Does my file get uploaded?

No, and for this conversion that is a real difference rather than a detail. It runs entirely in your browser, on your own device: your deck never leaves your computer and never reaches a server. We measured the alternative — iLovePDF's PowerPoint converter sends your file to their servers before it converts anything. A deck is often the most confidential file a person owns: the board pack, the unannounced product, the redundancy plan. You can confirm ours yourself in your browser's Network tab — nothing carrying the file is sent.

Will the text sit where it does in PowerPoint?

In almost every case, yes, and it is worth explaining why rather than just asserting it. Calibri is Microsoft's font and we are not licensed to ship it, so text set in Calibri is drawn in Carlito — a free font built to have the same letter widths. We checked that against a real conversion rather than taking the font project's word for it: on a 24-paragraph test deck, Carlito broke every one of the 14 Calibri paragraphs in exactly the same place as real Calibri did, where the standard PDF font got 11 of 14 wrong. Arial is drawn in Helvetica, which already has Arial's widths.

What does it not draw?

Charts, SmartArt, tables, embedded objects, custom shapes, and pictures in formats a PDF cannot carry, such as EMF and WMF. What makes this tool different is when you are told: the list appears before you convert, naming each one by slide number, so you can decide whether the PDF is worth making. Anything it cannot draw becomes a labelled box on the page that says so — never a blank space you would mistake for the design.

Is the page the right size?

It is your deck's own size, not a letter or A4 default. A standard 10 by 7.5 inch presentation produces a 720 by 540 point page, taken from the slide size stored in your file. If a presentation states no usable size, the tool falls back to 10 by 7.5 inches and says so before converting.

Are all languages supported?

Not yet. The fonts cover Latin script and Western European accents, but not Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew or Devanagari. A deck in those scripts is refused with a message naming the problem, rather than converted into a PDF of blank space where the text should be.

What about .ppt, the older format?

It is not supported, and the tool checks the file itself rather than trusting the name — so a .ppt renamed to .pptx is caught and explained instead of producing a broken PDF. Open it in PowerPoint and use Save As to make a .pptx. The same check catches password-protected files, which use the same container.

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PowerPoint to PDF

Turn a PowerPoint deck into a PDF entirely in your browser — one page per slide, at your presentation's own page size. It tells you what it cannot draw before it converts. The file is never uploaded. No account, no email.

Frequently asked questions

Does my file get uploaded?: No, and for this conversion that is a real difference rather than a detail. It runs entirely in your browser, on your own device: your deck never leaves your computer and never reaches a server. We measured the alternative — iLovePDF's PowerPoint converter sends your file to their servers before it converts anything. A deck is often the most confidential file a person owns: the board pack, the unannounced product, the redundancy plan. You can confirm ours yourself in your browser's Network tab — nothing carrying the file is sent.
Will the text sit where it does in PowerPoint?: In almost every case, yes, and it is worth explaining why rather than just asserting it. Calibri is Microsoft's font and we are not licensed to ship it, so text set in Calibri is drawn in Carlito — a free font built to have the same letter widths. We checked that against a real conversion rather than taking the font project's word for it: on a 24-paragraph test deck, Carlito broke every one of the 14 Calibri paragraphs in exactly the same place as real Calibri did, where the standard PDF font got 11 of 14 wrong. Arial is drawn in Helvetica, which already has Arial's widths.
What does it not draw?: Charts, SmartArt, tables, embedded objects, custom shapes, and pictures in formats a PDF cannot carry, such as EMF and WMF. What makes this tool different is when you are told: the list appears before you convert, naming each one by slide number, so you can decide whether the PDF is worth making. Anything it cannot draw becomes a labelled box on the page that says so — never a blank space you would mistake for the design.
Is the page the right size?: It is your deck's own size, not a letter or A4 default. A standard 10 by 7.5 inch presentation produces a 720 by 540 point page, taken from the slide size stored in your file. If a presentation states no usable size, the tool falls back to 10 by 7.5 inches and says so before converting.
Are all languages supported?: Not yet. The fonts cover Latin script and Western European accents, but not Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew or Devanagari. A deck in those scripts is refused with a message naming the problem, rather than converted into a PDF of blank space where the text should be.
What about .ppt, the older format?: It is not supported, and the tool checks the file itself rather than trusting the name — so a .ppt renamed to .pptx is caught and explained instead of producing a broken PDF. Open it in PowerPoint and use Save As to make a .pptx. The same check catches password-protected files, which use the same container.

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