Why convert PowerPoint to PDF?
Presentation files depend on the fonts, transitions and even the version of PowerPoint installed on the viewer's machine, so a deck can look subtly - or wildly - different when someone else opens it. A PDF freezes each slide exactly as you designed it, making it easy to email, print as handouts, or attach to a proposal.
This tool renders your slides on our server and hands back a PDF with one page per slide, with no software to install and nothing lost in translation.
What carries over to the PDF
- Kept: text, images, charts, shapes, backgrounds and your slide layout - one page per slide.
- Frozen: animations and transitions show their final state, so build-up slides appear complete.
- Not playable: embedded videos and audio can't play inside a PDF; only what's visible on the slide is kept. Add a link on the slide if viewers need the video.
Tips for a better-looking PDF
Use standard fonts or embed them when saving (File > Options > Save > Embed fonts), so headings don't change shape. Check that text inside shapes isn't overflowing, because what's cut off on the slide is cut off in the PDF too. If you share a deck before a meeting, a PDF is also much smaller to email than a .pptx full of media, and anyone can open it on a phone without PowerPoint.