Why convert a PDF to PowerPoint?
Lots of presentations get passed around as PDFs: the ones sent after a meeting, the ones downloaded from a website, or the ones you exported long ago and no longer have the original of. Converting them to PowerPoint lets you present them again, change a figure or reuse slides in another deck.
Each page of the PDF becomes a slide of the same size. Text goes into editable text boxes, in the same place and with the same font, size and color, so you can fix a number or a title directly in PowerPoint. Images, shapes and backgrounds are kept exactly as they are as the slide picture, so it looks identical to the PDF.
The result is a .pptx file that opens in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote or LibreOffice Impress. Rotated text and scanned PDFs (which contain no text) stay as part of the slide picture.
The conversion happens on our server over an encrypted connection, and the file is deleted as soon as you get the result. The free try converts one PDF; with ToolStudio Pro, use is unlimited and you can convert several PDFs at once and download them together in a ZIP.
How to convert a PDF to PowerPoint
- Drag your PDF onto the page or click to choose it.
- Click “Convert to PowerPoint”.
- Wait a few seconds while the slides are created.
- Download the .pptx presentation and open it in PowerPoint.
When to convert a PDF to PowerPoint
- Presenting slides again when you only have them as a PDF.
- Fixing a figure, date or title in an exported presentation.
- Reusing slides from a PDF in a new presentation.
- Turning a PDF report or catalog into slides for a meeting.
- Adding notes, animations or transitions to a presentation you received as a PDF.
Supported formats
- Input: PDF files up to 500 MB and 200 pages, without an open password.
- Output: PowerPoint .pptx presentation, compatible with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote and LibreOffice.
- Slides are the same size as the PDF pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I edit the text in PowerPoint?
Yes. The text on each page becomes editable text boxes in the same place, with the same font, size and color. If the original font isn’t on your computer, PowerPoint uses a similar one.
Can I edit the images and shapes?
Images, shapes, charts and backgrounds are kept as the slide picture, looking just as they do in the PDF. You can move it or put your own elements on top, but you can’t edit each shape separately.
What about a scanned PDF?
A scanned PDF contains no text, only pictures of the pages, so each page becomes a slide with that picture.
What happens to my file?
It’s sent to our server over an encrypted connection, converted and deleted as soon as you get the result. We don’t keep it, we don’t share it with anyone and we don’t use it for anything else.
Can I convert a password-protected PDF?
PDFs with an open password can’t be opened without it. First remove the password in the program you created the file with (or in your PDF reader, using the password), then try again.
Is it free?
You get one free try per tool: one file. You can convert that same file again as many times as you like, but to convert a new file you need ToolStudio Pro, which gives you unlimited use of every tool, batch processing (several files at once, downloaded together in a ZIP) and no ads. You can cancel anytime.
