PDF to PowerPoint Online

Steps to Make Slides From a PDF

Set a few options, press one button, and open the deck.

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   1. Pick your PDF

   Load the PDF whose pages should become slides. Once it opens, the page count appears so you know how many slides you will get.

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   2. Choose how slides are made

   Under Slides, pick Editable text for text boxes you can change, or Picture of each page for slides that look exactly like the PDF. To skip pages, type the ones you want in the Pages box, such as 1-3, 7.

   Editable textPicture of each page

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   3. Choose a resolution

   This controls how sharp the pictures on each slide look on a big screen, and how large the file becomes.

   Screen (100 dpi)Good (150 dpi)Print (300 dpi)

   Which to pick:

   • Screen: laptop sharing and email.
   • Good: most projectors and TVs. This is the default.
   • Print: large screens, fine print, or printing handouts.
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   4. Set the JPG quality

   JPG quality can be set anywhere between 40 and 100 percent; 88 is the starting value. Lower values shrink the file; higher values keep small text crisp.

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   5. Press Convert to PowerPoint

   A progress bar shows which slide is being built, one page after another. Then the slides are packed into one presentation.

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   6. Open the .pptx

   Your presentation is saved with the PDF’s file name. Underneath the tool you will see how many slides it holds and how large the .pptx is.

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   7. Add to it

   Insert your own slides, reorder them, add notes, transitions or a title slide. With editable text you can also click into any box and rewrite the words.

No .pdf file to hand? Download a sample PDF file (6.3 KB) and try it.

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Popular Ways to Use PDF to PPT

These are the situations where people most often need slides from a PDF.

• Client pitches A partner sends their section as a PDF; you drop it into the main pitch deck.
• Conference talks Organisers share PDF slides and you want presenter view and notes on the day.
• Classroom teaching Show textbook pages or worksheets one at a time on the classroom screen.
• Report walkthroughs Present a monthly report page by page in a review meeting.
• Recorded lessons Import the deck into a screen recorder and narrate over each page.
• Training sessions Turn a policy handbook into slides for an induction session.
• Thesis defence Rebuild a lost .pptx from the PDF you submitted, then add fresh slides.
• Event screens Loop programme pages or sponsor sheets on a display at an event.

PDF to Slides for Every Presenter

Tips for Sharp Converted Slides

1. Use Good (150 dpi) for most rooms. Print (300 dpi) makes a much larger file and only helps on very big screens.

2. If the deck is too big to email, drop the JPG quality to about 70 before lowering the resolution.

3. Made picture slides and now need to change a word? Convert again with Editable text rather than covering the picture with a new box.

4. Only need a few pages? Type them in the Pages box, such as 2-5, so the deck holds just those slides.

5. Editable text uses fonts from your own computer. If a line looks wider than in the PDF, pick a similar font in PowerPoint or widen its box.

6. Pasting slides into a 16:9 deck? Set the destination deck’s size first so portrait pages are not squeezed.

7. Add a title slide of your own at the start so the deck feels like yours.

8. Run through the deck in slideshow mode once to check the small print is readable from the back.

Further reading

• Office Open XML The open standard behind .pptx, .docx and .xlsx files.
• Microsoft PowerPoint Background on the presentation program and its file format.
• Dots per inch What the 100, 150 and 300 dpi resolution choices mean.