts old and new, both have a close match:
| Font in your deck | Drawn in the PDF with | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Calibri | Carlito | The same letter widths, so text takes the same room |
| Aptos, PowerPoint's newer default | Liberation Sans | A similar plain style; a line break can move |
| Another font our server does not have | A similar font | Text may take a little more or less room |
Sharing, printing and smaller files
Because each page has the shape of a slide, a widescreen deck prints best on landscape paper. For handing round or emailing, the PDF is ready as it is.
A deck full of photos makes a large PDF. Compress PDF can make it smaller by lowering the resolution of its pictures, keeping every page and its text.
Want the slides as pictures instead, for a post or a thumbnail? Convert PowerPoint to JPG to save each slide as its own picture; PowerPoint to PNG does the same in PNG. To work the slides' words into a report, convert PowerPoint to Word.
This page takes PowerPoint files only, not OpenDocument presentations (.odp). For a text document, Word to PDF and convert ODT to PDF do the same job.
On the free plan each file can be up to 25 MB, three conversions a day, with no account. Pro and Business take files up to 100 MB. Your deck and the PDF are deleted from our server after 24 hours.
Questions people ask
How do I convert PPT to PDF?
Select or drop your .ppt or .pptx file on this page, press Convert to PDF, then download the PDF. It has one page per slide, in order, and the same name as your deck.
Will my fonts look the same in the PDF?
Mostly. Calibri is drawn with Carlito, which has the same widths, and Aptos with Liberation Sans, which looks similar but can move a line break. Other fonts our server does not have are replaced with similar ones, so check text that fills its box.
Do animations and transitions carry over to the PDF?
Not as they play in a slide show. Each slide becomes one still page with everything on it showing, including objects that appear on a click. A simple transition such as a fade may be kept as a basic page effect, which some PDF readers play in full-screen mode.
Can I make the PDF file smaller?
Yes. Run the PDF through Compress PDF afterwards. At its Recommended level it lowers the resolution of the pictures inside and keeps every page and its text, so it helps most with a deck full of photos.
Can I convert a .ppt file from PowerPoint 2003?
Yes. The .ppt file is opened directly and saved as a PDF with one page per slide, in order. You do not need PowerPoint or a newer format.
Are my speaker notes in the PDF?
No. The PDF has the slides only, and hidden slides are left out too.
Is converting PowerPoint to PDF free?
Yes. Up to 25 MB and three conversions a day are free, with no account. Pro and Business lift the file limit to 100 MB and remove the daily cap.
What happens to my files?
Both your PowerPoint and the PDF we produce are deleted 24 hours after each conversion, automatically. Try again and Continue to another tool start a new conversion, with its own 24 hours. Nothing is used for training and no human looks at your documents.
Will the PDF look exactly like the PowerPoint?
This pair grades as “Exact”. We show the exact route and that grade before you convert, so there are no surprises about what survives the trip.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Nothing to install. Pick or drop a file here, it's converted on our servers, and you download the result.
How large can my file be?
25 MB on the free plan, and 100 MB on Pro and Business.
Can I convert several files at once?
On Pro and Business, yes: add up to 100 files before converting. The free plan converts one file at a time.
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